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The DGC Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best direction in feature films in Canada.

Winners and nominees

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2000s

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Year Film Director Ref
2002
Rare Birds Sturla Gunnarsson [1]
A Nero Wolfe Mystery: "The Christmas Party" Holly Dale [2]
Queer as Folk: "French Fried" Jeremy Podeswa
Twice in a Lifetime: "Moonshine Over Harlem" David Winning
2003
Spider David Cronenberg [3]
Ararat Atom Egoyan [4]
Marion Bridge Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Savage Messiah Mario Azzopardi
2004
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) Denys Arcand [5]
The Blue Butterfly (Le papillon bleu) Léa Pool [6]
Falling Angels Scott Smith
The Saddest Music in the World Guy Maddin
2005
Saint Ralph Michael McGowan [7]
Blood Jerry Ciccoritti [8]
The Confessor Lewin Webb
Pure Jim Donovan
2006
A History of Violence David Cronenberg [9]
3 Needles Thom Fitzgerald [10]
Niagara Motel Gary Yates
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan
2007
Away from Her Sarah Polley [11]
Bon Cop, Bad Cop Érik Canuel [12]
Fido Andrew Currie
Poor Boy's Game Clement Virgo
2008
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg [13]
Fugitive Pieces Jeremy Podeswa [14]
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin
The Stone Angel Kari Skogland
2009
Fifty Dead Men Walking Kari Skogland [15]
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Patricia Rozema [16]
One Week Michael McGowan
Passchendaele Paul Gross

2010s

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Year Film Director Ref
2010
Leslie, My Name Is Evil Reginald Harkema [17]
Chloe Atom Egoyan [18]
Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage George Mihalka
A Wake Penelope Buitenhuis
2011
Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis [19]
Gunless William Phillips [20]
Score: A Hockey Musical Michael McGowan
Splice Vincenzo Natali
2012
A Dangerous Method David Cronenberg [21]
Goon Michael Dowse [22]
The Samaritan David Weaver
Take This Waltz Sarah Polley
2013
Still Mine Michael McGowan [23]
Home Again Sudz Sutherland [24]
Moving Day Mike Clattenburg
Whitewash Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
2014
The Grand Seduction Don McKellar [25]
Cas & Dylan Jason Priestley [26]
Empire of Dirt Peter Stebbings
The F Word Michael Dowse
2015
Elephant Song Charles Binamé [27]
The Calling Jason Stone [28]
Fall Terrance Odette
Preggoland Jacob Tierney
2016
Hyena Road Paul Gross [29]
Born to Be Blue Robert Budreau [30]
Remember Atom Egoyan
The Saver Wiebke von Carolsfeld
2017
Weirdos Bruce McDonald [31]
Awakening the Zodiac Jonathan Wright [32]
Mean Dreams Nathan Morlando
Two Lovers and a Bear Kim Nguyen
Undercover Grandpa Érik Canuel
2018
The Grizzlies Miranda de Pencier [33]
Adventures in Public School Kyle Rideout [34]
Giant Little Ones Keith Behrman
Mary Goes Round Molly McGlynn
2019
Mouthpiece Patricia Rozema [35]
Stockholm Robert Budreau
Firecrackers Jasmin Mozaffari [36]
Freaks Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Red Snow Marie Clements

2020s

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Year Film Director Ref
2020
In the Tall Grass Vincenzo Natali [37]
Akilla's Escape Charles Officer [38]
Our Own (Les Nôtres) Jeanne Leblanc
Rustic Oracle Sonia Boileau
Target Number One Daniel Roby
2021
Sugar Daddy Wendy Morgan [39]
All My Puny Sorrows Michael McGowan [40]
Brother, I Cry Jessie Anthony
Cinema of Sleep Jeffrey St. Jules
Come True Anthony Scott Burns
The Righteous Mark O'Brien
2022
Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg [41]
Delia's Gone Robert Budreau [42]
Donkeyhead Agam Darshi
Night Raiders Danis Goulet
Run Woman Run Zoe Leigh Hopkins
You Can Live Forever Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky
2023
Women Talking Sarah Polley [43]
Brother Clement Virgo [44]
Days of Happiness (Les Jours heureux) Chloé Robichaud
Fitting In Molly McGlynn
Infinity Pool Brandon Cronenberg
2024
The Queen of My Dreams Fawzia Mirza [45]
We Forgot to Break Up Karen Knox
Code 8: Part II Jeff Chan [46]
Really Happy Someday J Stevens
Village Keeper Karen Chapman

