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 2010s Year Film Director Ref 2010 Quiet at Dawn Rob Blackie "Cairo Time, CBC big winners at directors' awards". CBC News, September 26, 2010. The Familiar Kody Zimmermann Remote Marc Roussel Serum 1831 Anand Kanna 2011 Taxi Libre Kaveh Nabatian Little Larry Jill Carter "2011 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Nominees Announced". Canada NewsWire, August 15, 2011 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 Pat Mullen, "'Still Mine', 'Mama' Lead Directors' Guild of Canada Nominations". Cinemablographer, July 11, 2013. How to Keep Your Day Job Sean Frewer The Sweetest Hippopotamus Marc Roussel 2014 The Golden Ticket Patrick Hagarty "The Directors Guild of Canada Honours the Best in the Business at the 13th Annual DGC Awards". Canada NewsWire, October 25, 2014. Out Jeremy LaLonde "2014 Directors Guild of Canada Awards nominees announced". Directors Guild of Canada, June 19, 2014. The Portal Jonathan Williams Whispers of Life Florian Halbedl 2015 Made in Bali Michael Pohorly Jordan Pinto, "Book of Negroes, Mommy win top prizes at DGC Awards". Playback, October 25, 2015. The Day Santa Didn't Come Ryan Keller Pat Mullen, "'The Calling' Leads Directors Guild of Canada Nominations". Cinemablographer, June 18, 2015. The Underground Michelle Latimer Vox Stephen Reynolds 2016 Portal to Hell! Vivieno Caldinelli Regan Reid, "Hyena Road, Vikings win at DGC Awards". Playback, October 24, 2016. Big Little Girl Viki Posidis Regan Reid, "DGC names nominees for 2016 awards". Playback, June 22, 2016. Friends Like Us Craig David Wallace The Offer Winnifred Jong 2017 Gatekeeper Yung Chang Tuesday, 10:08am Jane Tattersall, Thomas Pepper Motherland Jason Hreno Greg David, "2017 Directors Guild of Canada awards nominees announced". TV, eh?, June 26, 2017. Victory Square Jacquie Gould 2018 Post No Bills Robin Hays Connie Thiessen, "The Shape of Water, Alias Grace win big at DGC Awards". Broadcast Dialogue, October 22, 2018. The Beep Test (La Course navette) Maxime Aubert Connie Thiessen, "Vic Sarin to receive 2018 DGC Lifetime Achievement Award". Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2018. Escape (Évasion) Anjali Nayar Shadow Nettes Phillip Barker 2019 I Beat Up My Rapist Katrina Saville "Director's Guild of Canada names best homegrown films and TV shows". Q, October 28, 2019. Hot Flash Thea Hollatz Connie Thiessen, "Jasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers leads DGC Award nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 12, 2019. Kitty's Naughty Knickers Caitlyn Sponheimer The Story of Pema Martin Buzora With Me Weyni Mengesha

2020s Year Film Director Ref 2020 Sing Me a Lullaby Tiffany Hsiung Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film nods". RealScreen, September 22, 2020. A Simple Fucking Gesture Jesse Shamata Take Me to Prom Andrew Moir Teething Glen Matthews 2021 Ingredients Hannah Michielsen Nick Krewen, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film winners". Playback, October 25, 2021. Georgeena Weyni Mengesha Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback, September 24, 2021. Moon (Lune) Zoé Pelchat On Falling Josephine Anderson You Will Still Be Here Tomorrow Michael Hanley 2022 Send the Rain Hayley Gray Angelica Babiera, "David Cronenberg, Charles Officer among DGC award winners". Playback, November 7, 2022. Him & Her Simonee Chichester Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter, September 23, 2022. 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 Connie Thiessen, "‘Women Talking’ leads winners at 22nd annual DGC Awards". Broadcast Dialogue, October 22, 2023. Aftercare Anubha Momin Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards". Playback, September 20, 2023. For Her Mostafa Keshvari Redlights Eva Thomas T-Minus Emily Lerer Woman Meets Girl Murry Peeters 2024 I Was Here Alyson Richards Connie Thiessen, "23rd annual DGC Awards announced". Broadcast Dialogue, October 28, 2024. Bloodline Richard Rotter Connie Thiessen, "Sweet Angel Baby leads DGC Awards’ film nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2024. Cash Cows Shubham Chhabra Cold Liz Whitmere EarthWorm Phillip Barker 2025 On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris Jamie Casemore, "North of North claims five honours at 2025 DGC Awards". Playback, November 10, 2025. Dish Pit Anna Hopkins Connie Thiessen, "DGC unveils film, doc nominees; Discovery Award short list". Broadcast Dialogue, September 22, 2025. Hatch Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh Headcase Spencer Zimmerman Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba 2026 Light Through the Blindfold Alireza Kazemipour Connie Thiessen, "2026 DGC Awards film nominees led by ‘Ready or Not 2’". Broadcast Dialogue, September 29, 2026. The Muse Wanda Nolan Never Use Alone Colin Matthews Petra's Lasso (El lazo de Petra) Gigi Saul Guerrero Undelivered David Lester

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