DGC Award for Best Short Film
The DGC Award for Best Short Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best Canadian short films.
Winners and nominees
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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2010 |
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| Quiet at Dawn | Rob Blackie | [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cairo-time-cbc-big-winners-at-directors-awards-1.907715 "Cairo Time, CBC big winners at directors' awards"]. CBC News, September 26, 2010. |
| The Familiar
| Kody Zimmermann | rowspan=3| |
| Remote
| Marc Roussel |
| Serum 1831
| Anand Kanna |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2011 |
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| Taxi Libre | |
| Little Larry
| Jill Carter | rowspan=3| "2011 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Nominees Announced". Canada NewsWire, August 15, 2011 |
| She Said Lenny |
| The Waking
| John Stead |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2012 |
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| Craig Goodwill | |
| Dave vs. Death
| Patrick Hagarty | rowspan=3| |
| The Seder
| Justin Kelly |
| Training Wheels
| Ravi Steve |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2013 |
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| The Sound of Willie Nelson's Guitar | Chris Cinnamon | |
| Frost
| Jeremy Ball |
| How to Keep Your Day Job
| Sean Frewer |
| The Sweetest Hippopotamus
| Marc Roussel |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2014 |
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| The Golden Ticket | Patrick Hagarty | "The Directors Guild of Canada Honours the Best in the Business at the 13th Annual DGC Awards". Canada NewsWire, October 25, 2014. |
| Out |
| The Portal
| Jonathan Williams |
| Whispers of Life
| Florian Halbedl |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2015 |
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| Made in Bali | Michael Pohorly | Jordan Pinto, [https://playbackonline.ca/2015/10/25/book-of-negroes-mommy-win-top-prizes-at-dgc-awards/ "Book of Negroes, Mommy win top prizes at DGC Awards"]. Playback, October 25, 2015. |
| The Day Santa Didn't Come
| Ryan Keller |
| The Underground |
| Vox
| Stephen Reynolds |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2016 |
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| Portal to Hell! | Regan Reid, [https://playbackonline.ca/2016/10/24/hyena-road-vikings-win-at-dgc-awards/ "Hyena Road, Vikings win at DGC Awards"]. Playback, October 24, 2016. |
| Big Little Girl
| Viki Posidis | rowspan=3| Regan Reid, [https://playbackonline.ca/2016/06/22/dgc-names-nominees-for-2016-awards/ "DGC names nominees for 2016 awards"]. Playback, June 22, 2016. |
| Friends Like Us |
| The Offer
| Winnifred Jong |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2017 |
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| Gatekeeper | rowspan=2| |
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| Tuesday, 10:08am | Jane Tattersall, Thomas Pepper |
| Motherland
| Jason Hreno |
| Victory Square
| Jacquie Gould |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2018 |
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| Post No Bills | Robin Hays |
| The Beep Test (La Course navette)
| Maxime Aubert |
| Escape (Évasion) |
| Shadow Nettes |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2019 |
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| I Beat Up My Rapist | Katrina Saville | [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/director-s-guild-of-canada-names-best-homegrown-films-and-tv-shows-1.5338127 "Director's Guild of Canada names best homegrown films and TV shows"]. Q, October 28, 2019. |
| Hot Flash |
| Kitty's Naughty Knickers
| Caitlyn Sponheimer |
| The Story of Pema
| Martin Buzora |
| With Me |