Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short
{{short description|Award for Canadian animated shorts}}
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian animated short film.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Best Theatrical Short Film
In the 1980s and 1990s, the award was not always presented at every Genie Award ceremony. In years when the award for animated shorts was not presented, a single award was instead presented for Best Theatrical Short Film, inclusive of both animated and live-action shorts.
Under current Academy regulations, the awards for live action and animated shorts can be collapsed into a single award if either category receives two or fewer eligible submissions, but remain separate if both categories surpass two submissions.[https://www.academy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2025-Canadian-Screen-Awards-Film-Rules-Regulations-2.pdf "Canadian Screen Awards Rules and Regulations"]. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
1960s
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rowspan=2 align="center"| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards |
A Child in His Country (Un enfant... un pays) (honourable mention only) | Pierre Moretti |
rowspan=2 align="center"| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards |
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| Walking |
1970s
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rowspan=2 align="center"| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards |
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| To See or Not to See (Psychocratie) |
rowspan=2 align="center"| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards |
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rowspan=2 align="center"| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards |
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| Pierre Veilleux |
rowspan=2 align="center"| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards |
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| Yvon Mallette |
rowspan=2 align="center"| 1974 |
colspan=2 align=center | No award presented |
rowspan=2 align="center"| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards |
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rowspan=2 align="center"| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards |
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rowspan=5 align="center"| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards |
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Bead Game
| rowspan=3| [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96301859/ "Canadian Film Awards nominations"]. The Albertan, October 18, 1977. |
A Cosmic Christmas |
Symbiosis
| Dave Cox |
rowspan=5 align="center"| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards |
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Blowhard
| Brad Caslor, Christopher Hinton | rowspan=3| Michael Walsh, "Duke's film in line for 9 honours". The Province, September 7, 1978. |
The Devil and Daniel Mouse |
Harness the Wind
| Sidney Goldsmith |
1980s
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rowspan="4" align="center"| 1980 1st Genie Awards |
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Caninabis
| rowspan=2| Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980. |
Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas
| W.H. Stevens, Jr., Beryl Friesen |
rowspan="2" align="center"| 1981 2nd Genie Awards |
colspan="2" align="center" | No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film. |
rowspan="2" align="center"| 1982 3rd Genie Awards |
colspan="2" align="center" | No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film. |
rowspan="2" align="center"| 1983 4th Genie Awards |
colspan="2" align="center" | No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film. |
rowspan="2" align="center"| 1984 5th Genie Awards |
colspan="2" align="center" | No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film. |
rowspan="2" align="center"| 1985 6th Genie Awards |
colspan="2" align="center" | No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film. |
rowspan="4" align="center"| 1986 7th Genie Awards |
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Paradise (Paradis)
| rowspan=2| Salem Alaton, "Four Canadian films earn nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 1985. |
Sylvia
| Yves Leduc |
rowspan="4" align="center"| 1987 8th Genie Awards |
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| Brad Caslor, Michael Scott, Derek Mazur |
Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety
| Bill Pettigrew, Les Drew | rowspan=2| "Tonight's Genie nominees". Toronto Star, March 18, 1987. |
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rowspan="2" align="center"| 1988 9th Genie Awards |
colspan="2" align="center" | No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film. |
rowspan="4" align="center"| 1989 10th Genie Awards |
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Nocturnes
| Yves Leduc | rowspan=2| Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1989. |
Primiti Too Taa
| Ed Ackerman |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple winners (3 or more)
- Marcy Page-8
- Michael Scott-3
- Chris Landreth-3
- Marc Bertrand-3
- Wendy Tilby-3
- John Weldon-3
Multiple nominations (3 or more)
- Marcy Page-10 (8 wins)
- Marcel Jean-10 (1 win)
- Marc Bertrand-8 (3 wins)
- Julie Roy-8 (2 wins)
- Michael Fukushima-7 (2 wins)
- Wendy Tilby-5 (3 wins)
- Theodore Ushev-5 (2 wins)
- Michael Scott-4 (3 wins)
- John Weldon-4 (3 wins)
- Claude Cloutier-4 (1 win)
- Christopher Hinton-3 (2 wins)
- Cordell Barker-3 (2 wins)
- Amanda Forbis-3 (1 win)
- Yves Leduc-3 (no wins)
- Jelena Popović-3 (no wins)