The ShortWork Awards are annual film awards, presented by the Whistler Film Festival to honour the best short films screened at the festival.
Prior to 2012, a single award was presented inclusive of both Canadian and international short films; in that year, separate awards were created for Canadian and international films. In 2010, a category was also introduced for the best short film by British Columbia film students.
On two occasions in 2015 and 2016, an award was also presented for best screenplay in a Canadian short film, but this has not been presented since 2016.
Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) | Ref |
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2002 | Death's Dream | David Massar | [1] |
2003 | The Watchers | Kevin Shortt | [2] |
2004 | A Russian Wave | Becky Bristow | [3] |
Man. Feel. Pain. | Dylan Akio Smith | ||
2005 | Noise | Greg Spottiswood | [4] |
2006 | Love Seat | Kris Elgstrand | [5] |
2007 | The Colony | Jeff Barnaby | [6] |
2008 | Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve | [7] |
2009 | Life Begins (La Vie commence) | Émile Proulx-Cloutier | [8] |
2010 | Via Gori | George Barbakadze | [9] |
2011 | The Paris Quintet in Practice Makes Perfect | Benny Schuetze | [10] |
Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) | Ref |
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2012 | Requiem for Romance | Jonathan Ng | [11] |
2013 | Anxious Oswald Greene | Marshall Axani | [12] |
2014 | Running Season | Grayson Moore | [13] |
2015 | Withheld | Jonathan Sousa | [14] |
2016 | Mutants | Alexandre Dostie | [15] |
2017 | We Forgot to Break Up | Chandler Levack | [16] |
2018 | Brotherhood (Ikhwène) | Meryam Joobeur | [17] |
2019 | My Favourite Food Is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink Is Iced Tea and My Favourite Thing Is Drumming | Derius Matchewan | [18] |
2020 | Shooting Star (Comme une comète) | Ariane Louis-Seize | [19] |
2021 | Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Zacharias Kunuk | [20] |
Fufu | Omolola Ajao | ||
2022 | Tongue | Kaho Yoshida | [21] |
2023 | Atlantis | Zoé Pelchat, Jean-François Sauvé | [22] |
Motherland | Jasmin Mozaffari | ||
Soap | Lulu Wei | ||
Zip | Ava Safai |
Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) | Ref |
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2015 | The Wolf Who Came to Dinner | Jem Garrard | [14] |
2016 | The Head Vanishes | Franck Dion | [15] |
Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) | Ref |
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2012 | Drawn from Memory | Marcin Bortkiewicz | [11] |
2013 | A Grand Canal | Johnny Ma | [12] |
2014 | The Tide Keeper | Alyx Duncan | [13] |
2015 | Dissonance | Till Nowak | [14] |
2016 | Timecode | Juanjo Giménez | [15] |
2017 | Fear Us Women | David Darg | [16] |
2018 | Miss World | Georgia Fu | [17] |
2019 | Daughter | Daria Kashcheeva | [18] |
2020 | Ashmina | Dekel Berenson | [23] |
2021 | Isole Ciclope | Ryan De Franco, Matthew Mendelson | [20] |
2022 | Warsha | Dania Bdeir | [21] |
Ice Merchants | João Gonzalez | ||
2023 | I Promise You Paradise | Morad Mostafa | [22] |
Fish Bowl | Rachel Sweeney |
Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) | Ref |
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2010 | Irradiate | Julia Hutchings | [9] |
2011 | No Words Came Down | Ryan Flowers, Lisa Pham | [10] |
2012 | Plating | Jon Thomas | [11] |
2013 | Backward Fall | Andrew Pollins | [12] |
2014 | Godhead | Connor Gaston | [13] |
2015 | The Blue Jet | Lawrence Lam | [14] |
2016 | Bombing | Gloria Mercer | [15] |
2017 | Floating Light | Natalie Murao | [16] |
2018 | The Bus Stop | Kama Sood | [17] |
2019 | New Washing Machine | Mitch Huttema | [18] |
2020 | Rollerbladies | Rowan Landaiche, Amber Nordstrand | [23] |
2021 | A Family Act | Ashley Yeung | [20] |
2022 | Omukama | Zane Klassen | [21] |
2023 | Black & Blue | Emma Eng | [22] |
Gerald | Kasha Rae Malinowski | ||
Like the Wind | Hugh Saint-Jacques, Ethan Shandro |
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