DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film

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The DGC Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best direction in feature films in Canada.

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Winners and nominees

2000s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2002
Rare Birds Sturla Gunnarsson [1]
A Nero Wolfe Mystery : "The Christmas Party" Holly Dale [2]
Queer as Folk : "French Fried" Jeremy Podeswa
Twice in a Lifetime : "Moonshine Over Harlem" David Winning
2003
Spider David Cronenberg [3]
Ararat Atom Egoyan [4]
Marion Bridge Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Savage Messiah Mario Azzopardi
2004
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) Denys Arcand [5]
The Blue Butterfly (Le papillon bleu) Léa Pool [6]
Falling Angels Scott Smith
The Saddest Music in the World Guy Maddin
2005
Saint Ralph Michael McGowan [7]
Blood Jerry Ciccoritti [8]
The Confessor Lewin Webb
Pure Jim Donovan
2006
A History of Violence David Cronenberg [9]
3 Needles Thom Fitzgerald [10]
Niagara Motel Gary Yates
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan
2007
Away from Her Sarah Polley [11]
Bon Cop, Bad Cop Érik Canuel [12]
Fido Andrew Currie
Poor Boy's Game Clement Virgo
2008
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg [13]
Fugitive Pieces Jeremy Podeswa [14]
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin
The Stone Angel Kari Skogland
2009
Fifty Dead Men Walking Kari Skogland [15]
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Patricia Rozema [16]
One Week Michael McGowan
Passchendaele Paul Gross

2010s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2010
Leslie, My Name Is Evil Reginald Harkema [17]
Chloe Atom Egoyan [18]
Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage George Mihalka
A Wake Penelope Buitenhuis
2011
Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis [19]
Gunless William Phillips [20]
Score: A Hockey Musical Michael McGowan
Splice Vincenzo Natali
2012
A Dangerous Method David Cronenberg [21]
Goon Michael Dowse [22]
The Samaritan David Weaver
Take This Waltz Sarah Polley
2013
Still Mine Michael McGowan [23]
Home Again Sudz Sutherland [24]
Moving Day Mike Clattenburg
Whitewash Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
2014
The Grand Seduction Don McKellar [25]
Cas & Dylan Jason Priestley [26]
Empire of Dirt Peter Stebbings
The F Word Michael Dowse
2015
Elephant Song Charles Binamé [27]
The Calling Jason Stone [28]
Fall Terrance Odette
Preggoland Jacob Tierney
2016
Hyena Road Paul Gross [29]
Born to Be Blue Robert Budreau [30]
Remember Atom Egoyan
The Saver Wiebke von Carolsfeld
2017
Weirdos Bruce McDonald [31]
Awakening the Zodiac Jonathan Wright [32]
Mean Dreams Nathan Morlando
Two Lovers and a Bear Kim Nguyen
Undercover Grandpa Érik Canuel
2018
The Grizzlies Miranda de Pencier [33]
Adventures in Public School Kyle Rideout [34]
Giant Little Ones Keith Behrman
Mary Goes Round Molly McGlynn
2019
Mouthpiece Patricia Rozema [35]
Stockholm Robert Budreau
Firecrackers Jasmin Mozaffari [36]
Freaks Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Red Snow Marie Clements

2020s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2020
In the Tall Grass Vincenzo Natali [37]
Akilla's Escape Charles Officer [38]
Our Own (Les Nôtres) Jeanne Leblanc
Rustic Oracle Sonia Boileau
Target Number One Daniel Roby
2021
Sugar Daddy Wendy Morgan [39]
All My Puny Sorrows Michael McGowan [40]
Brother, I Cry Jessie Anthony
Cinema of Sleep Jeffrey St. Jules
Come True Anthony Scott Burns
The Righteous Mark O'Brien
2022
Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg [41]
Delia's Gone Robert Budreau [42]
Donkeyhead Agam Darshi
Night Raiders Danis Goulet
Run Woman Run Zoe Leigh Hopkins
You Can Live Forever Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky
2023
Women Talking Sarah Polley [43]
Brother Clement Virgo [44]
Days of Happiness (Les Jours heureux) Chloé Robichaud
Fitting In Molly McGlynn
Infinity Pool Brandon Cronenberg
2024
Code 8: Part II Jeff Chan [45]
The Queen of My Dreams Fawzia Mirza
Really Happy Someday J Stevens
Village Keeper Karen Chapman
We Forgot to Break Up Karen Knox

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