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.
Year | Film | Director | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | |||
Quiet at Dawn | Rob Blackie | [1] | |
The Familiar | Kody Zimmermann | ||
Remote | Marc Roussel | ||
Serum 1831 | Anand Kanna | ||
2011 | |||
Taxi Libre | Kaveh Nabatian | ||
Little Larry | Avi Federgreen | [2] | |
She Said Lenny | Jim Donovan | ||
The Waking | John Stead | ||
2012 | |||
Patch Town | Craig Goodwill | ||
Dave vs. Death | Patrick Hagarty | ||
The Seder | Justin Kelly | ||
Training Wheels | Ravi Steve | ||
2013 | |||
The Sound of Willie Nelson's Guitar | Chris Cinnamon | ||
Frost | Jeremy Ball | [3] | |
How to Keep Your Day Job | Sean Frewer | ||
The Sweetest Hippopotamus | Marc Roussel | ||
2014 | |||
The Golden Ticket | Patrick Hagarty | [4] | |
Out | Jeremy LaLonde | [5] | |
The Portal | Jonathan Williams | ||
Whispers of Life | Florian Halbedl | ||
2015 | |||
Made in Bali | Michael Pohorly | [6] | |
The Day Santa Didn't Come | Ryan Keller | [7] | |
The Underground | Michelle Latimer | ||
Vox | Stephen Reynolds | ||
2016 | |||
Portal to Hell! | Vivieno Caldinelli | [8] | |
Big Little Girl | Viki Posidis | [9] | |
Friends Like Us | Craig David Wallace | ||
The Offer | Winnifred Jong | ||
2017 | |||
Gatekeeper | Yung Chang | ||
Tuesday, 10:08am | Jane Tattersall, Thomas Pepper | ||
Motherland | Jason Hreno | [10] | |
Victory Square | Jacquie Gould | ||
2018 | |||
Post No Bills | Robin Hays | [11] | |
The Beep Test (La Course navette) | Maxime Aubert | [12] | |
Escape (Évasion) | Anjali Nayar | ||
Shadow Nettes | Phillip Barker | ||
2019 | |||
I Beat Up My Rapist | Katrina Saville | [13] | |
Hot Flash | Thea Hollatz | [14] | |
Kitty's Naughty Knickers | Caitlyn Sponheimer | ||
The Story of Pema | Martin Buzora | ||
With Me | Weyni Mengesha |
Year | Film | Director | Ref |
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2020 | |||
Sing Me a Lullaby | Tiffany Hsiung | ||
Jesse Jams | Trevor Anderson | [15] | |
A Simple Fucking Gesture | Jesse Shamata | ||
Take Me to Prom | Andrew Moir | ||
Teething | Glen Matthews | ||
2021 | |||
Ingredients | Hannah Michielsen | [16] | |
Georgeena | Weyni Mengesha | [17] | |
Moon (Lune) | Zoé Pelchat | ||
On Falling | Josephine Anderson | ||
You Will Still Be Here Tomorrow | Michael Hanley | ||
2022 | |||
Send the Rain | Hayley Gray | [18] | |
Him & Her | Simonee Chichester | [19] | |
Lover Boy's Little Dream | Ritvick Mehra | ||
Moore's Void | Brad Bangsboll | ||
Omi | Kelly Fyffe-Marshall | ||
Patty vs. Patty | Chris Strikes | ||
2023 | |||
SmokeBreak | Lisa Robertson | [20] | |
Aftercare | Anubha Momin | [21] | |
For Her | Mostafa Keshvari | ||
Redlights | Eva Thomas | ||
T-Minus | Emily Lerer | ||
Woman Meets Girl | Murry Peeters | ||
2024 | |||
Bloodline | Richard Rotter | [22] | |
Cash Cows | Shubham Chhabra | ||
Cold | Liz Whitmere | ||
EarthWorm | Phillip Barker | ||
I Was Here | Alyson Richards |
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