Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary

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The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Feature Length Documentary. First presented in 1968 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, it became part of the Genie Awards in 1980[1] and the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.

1960s[]

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1968
20th Canadian Film Awards
Never a Backward Step Donald Brittain, , John Spotton [1]
1969
21st Canadian Film Awards
Good Times Bad Times Donald Shebib, [1]

1970s[]

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1970
22nd Canadian Film Awards
Wild Africa , John Livingston [1]
1971
23rd Canadian Film Awards
Les Philharmonistes [1]
1972
24th Canadian Film Awards
No award presented [1]
1973
25th Canadian Film Awards
Coming Home Bill Reid [1]
1974
No award presented [1]
1975
26th Canadian Film Awards
Janis F. R. Crawley [1]
1976
27th Canadian Film Awards
Ahô: The Forest People (Ahô au cœur du monde primitif) , [1]
1977
28th Canadian Film Awards
The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Jesse Nishihata [1]
1978
29th Canadian Film Awards
The Champions Donald Brittain [1]
Fields of Endless Day Terence Macartney-Filgate [2]
The Prophet from Pugwash

1980s[]

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1980
1st Genie Awards
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed Donald Brittain, [1]
Dieppe 1942 Terence Macartney-Filgate [3]
Cities: Glenn Gould's Toronto ,
1981
2nd Genie Awards
Some Even Fall in Love (Plusieurs tombent en amour) [1]
The Dream Never Dies [4]
A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes) Arthur Lamothe
1982
3rd Genie Awards
P4W: Prison for Women Janis Cole, Holly Dale [1]
Harry Rasky [5]
1983
4th Genie Awards
The Devil at Your Heels , , [1]
, John N. Smith [6]
The Great Chess Movie (Jouer sa vie)
1984
5th Genie Awards
Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? [1]
The Ballad of Hard Times (La Turlute des années dures) [7]
Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante) , Arthur Lamothe
1985
6th Genie Awards
Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive , [1]
Hookers on Davie Holly Dale, Janis Cole [8]
To the Rhythm of My Heart (Au rythme de mon coeur) Jean Pierre Lefebvre
1986
7th Genie Awards
Final Offer , Sturla Gunnarsson [1]
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got [9]
The Choice of a People (Le Choix d'un peuple)
Tears Are Not Enough John Zaritsky
Waterwalker Bill Mason
1987
8th Genie Awards
Dads and Kids [1]
, [10]
Jacques Vallée
Philip Hoffman
1988
9th Genie Awards
God Rides a Harley and [1]
. [11]
Dance for Modern Times Moze Mossanen
1989
10th Genie Awards
Comic Book Confidential Ron Mann [1]
Calling the Shots Janis Cole, Holly Dale [12]
Growing Up in America Morley Markson
Nettie Wild
Martyn Burke,

1990s[]

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1990
11th Genie Awards
Strand: Under the Dark Cloth John Walker [1]
(Le Trou du diable) Richard Lavoie, , Marc Daigle [13]
Colin Browne
1991
12th Genie Awards
The Famine Within [1]
Au chic resto pop [14]
Michael McMahon,
1992
13th Genie Awards
Deadly Currents Ric Esther Bienstock, Simcha Jacobovici and [1]
The Steak (Le Steak) , Pierre Falardeau [15]
Wisecracks ,
1993
14th Genie Awards
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman [1]
Stepping Razor: Red X , Nicholas Campbell [16]
Titanica Stephen Low
The Twist Ron Mann
1994
15th Genie Awards
In the Gutter and Other Good Places [1]
Jean-Claude Labrecque, [17]
Fat Chance and
,
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance Alanis Obomsawin, Wolf Koenig
1995
16th Genie Awards
The Champagne Safari [1]
Motherland: Tales of Wonder , [18]
Narmada: A Valley Rises Ali Kazimi
Silent Witness ,
Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics , Terre Nash
1996
17th Genie Awards
Bones of the Forest , Velcrow Ripper [1]
My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière) Diane Cailhier, [19]
Power Magnus Isacsson
Project Grizzly Peter Lynch
1997
18th Genie Awards
Tu as crié: Let Me Go Anne Claire Poirier, , [1]
Drowning in Dreams , Tim Southam [20]
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality , Maya Gallus
1998
19th Genie Awards
A Place Called Chiapas , , Nettie Wild [1]
The Herd Peter Lynch, [21]
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier
1999
20th Genie Awards
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation , Catherine Annau, [1]
Quest for the Lost Tribes Simcha Jacobovici, [22]
Tops & Bottoms: Sex, Power and Sadomasochism

2000s[]

