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Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary

The Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary is an annual Canadian film award, presented by the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival to the film selected by jury members as the year's best Canadian feature film in the festival program. The award was presented for the first time in 1998; prior to that year, awards were presented in various genre categories, but no special distinction for Canadian films was presented. The award is sponsored by the Documentary Organization of Canada and Telefilm Canada, and carries a cash prize of $10,000.

In 2001, the festival presented both "gold" and "silver" medals in the category, although this structure was not retained in future years.

In most years, the festival also presents a Special Jury Prize to a Canadian feature documentary which was not the primary winner of the main award, but still features some award-worthy aspect such as narrative or technical innovation. The Special Jury Prize is sponsored by the Directors Guild of Canada and its Ontario chapter, and carries a $5,000 cash prize.

Winners edit

Best Canadian Feature Documentary edit

Year Film Filmmaker(s) Ref
1998 Chile: The Obstinate Memory (Chile, la memoria obstinada) Patricio Guzmán [1]
1999 Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows Paul Jay [2]
2000 The Holier It Gets Jennifer Baichwal [3]
2001 My Left Breast   Gold Gerry Rogers [4]
Out of the Fire   Silver Shelley Saywell
2002 The Fiancée of Life (La fiancée de la vie) Carole Laganière [5]
2003 Rage Against the Darkness John Kastner [6]
2004 Army of One Sarah Goodman [7]
2005 Hogtown: The Politics of Policing Min Sook Lee [8]
2006 Martyr Street Shelley Saywell [9]
2007 The Bodybuilder and I Bryan Friedman [10]
2008 Flicker Nik Sheehan [11]
2009 Invisible City Hubert Davis [12]
2010 In the Name of the Family Shelley Saywell [13]
2011 Family Portrait in Black and White Julia Ivanova [14]
2012 The World Before Her Nisha Pahuja [15]
2013 When I Walk Jason DaSilva [16]
2014 Out of Mind, Out of Sight John Kastner [17]
2015 Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Charles Wilkinson [18]
2016 Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Nettie Wild [19]
2017 Unarmed Verses Charles Officer [20]
2018 A Little Wisdom Yuqi Kang [21]
2019 Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Tasha Hubbard [22]
2020 Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue) Jean-François Lesage [23]
2021 Zo Reken Emanuel Licha [24]
2022 Geographies of Solitude Jacquelyn Mills [25]
2023 I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère) Denys Desjardins [26]

Special Jury Prize edit

Year Film Filmmaker(s) Ref
2003 The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali Joseph Blasioli [6]
2004 Continuous Journey Ali Kazimi [7]
2005 No award [8]
2006 Mystic Ball Greg Hamilton [9]
2007 Driven by Dreams (À force de rêves) Serge Giguère [10]
2008 Junior Isabelle Lavigne [11]
2009 Waterlife Kevin McMahon [12]
2010 Leave Them Laughing John Zaritsky [13]
2011 At Night, They Dance Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault [14]
The Guantanamo Trap Thomas Wallner
2012 Peace Out Charles Wilkinson [15]
2013 Alphée of the Stars (Alphée des étoiles) Hugo Latulippe [16]
2014 Before the Last Curtain Falls Thomas Wallner [17]
2015 The Amina Profile Sophie Deraspe [18]
2016 The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Brett Story [19]
2017 Resurrecting Hassan Carlo Guillermo Proto [20]
2018 What Walaa Wants Christy Garland [21]
2019 Prey Matt Gallagher [22]
2020 Stateless Michèle Stephenson [23]
2021 One of Ours Yasmine Mathurin [24]
2022 Rojek Zaynê Akyol [25]
2023 Caiti Blues Justine Harbonnier [26]

References edit

  1. ^ "World's best documentaries honoured Filmmaker Allan King given first lifetime achievement award at fifth annual Hot Docs!". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1998.
  2. ^ Tamsen Tillson, "Canuck hot docs picked". Variety, May 11, 1999.
  3. ^ "Hot Docs presents awards at seventh annual festival: Zyklon Portrait takes best short, editing, humanitarian prizes". National Post, May 8, 2000.
  4. ^ Brenda Bouw, "My Left Breast wins gold award at Hot Docs festival". National Post, May 8, 2001.
  5. ^ "Hot Docs prize goes to Montreal director". The Globe and Mail, May 7, 2002.
  6. ^ a b "Hot Docs festival hands out 12 awards". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2003.
  7. ^ a b "Hot Docs announces its picks of the year". The Globe and Mail, May 3, 2004.
  8. ^ a b "Hogtown muckraker digs up prize at Hot Docs". National Post, May 2, 2005.
  9. ^ a b "'Martyr Street' wins best of Hot Docs". CBC Arts, May 7, 2006.
  10. ^ a b "Hot Docs film festival breaks attendance record with 68,000 taking in films". Canadian Press, April 30, 2007.
  11. ^ a b "Film on valiant English doctor in Ukraine wins big at Hot Docs". The Globe and Mail, April 26, 2008.
  12. ^ a b "Film about Toronto's troubled Regent Park neighbourhood among Hot Docs winners". Canadian Press, May 8, 2009.
  13. ^ a b "Propaganda tale wins Hot Docs prize movies; Bin Laden bodyguard film also a winner". Toronto Star, May 9, 2010.
  14. ^ a b "Julia Ivanovna film wins $15,000 Hot Docs prize". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2011.
  15. ^ a b "‘The World Before Her' wins best Canadian feature at Hot Docs". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 2012.
  16. ^ a b Adam Benzine, "Hot Docs 2013: When I Walk, Dragon Girls, scoop prizes". Playback, May 6, 2013.
  17. ^ a b Paula Bernstein, "Hot Docs 2014 Winners Announced: ‘Out of Mind, Out of Sight’ Wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary". IndieWire, May 3, 2014.
  18. ^ a b Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2015: The Winners". Now, May 2, 2015.
  19. ^ a b Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2016: And the winners are…". Now, May 10, 2016.
  20. ^ a b Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2017: And Some Of The Winners Are …". Now, May 6, 2017.
  21. ^ a b Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2018: A Little Wisdom, Transformer among award winners". Now, May 5, 2018.
  22. ^ a b Jennie Punter, "‘We Will Stand Up,’ ‘Hope Frozen’ Take Top Prizes at Hot Docs". Variety, May 4, 2019.
  23. ^ a b Jillian Morgan, "“Prayer for a Lost Mitten,” “Stray” take top prizes at Hot Docs ’20 competition". RealScreen, May 15, 2020.
  24. ^ a b Kevin Ritchie, "Hot Docs 2021: Zo Reken, One Of Ours claim top prizes". Now, May 7, 2021.
  25. ^ a b Sadaf Ahsan, "Jacquelyn Mills’ ‘Geographies of Solitude’ wins Hot Docs’ best Canadian film award". Toronto Star, May 7, 2022.
  26. ^ a b Jennie Punter, "‘The Mountains,’ Heartbreaking Portrait of a Fractured Family, Wins Top Honor at Hot Docs". Variety, May 6, 2023.
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