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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.

Winners and nominees

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2010s

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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

2020s

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Year Film Director Ref
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
I Was Here Alyson Richards [22]
Bloodline Richard Rotter [23]
Cash Cows Shubham Chhabra
Cold Liz Whitmere
EarthWorm Phillip Barker

References

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  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.