DGC Discovery Award

The DGC Discovery Award is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour works by emerging filmmakers.

Presented for the first time in 2016, the award is given primarily to filmmakers making their first or second feature films in any genre; however, more established filmmakers are also eligible for their first film outside their usual genre, such as a narrative filmmaker making their first documentary film or vice-versa. An advance list of between 10 and 15 nominees is normally announced before the award is presented at the annual DGC award gala.

Winners and nominees
Year Film Director Ref
2016
Before the Streets (Avant les rues) Chloé Leriche [1]
2017
Luk'Luk'I Wayne Wapeemukwa [2]
Adventures in Public School Kyle Rideout [3]
All You Can Eat Buddha Ian Lagarde
Allure Carlos and Jason Sanchez
Ava Sadaf Foroughi
Black Cop Cory Bowles
The Crescent Seth A. Smith
Gregoire Cody Bown
Indian Horse Stephen Campanelli
Maison du Bonheur Sofia Bohdanowicz
Mass for Shut-Ins Winston DeGiobbi
Never Steady, Never Still Kathleen Hepburn
Still Night, Still Light (Mes nuits feront écho) Sophie Goyette
Suck It Up Jordan Canning
Sweet Virginia Jamie M. Dagg
2018
Fausto Andrea Bussmann [4]
Clara Akash Sherman [5]
Edge of the Knife (SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna) Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown
Family First (Chien de garde) Sophie Dupuis
Firecrackers Jasmin Mozaffari
Freaks Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Giant Little Ones Keith Behrman
Incredible Violence G. Patrick Condon
A Little Wisdom Yuqi Kang
M/M Drew Lint
The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs Bojan Bodružić
The New Romantic Carly Stone
Take Light Shasha Nakhai
Transformer Michael Del Monte
Ville Neuve Félix Dufour-Laperrière
2019
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Tasha Hubbard [6]
Black Conflux Nicole Dorsey [7]
Blood Quantum Jeff Barnaby
Castle in the Ground Joey Klein
Drag Kids Megan Wennberg
A Kandahar Away Aisha Jamal
L.A. Tea Time Sophie Bédard Marcotte
Murmur Heather Young
Raf Harry Cepka
The Rest of Us Aisling Chin-Yee
There's Something in the Water Elliot Page, Ian Daniel
The Twentieth Century Matthew Rankin
2020
Beans Tracey Deer [8]
La Contemplation du mystère Albéric Aurtenèche [9]
Don't Worry, the Doors Will Open Oksana Karpovych
The Forbidden Reel Ariel Nasr
Happy Place Helen Shaver
Inconvenient Indian Michelle Latimer
Kenbe la, Until We Win Will Prosper
Little Orphans Ruth Lawrence
Monkey Beach Loretta Todd
No Ordinary Man Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt
Queen of the Morning Calm Gloria Ui Young Kim
Vagrant Caleb Ryan
Violation Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli
The Walrus and the Whistleblower Nathalie Bibeau

References
  1. Hertz, Barry (October 22, 2016). "Paul Gross takes top film honours at Directors Guild of Canada Awards". The Globe and Mail.
  2. "Luk'Luk'I among winners at Canada's directors guild awards". CBC News, October 29, 2017.
  3. Barry Hertz, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award". The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2017.
  4. Greg David, "2018 Directors Guild of Canada Awards winners announced". TV, eh?, October 21, 2018.
  5. Connie Thiessen, "DGC’s list of top new Canadian filmmakers to watch". Broadcast Dialogue, September 10, 2018.
  6. Lauren Malyk, "Patricia Rozema and Robert Budreau tie at DGC Awards". Playback, October 28, 2019.
  7. Connie Thiessen, "Ellen Page, Megan Wennberg among DGC Discovery Award nominees". Broadcast Dialogue, September 9, 2019.
  8. Lauren Malyk, "Michelle Latimer, Vincenzo Natali among DGC film winners". Playback, October 28, 2020.
  9. "In brief: Latimer, Deer among DGC’s Discovery long list". Playback, September 18, 2020.
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