References

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  1. ^ Agnes Poirier, "Rare Birds soars at first annual Directors Guild of Canada awards". Screen Daily, October 8, 2002.
  2. ^ Sarah Kennedy, "Directors Guild unveils awards". The Globe and Mail, August 16, 2002.
  3. ^ "Spider, Degrassi, Trudeau win at DGC". Playback, October 13, 2003.
  4. ^ Distin Dinoff, "Spider, Queer as Folk top DGC nominations". Playback, August 18, 2003.
  5. ^ D. E. Seguin, "Arcand's awards run continues with Directors Guild of Canada accolade". Screen Daily, October 3, 2004.
  6. ^ Mary Nersessian, "Arcand scores Directors Guild nods". The Globe and Mail, August 13, 2004.
  7. ^ "Saint Ralph, Lives of the Saints win DGC Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2005.
  8. ^ Kerrin McNamara, "Two nods for Ciccoritti". Playback, August 15, 2005.
  9. ^ "David Cronenberg sweeps Directors Guild of Canada awards". CBC Arts, October 15, 2006.
  10. ^ "ReGenesis, History of Violence lead DGC noms". Playback, August 21, 2006.
  11. ^ "'Away From Her' takes best picture at Guild Awards". CTV News, September 30, 2007.
  12. ^ "Bon Cop, Away From Her to vie for film directing honours". CBC Arts, August 13, 2007.
  13. ^ "Cronenberg's Eastern Promises triumphs at directors guild awards". CBC Arts, November 9, 2008.
  14. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Cronenberg, Podeswa lead DGCs". Playback, August 11, 2008.
  15. ^ "'Flashpoint,' 'Passchendaele' big winners at Directors Guild bash". CTV News, October 26, 2009.
  16. ^ "Directors Guild announces nominees". The Globe and Mail, August 5, 2009.
  17. ^ "Cairo Time, CBC big winners at directors' awards". CBC News, September 26, 2010.
  18. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "Directors Guild of Canada Awards: Atom Egoyan's Chloe leads nominees". The Georgia Straight, July 8, 2010.
  19. ^ "Barney's Version, John A lead winners at Directors Guild Awards". CBC News, October 31, 2011.
  20. ^ "2011 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Nominees Announced". Canada NewsWire, August 15, 2011
  21. ^ Etan Vlessing, "David Cronenberg's 'A Dangerous Method,' Jon Cassar's 'The Kennedys' Dominate Directors Guild of Canada Awards". The Hollywood Reporter, October 21, 2012.
  22. ^ "Cronenberg's weighty 'A Dangerous Method' leads directors guild nominees". Canadian Press, July 12, 2012.
  23. ^ Linda Barnard, "Michael McGowan takes Directors Guild of Canada prize for Still Mine". Toronto Star, October 26, 2013.
  24. ^ Pat Mullen, "'Still Mine', 'Mama' Lead Directors Guild of Canada Nominations". Cinemablographer, July 11, 2013.
  25. ^ "The Directors Guild of Canada Honours the Best in the Business at the 13th Annual DGC Awards". Canada NewsWire, October 25, 2014.
  26. ^ Julianna Cummins, "2014 DGC Award nominees announced". Playback, June 20, 2014.
  27. ^ Jordan Pinto, "Book of Negroes, Mommy win top prizes at DGC Awards". Playback, October 25, 2015.
  28. ^ Pat Mullen, "'The Calling' Leads Directors Guild of Canada Nominations". Cinemablographer, June 18, 2015.
  29. ^ Barry Hertz, "Paul Gross takes top film honours at Directors Guild of Canada Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 2016.
  30. ^ Regan Reid, "DGC names nominees for 2016 awards". Playback, June 22, 2016.
  31. ^ Jordan Pinto, "Vikings, Mary Kills People win at DGC Awards". Playback, October 30, 2017.
  32. ^ Greg David, "2017 Directors Guild of Canada awards nominees announced". TV, eh?, June 26, 2017.
  33. ^ Etan Vlessing, "'The Shape of Water' Wins for Production Design at Directors Guild of Canada Awards". The Hollywood Reporter, October 21, 2018.
  34. ^ Pat Mullen, "2018 Directors Guild of Canada Nominees for Documentary" Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine. Point of View, September 20, 2018.
  35. ^ "Directors Guild of Canada names best homegrown films and TV shows". Q, October 28, 2019.
  36. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Jasmin Mozaffari's Firecrackers leads DGC Award nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 12, 2019.
  37. ^ Lauren Malyk, "Michelle Latimer, Vincenzo Natali among DGC film winners". Playback, October 28, 2020.
  38. ^ "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film nods". RealScreen, September 22, 2020.
  39. ^ Nick Krewen, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film winners". Playback, October 25, 2021.
  40. ^ Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback, September 24, 2021.
  41. ^ Angelica Babiera, "David Cronenberg, Charles Officer among DGC award winners". Playback, November 7, 2022.
  42. ^ Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: 'Nightmare Alley,' 'Crimes of the Future,' 'Night Raiders' Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter, September 23, 2022.
  43. ^ Connie Thiessen, "‘Women Talking’ leads winners at 22nd annual DGC Awards". Broadcast Dialogue, October 22, 2023.
  44. ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards". Playback, September 20, 2023.
  45. ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "‘Queen of My Dreams,’ ‘We Forgot to Break Up’ tie for top Directors Guild award". Brandon Sun, October 28, 2024.
  46. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Sweet Angel Baby leads DGC Awards’ film nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2024.
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