Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award

The Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award is an annual juried award, given by the Whistler Film Festival to the film selected as the year's best documentary film in the festival program.

Winners

Year	Film	Director(s)	Ref
2002	FIX: The Story of an Addicted City	Nettie Wild	[1]
2003	Baghdad or Bust	Matt Frame	[2]
2004	Scared Sacred	Velcrow Ripper	[3]
2005	The Best of Secter and the Rest of Secter	Joel Secter	[4]
2006	Air Guitar Nation	Alexandra Lipsitz	[5]
2007	We Are Together (Thina Simunye)	Paul Taylor	[6]
2008	The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins	Pietra Brettkelly	[7]
2009	Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space	Denis Delestrac	[8]
2009	Last Train Home	Lixin Fan	[8]
2010	Marwencol	Jeff Malmberg	[9]
2011	Kivalina v. Exxon	Ben Addelman	[10]
2012	Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada	Karen Cho	[11]
2013	Jingle Bell Rocks!	Mitchell Kezin	[12]
2014	The Backward Class	Madeleine Grant	[13]
2015	Last Harvest	Jane Hui Wang	[14]
2016	Sled Dogs	Fern Levitt	[15]
2016	The Will to Fly	Katie Bender, Leo Baker	[15]
2017	The Gospel According to André	Kate Novack	[16]
2018	Momentum Generation	Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist	[17]
2019	Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band	Daniel Roher	[18]
2020	Crock of Gold	Julien Temple	[19]

References

Dana Michell, "Film fest favourites announced". Pique Newsmagazine, December 19, 2002.
"Film on Vancouver street life wins at Whistler". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2003.
David Spaner, "Whistler finding its own niche: Emphasis on Canadian film gives young festival its identity". The Province, December 6, 2004.
Ilona Berks, "Industry turns out for Whistler". Playback, January 9, 2006.
Fiona Hughes, "Happy People tops Whistler Fest awards". Vancouver Courier, December 6, 2006.
Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival a wrap; Moguls and movie-goers mingle at mountaintop meet-and-greet". Vancouver Courier, December 5, 2007.
Fred Lee, "Whistler fest shines on Canadian films; Justice gala supports first responders". National Post, December 13, 2008.
"Les Signes Vitaux wins Borsos". Pique Newsmagazine, December 11, 2009.
Graeme McRanor, "It's a wrap for 10th anniversary of Whistler Film Festival; Highlights included a chat with filmmakers Monte Hellman, Bruce McDonald and Atom Egoyan and a new home for the film fest". Vancouver Sun, December 6, 2010.
Maggie Langrick, "Winnipeg filmmaker's Keyhole named best Canadian feature". Winnipeg Free Press, December 5, 2011.
Mark Leiren-Young, "A magical end to 2012 film festival". Vancouver Sun, December 3, 2012.
Fred Lee, "Snow business". The Province, December 15, 2013.
Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec drama Félix et Meira sweeps Borsos Awards at WFF 2014". Pique Newsmagazine, December 10, 2014.
Craig Takeuchi, "WFF 2015: River and Last Harvest lead award winners". The Georgia Straight, December 6, 2015.
Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec's Before the Streets wins Borsos Best Film Award at Whistler Film Festival". Pique Newsmagazine, December 7, 2016.
Craig Takeuchi, "It's a tie for best Canadian feature at the 2017 Whistler Film Festival". The Georgia Straight, December 4, 2017.
Adrian Mack, "Québécois film A Colony sweeps Whistler Film Fest awards". The Georgia Straight, December 3, 2018.
Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival hands out awards". Pique Newsmagazine, December 14, 2019.
Craig Takeuchi, "Whistler Film Festival 2020 award winners: From B.C.'s Indian Road Trip to Newfoundland's Little Orphans". The Georgia Straight, December 21, 2020.

External links

Official website

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[1] Dana Michell, "Film fest favourites announced". Pique Newsmagazine, December 19, 2002.

[2] "Film on Vancouver street life wins at Whistler". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2003.

[3] David Spaner, "Whistler finding its own niche: Emphasis on Canadian film gives young festival its identity". The Province, December 6, 2004.

[4] Ilona Berks, "Industry turns out for Whistler". Playback, January 9, 2006.

[5] Fiona Hughes, "Happy People tops Whistler Fest awards". Vancouver Courier, December 6, 2006.

[6] Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival a wrap; Moguls and movie-goers mingle at mountaintop meet-and-greet". Vancouver Courier, December 5, 2007.

[lee-7] Fred Lee, "Whistler fest shines on Canadian films; Justice gala supports first responders". National Post, December 13, 2008.

[8] "Les Signes Vitaux wins Borsos". Pique Newsmagazine, December 11, 2009.

[9] Graeme McRanor, "It's a wrap for 10th anniversary of Whistler Film Festival; Highlights included a chat with filmmakers Monte Hellman, Bruce McDonald and Atom Egoyan and a new home for the film fest". Vancouver Sun, December 6, 2010.

[10] Maggie Langrick, "Winnipeg filmmaker's Keyhole named best Canadian feature". Winnipeg Free Press, December 5, 2011.

[11] Mark Leiren-Young, "A magical end to 2012 film festival". Vancouver Sun, December 3, 2012.

[12] Fred Lee, "Snow business". The Province, December 15, 2013.

[13] Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec drama Félix et Meira sweeps Borsos Awards at WFF 2014". Pique Newsmagazine, December 10, 2014.

[14] Craig Takeuchi, "WFF 2015: River and Last Harvest lead award winners". The Georgia Straight, December 6, 2015.

[15] Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec's Before the Streets wins Borsos Best Film Award at Whistler Film Festival". Pique Newsmagazine, December 7, 2016.

[16] Craig Takeuchi, "It's a tie for best Canadian feature at the 2017 Whistler Film Festival". The Georgia Straight, December 4, 2017.

[17] Adrian Mack, "Québécois film A Colony sweeps Whistler Film Fest awards". The Georgia Straight, December 3, 2018.

[18] Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival hands out awards". Pique Newsmagazine, December 14, 2019.

[2020winners-19] Craig Takeuchi, "Whistler Film Festival 2020 award winners: From B.C.'s Indian Road Trip to Newfoundland's Little Orphans". The Georgia Straight, December 21, 2020.