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
2000
21st Genie Awards
Grass Ron Mann [23]
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment , , Peter Wintonick [24]
The Fairy Faith John Walker,
Rocks at Whiskey Trench Alanis Obomsawin
Spirits of Havana , ,
2001
22nd Genie Awards
Westray Paul Cowan [25]
Obāchan's Garden Selwyn Jacob, [26]
2002
23rd Genie Awards
Gambling, Gods and LSD Ingrid Veninger, Peter Mettler, , [27]
Is the Crown at War with Us? Alanis Obomsawin [28]
The Ring Within (Le ring intérieur) , Dan Bigras
2003
24th Genie Awards
FIX: The Story of an Addicted City , Nettie Wild [29]
Go Further Ron Mann [30]
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali ,
2004
25th Genie Awards
The Corporation Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Bart Simpson [31]
Mr. Mergler's Gift Beverly Shaffer, [32]
What Remains of Us (Ce qu'il reste de nous) , ,
2005
26th Genie Awards
Scared Sacred Velcrow Ripper, , , Harry Sutherland [33]
Thieves of Innocence (Les Voleurs d'enfance) Paul Arcand, Denise Robert [34]
2006
27th Genie Awards
Manufactured Landscapes Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, , Daniel Iron, [35]
The White Planet (La Planète Blanche) , , [36]
2007
28th Genie Awards
Radiant City Gary Burns, Jim Brown, , [37]
Antlers (Panache) André-Line Beauparlant, [38]
Sharkwater Rob Stewart
2008
29th Genie Awards
Up the Yangtze Yung Chang, Mila Aung-Thwin, , [39]
Forever Quebec (Infiniment Québec) Jean-Claude Labrecque, , [40]
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin, ,
2009
30th Genie Awards
A Hard Name , Michael McMahon, Alan Zweig [41]
Inside Hana's Suitcase Larry Weinstein, , [42]
Ladies in Blue (Les dames en bleu)
Prom Night in Mississippi , Paul Saltzman
RiP: A Remix Manifesto Mila Aung-Thwin, , Brett Gaylor,

2010s[]

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
2010
31st Genie Awards
Last Train Home Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross [43]
In the Name of the Family , [44]
Journey's End (La Belle Visite)
Leave Them Laughing John Zaritsky,
You Don't Like the Truth: Four Days Inside Guantanamo Luc Côté, Patricio Henriquez
2011
32nd Genie Awards
At Night, They Dance , [45]
Beauty Day Jay Cheel [46]
Family Portrait in Black and White
The Guantanamo Trap Thomas Wallner
Wiebo's War David York, Bryn Hughes, Nick Hector
2012
1st Canadian Screen Awards
Stories We Tell Sarah Polley, Anita Lee [47]
Alphée of the Stars (Alphée des étoiles) , , [48]
Indie Game: The Movie ,
Over My Dead Body , , Brigitte Poupart
The World Before Her Ed Barreveld, Nisha Pahuja,
2013
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
Watermark Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky [49]
Hi-Ho Mistahey! Alanis Obomsawin [50]
My Prairie Home Chelsea McMullan
People of a Feather
Vanishing Point ,
2014
3rd Canadian Screen Awards
Super Duper Alice Cooper Sam Dunn, Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen [51]
All That We Make (Fermières) Annie St-Pierre, Luc Déry, , Kim McCraw [52]
Guidelines (La marche à suivre) , ,
Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame
2015
4th Canadian Screen Awards
Hurt , Alan Zweig [53]
The Amina Profile , , , , , [54]
Hadwin's Judgement , Elizabeth Yake, , David Christensen, ,
How to Change the World Jerry Rothwell, , , , Jonny Persey, , David Nicholas Wilkinson, John Brunton,
Last of the Elephant Men Daniel Ferguson, , , , , ,
2016
5th Canadian Screen Awards
I Am the Blues Daniel Cross, , Mila Aung-Thwin, [55]
Gulîstan, Land of Roses Zaynê Akyol, , , , Mehmet Aktas, [56]
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Nettie Wild and
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
Waseskun Steve Patry, , and
2017
6th Canadian Screen Awards
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Catherine Bainbridge, , , , Stevie Salas, , , , Ernest Webb [57]
Manic , , , Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross [58]
A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) , ,
Resurrecting Hassan Carlo Guillermo Proto, , Pablo Villegas,
Unarmed Verses Charles Officer,
2018
7th Canadian Screen Awards
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky [59]
The Devil's Share (La Part du diable) , Luc Bourdon [60]
Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt Kenneth J. Harvey
Letter from Masanjia
What Walaa Wants , , , Justine Pimlott, Anita Lee
2019
8th Canadian Screen Awards
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Tasha Hubbard, George Hupka, Jon Montes, Bonnie Thompson, Kathy Avrich-Johnson, David Christensen, Janice Dawe [61]
Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou) Pedro Pires [62]
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind , , , , Gary Slaight, Allan Slaight
Invisible Essence: The Little Prince Gordon Henderson, Michael A. Levine, Michel St. Cyr, Guy Villenueve, Stuart Henderson, Jake Yanowski, Mathieu Amadei, Charles Officer
Prey ,

2020s[]

Year Film Producers Ref
2020
9th Canadian Screen Awards
Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour) Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins [63]
The Forbidden Reel Ariel Nasr, , , [64]
Stateless Michèle Stephenson, Jennifer Holness, , , Joe Brewster, Sudz Sutherland
A Woman, My Mother (Une femme, ma mère)
The World Is Bright , ,
2021
10th Canadian Screen Awards
Captive Mellissa Fung, [65]
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, David Christensen,
My Tree Jason Sherman, , ,
One of Ours Yasmine Mathurin, , ,
Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue)

See also[]

  • Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film

References[]

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