DGC Award for Best Short Film

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The DGC Award for Best Short Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best Canadian short films.

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Winners and nominees

2010s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2010
Quiet at DawnRob Blackie [1]
The FamiliarKody Zimmermann
RemoteMarc Roussel
Serum 1831Anand Kanna
2011
Taxi Libre Kaveh Nabatian
Little LarryAvi Federgreen [2]
She Said Lenny Jim Donovan
The WakingJohn Stead
2012
Patch Town Craig Goodwill
Dave vs. DeathPatrick Hagarty
The SederJustin Kelly
Training WheelsRavi Steve
2013
The Sound of Willie Nelson's GuitarChris Cinnamon
FrostJeremy Ball [3]
How to Keep Your Day JobSean Frewer
The Sweetest HippopotamusMarc Roussel
2014
The Golden TicketPatrick Hagarty [4]
Out Jeremy LaLonde [5]
The PortalJonathan Williams
Whispers of LifeFlorian Halbedl
2015
Made in BaliMichael Pohorly [6]
The Day Santa Didn't ComeRyan Keller [7]
The Underground Michelle Latimer
VoxStephen Reynolds
2016
Portal to Hell! Vivieno Caldinelli [8]
Big Little GirlViki Posidis [9]
Friends Like Us Craig David Wallace
The OfferWinnifred Jong
2017
Gatekeeper Yung Chang
Tuesday, 10:08am Jane Tattersall, Thomas Pepper
MotherlandJason Hreno [10]
Victory SquareJacquie Gould
2018
Post No BillsRobin Hays [11]
The Beep Test (La Course navette)Maxime Aubert [12]
Escape (Évasion) Anjali Nayar
Shadow Nettes Phillip Barker
2019
I Beat Up My RapistKatrina Saville [13]
Hot Flash Thea Hollatz [14]
Kitty's Naughty KnickersCaitlyn Sponheimer
The Story of PemaMartin Buzora
With Me Weyni Mengesha

2020s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2020
Sing Me a Lullaby Tiffany Hsiung
Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson [15]
A Simple Fucking GestureJesse Shamata
Take Me to Prom Andrew Moir
TeethingGlen Matthews
2021
IngredientsHannah Michielsen [16]
Georgeena Weyni Mengesha [17]
Moon (Lune) Zoé Pelchat
On FallingJosephine Anderson
You Will Still Be Here TomorrowMichael Hanley
2022
Send the RainHayley Gray [18]
Him & HerSimonee Chichester [19]
Lover Boy's Little DreamRitvick Mehra
Moore's VoidBrad Bangsboll
Omi Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
Patty vs. Patty Chris Strikes
2023
SmokeBreakLisa Robertson [20]
AftercareAnubha Momin [21]
For HerMostafa Keshvari
Redlights Eva Thomas
T-MinusEmily Lerer
Woman Meets GirlMurry Peeters
2024
BloodlineRichard Rotter [22]
Cash CowsShubham Chhabra
ColdLiz Whitmere
EarthWormPhillip Barker
I Was HereAlyson Richards

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