The Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing in a Documentary is an annual award, presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards program to honour the year's best editing in a documentary film. It is presented separately from the Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing for narrative feature films.
An award for Best Editing in a Non-Feature, with its nominees consisting entirely of short or television documentary films, was presented at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980, and an award for Best Editing in a Documentary was presented at the short-lived Bijou Awards in 1981,"War Brides top Bijou winner". Regina Leader-Post, October 30, 1981. although the academy never presented an award for editing in theatrical feature documentaries until the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015. The non-feature winners from 1980 and 1981 have, however, been included below.
1980s Year Nominees Film Ref 1980 1st Genie Awards(Non-Feature) Richard Todd Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . Thomas Berner Dieppe 1942 "NFB films get award nomination". Alberni Valley Times, March 19, 1980. Raymond Hall Nails Andy Malcolm, Terry Burke Track Stars: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound 1981 Bijou Awards(Non-Feature) Harvey Zlatarits The Hawk
2010s Year Nominees Film Ref 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards Reginald Harkema, Alex Shuper Super Duper Alice Cooper Noah R. Taylor, "2015 Canadian Screen Award Winners Gallery". That Shelf, March 2, 2015. Mathieu Bouchard-Malo Guidelines (La marche à suivre) "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Theatrical documentary & short film". Playback, February 16, 2015. Tony Girardin Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame Robert Kennedy Altman Myriam Magassouba All That We Make (Fermières) 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards James Scott How to Change the World Sheldon Wiebe, "Room Full of Canadian Screen Awards!". Eclipse Magazine, March 14, 2016. Geoffrey Boulangé, Sophie Deraspe The Amina Profile "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016. Emmanuelle Lane Welcome to F.L. (Bienvenue à F.L.) Louis-Martin Paradis The Price We Pay Elric Robichon Last of the Elephant Men 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards Dave De Carlo Giants of Africa Brent Furdyk, "2017 Canadian Screen Awards: And The Winners Are…". ET Canada, March 12, 2017. Mathieu Bouchard-Malo Gulîstan, Land of Roses "2017 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Revealed". ET Canada, January 17, 2017. Michael Brockington Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Nathalie Lamoureux Waseskun Eric Pedicelli Black Code 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards Benjamin Duffield, Jeremiah Hayes Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Daniele Alcinii, "Canadian Screen Awards, Thessaloniki hand out non-fiction prizes". RealScreen, March 12, 2018. Frank Cassano Sled Dogs Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Awards Preview: Picks and Foolish Predictions". Cinemablographer, March 11, 2018. Anouk Deschênes Manic François Jacob, Jéricho Jeudy A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) Roland Schlimme Long Time Running 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards Michel Giroux The Devil's Share (La Part du diable) Kelly Townsend, "CSAs ‘19: The Great Darkened Days leads film winners in Cinematic Arts gala". Playback, March 31, 2019. Michael Aaglund, Graeme Ring What Walaa Wants Lauren Malyk, "CSAs ’19: Just a Breath Away, The Great Darkened Days top film noms". Playback, February 7, 2019. Dave Kazala Dolphin Man Rich Williamson Take Light Graham Withers Transformer 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards Sophie Leblond, Pedro Pires, Sylvia de Angelis Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou) Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed". ET Canada, May 25, 2020. Nick Hector Prey Bruce Lapointe Invisible Essence: The Little Prince David New Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies Eamonn O'Connor, Daniel Roher Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020s Year Nominee Film Ref 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards Natalie Lamoureux A Woman, My Mother (Une femme, ma mère) Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021. Natacha Dufaux The Free Ones (Les libres) Lawrence Le Lam The World Is Bright Jonah Malak Dave Not Coming Back Peter Roeck The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards Ben Lawrence My Tree Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022. Jennifer Abbott The Magnitude of All Things Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022. Sophie Farkas Bolla The Gig Is Up Natalie Lamoureux I Might Be Dead by Tomorrow (Tant que j'ai du respir dans le corps) Hans Olson Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards Mike Munn, Dave Kazala To Kill a Tiger Jackson Weaver, "To Kill a Tiger, We're All Gonna Die and BLK emerge as top winners at CSAs' opening night". CBC News, April 11, 2023. Jeremiah Hayes Dear Audrey Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View, February 22, 2023. Noura Kevorkian, Mike Munn Batata René Roberge Bloom (Jouvencelles) Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards Anouk Deschênes The Longest Goodbye Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024. Denys Desjardins, Michel Giroux I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère) Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View, March 6, 2024. Derek Esposito, Cecilio Escobar Summer Qamp Marianna Khoury Someone Lives Here Rich Williamson Cynara 2024 13th Canadian Screen Awards David Schmidt Wilfred Buck Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards". Playback, May 31, 2025. Jon Affolter, Heath Affolter, Nathan Affolter, Thomas Affolter Altona Pat Mullen, "The Tragically Hip, Okurimono Lead Canadian Screen Award Documentary Nominees". Point of View, March 26, 2025. Marie-Pier Grignon Okurimono Geoff Klein I Shall Not Hate Sonia Godding Togobo A Mother Apart 2025 14th Canadian Screen Awards Nicole Bazuin Modern Whore Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ’26: R.T. Thorne’s 40 Acres leads cinematic arts winners". Playback, May 28, 2026. Ricardo Acosta Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance Pat Mullen, "Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story Leads Canadian Screen Awards Documentary Nominations". Point of View, March 25, 2026. Cindy Au Yeung Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines Andrew Beach, Graham Withers It's All Gonna Break Greg Ng, Hart Snider Saints and Warriors
See also Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary
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