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 Dawn Rob Blackie [1]
The FamiliarKody Zimmermann
RemoteMarc Roussel
Serum 1831Anand Kanna
2011
Taxi Libre Kaveh Nabatian
Little LarryJill Carter [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
I Was HereAlyson Richards [22]
BloodlineRichard Rotter [23]
Cash CowsShubham Chhabra
ColdLiz Whitmere
EarthWorm Phillip Barker

References

  1. "Cairo Time, CBC big winners at directors' awards". CBC News, September 26, 2010.
  2. "2011 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Nominees Announced". Canada NewsWire , August 15, 2011
  3. Pat Mullen, "'Still Mine', 'Mama' Lead Directors' Guild of Canada Nominations". Cinemablographer, July 11, 2013.
  4. "The Directors Guild of Canada Honours the Best in the Business at the 13th Annual DGC Awards". Canada NewsWire , October 25, 2014.
  5. "2014 Directors Guild of Canada Awards nominees announced". Directors Guild of Canada, June 19, 2014.
  6. Jordan Pinto, "Book of Negroes, Mommy win top prizes at DGC Awards". Playback , October 25, 2015.
  7. Pat Mullen, "'The Calling' Leads Directors Guild of Canada Nominations". Cinemablographer, June 18, 2015.
  8. Regan Reid, "Hyena Road, Vikings win at DGC Awards". Playback , October 24, 2016.
  9. Regan Reid, "DGC names nominees for 2016 awards". Playback , June 22, 2016.
  10. Greg David, "2017 Directors Guild of Canada awards nominees announced". TV, eh?, June 26, 2017.
  11. Connie Thiessen, "The Shape of Water, Alias Grace win big at DGC Awards". Broadcast Dialogue, October 22, 2018.
  12. Connie Thiessen, "Vic Sarin to receive 2018 DGC Lifetime Achievement Award". Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2018.
  13. "Director's Guild of Canada names best homegrown films and TV shows". Q , October 28, 2019.
  14. Connie Thiessen, "Jasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers leads DGC Award nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 12, 2019.
  15. "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film nods". RealScreen , September 22, 2020.
  16. Nick Krewen, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film winners". Playback , October 25, 2021.
  17. Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback , September 24, 2021.
  18. Angelica Babiera, "David Cronenberg, Charles Officer among DGC award winners". Playback , November 7, 2022.
  19. Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter , September 23, 2022.
  20. Connie Thiessen, "‘Women Talking’ leads winners at 22nd annual DGC Awards". Broadcast Dialogue, October 22, 2023.
  21. Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards". Playback , September 20, 2023.
  22. Connie Thiessen, "23rd annual DGC Awards announced". Broadcast Dialogue, October 28, 2024.
  23. Connie Thiessen, "Sweet Angel Baby leads DGC Awards’ film nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2024.