DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film

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The DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best direction in documentary films in Canada. The award was renamed in 2010 to honour influential Canadian documentarian Allan King following his death in 2009. Individual episodes of documentary television series have occasionally been nominated for the award, although nominees and winners are usually theatrical documentary films.

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Winners and nominees

2000s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2002
Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts John Houston [1]
Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science : "Blast" Harvey Crossland
Joshua Slocum: Around Alone Peter Rowe
Tokyo Girls Penelope Buitenhuis
2003
Prisoner of Paradise Malcolm Clarke [2]
Death of a Warrior Manfred Becker [3]
Mob Stories : "Rocco Perri, King of the Bootleggers" Mitchell Gabourie
Samuel Cunard: Bridging the Atlantic Peter Rowe
2004
Dying at Grace Allan King [4]
The Invisible Machine Barbara Doran
Neighbours Manfred Becker
The World Stopped Watching Peter Raymont
2005
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire Peter Raymont [5]
Continuous Journey Ali Kazimi
Popcorn with Maple Syrup Peter Rowe
The Siege Manfred Becker
2006
Turning Points of History : "Hitler's Children" Manfred Becker [6]
Ken Leishman: The Flying Bandit Norma Bailey
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company Allan King
Runaway Grooms Ali Kazimi
2007
Sharkwater Rob Stewart [7]
EMPz 4 Life Allan King [8]
Killer's Paradise Giselle Portenier
Recreating Eden Elise Swerhone
2008
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman Peter Raymont [5]
Fatherland Manfred Becker [9]
Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking Bill Spachic
Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma Patrick Reed
2009
Air India 182 Sturla Gunnarsson [10]
James Houston: The Most Interesting Group of People You'll Ever Meet John Houston
Malls R Us Helene Klodawsky
Prom Night in Mississippi Paul Saltzman

2010s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2010
The Experimental Eskimos Barry Greenwald [11]
Ballet High Elise Swerhone [12]
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Peter Raymont
Love Letters Tim Southam
2011
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie Sturla Gunnarsson [13]
The Nature of Things : "One Ocean: The Birth of an Ocean" Mike Downie [14]
Paul Quarrington: Life in Music Bert Kish
Where Did I Put ... My Memory? Barbara Doran
2012
West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson Peter Raymont [5]
Desert Riders Vic Sarin [15]
Peace Out Charles Wilkinson
Wiebo's War David York
2013
Stories We Tell Sarah Polley [16]
Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children Peter Raymont [17]
Playing a Dangerous Game John Walker
Vanishing Point Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs
2014
Watermark Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky [18]
Arctic Defenders John Walker [19]
Chi Anne Wheeler
Secretariat's Jockey: Ron Turcotte Phil Comeau
2015
Super Duper Alice Cooper Reginald Harkema [20]
Monsoon Sturla Gunnarsson [21]
Shameless Propaganda Robert Lower
The Boy from Geita Vic Sarin
2016
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard [22]
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Charles Wilkinson
Ninth Floor Mina Shum [23]
Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven Phyllis Ellis
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone Fred Peabody [24]
The Apology Tiffany Hsiung [25]
Gun Runners Anjali Nayar
Quebec My Country Mon Pays John Walker
2018
Long Time Running Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier [26]
Gift Robin McKenna [27]
Silas Anjali Nayar
Unarmed Verses Charles Officer
What Walaa Wants Christy Garland
2019
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky [28]
Atautsikut: Leaving None Behind John Houston [29]
Killing Patient Zero Laurie Lynd
Prey Matt Gallagher
The Stone Speakers Igor Drljaca

2020s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2020
Inconvenient Indian Michelle Latimer [30]
The Bull (El Toro) Danielle Sturk [31]
Haida Modern Charles Wilkinson
High Wire Claude Guilmain
This Is Not a Movie Yung Chang
2021
Wuhan Wuhan Yung Chang [32]
In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland Brishkay Ahmed [33]
No Ordinary Man Chase Joynt, Aisling Chin-Yee
The Silence (Le Silence) Renée Blanchar
Someone Like Me Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams
Stateless Michèle Stephenson
2022
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On Madison Thomas [34]
Cliff: A Portrait of an Artist Adam Brooks [35]
Don't Come Searching Andrew Moir
Framing Agnes Chase Joynt
Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux
Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children Barri Cohen
2023
To Kill a Tiger Nisha Pahuja [36]
Batata Noura Kevorkian [37]
Category: Woman Phyllis Ellis
Someone Lives Here Zack Russell
WaaPaKe Jules Arita Koostachin

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