The DGC is honoured to unveil the nominees for the 23rd annual DGC Awards.

Winners will be announced and presented online on Monday, October 28th.

 

Congratulations to the following nominated DGC Ontario Members:

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM

J Stevens & Team – Really Happy Someday

Fawzia Mirza & Team – The Queen of My Dreams

Karen Chapman & Team – Village Keeper

Jeff Chan & Team – Code 8 Part II

Karen Knox & Team – We Forgot to Break Up

 

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY

Chelsea McMullan – Swan Song

Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee – Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

Omar Majeed  – Disco’s Revenge

Aeyliya Husain – An Unfinished Journey

 

DGC JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DISCOVERY AWARD

Kaniehtiio Horn – Seeds

 

BEST SHORT FILM

Alyson Richards – I Was Here

Phillip Barker – EarthWorm

Richard Rotter – Bloodline

Liz Whitmere – Cold

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FILM

Tamara Deverell – Priscilla

Carol Spier & Jason Clarke – The Dead Don't Hurt

Oleg M. Savytski – Queen of Bones

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FILM (LIMITED BUDGET)

Andrew Berry – The Silent Planet

Joel Richardson – Kipkemboi

Meagan Budgell – We Forgot to Break Up

Michael Pierson – The Queen of My Dreams

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM

Matt Lyon – Code 8 Part II

Hugh Elchuk – Suze

Anna Catley – We Forgot to Break Up

Jorge Weisz – Sweetland

Sandy Pereira – Young Werther

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – DOCUMENTARY

Peter Denes & Steve Taylor – The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal

Mike Munn – Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

Omar Majeed with Peter Mishara & Navin Harrilal – Disco's Revenge

Shane Belcourt & Matt Lyon – Wilfred Buck

Mike Munn & Eamonn O'Connor with Caitlin Durlak – Black Life: Untold Stories, Migrations

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM

Dashen Naidoo, Jill Purdy, Jack Madigan – Trap

Elma Bello, J.R. Fountain, Kevin Banks, Krystin Hunter, Paul Germann, Ian Geldart, Nadya Hanlon – Queen of Bones

Claudia Pinto, Kelly McGahey – Sweet Angel Baby

Bryson Cassidy, Jeremy Laing – The Silent Planet

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES

Hannah Cheesman & Team – Something Undone, Make Yourselves Clean

Jeanne Leblanc & Team – Bellefleur, Beau-papa

David Frazee & Team – Billy the Kid, The Agony

Samir Rehem & Team – Transplant, Torn

Amanda Tapping & Team – Dead Boy Detectives, The Case of the Two Dead Dragons

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES

Tig Fong & Team – What We Do In The Shadows, Exit Interview

Pat Mills & Team – Run the Burbs, Phright Night

Yael Staav & Team – One More Time, Bed Bugs

Fabrizio Filippo & Team – Sort Of, Sort Of Hospital Again

Kelly Fyffe-Marshall & Team – Bria Mack Gets a Life, Bria Makes a Move

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES

Winnifred Jong & Team – Jane, Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Paul Fox & Team – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, The Great Radish Ball

Felipe Rodriguez & Team – Ruby and the Well, I Wish I Could Rest In Peace

Stefan Brogren & Team – Popularity Papers, Notes on a Vandal

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES

Marie Clements & Team – Bones of Crows, To Be Here

Nimisha Mukerji & Team – Under the Bridge, Beautiful British Columbia

Felipe Rodriguez & Team – Never Too Late to Celebrate

Michelle Ouellet & Team – Dying in Plain Sight

Anne Wheeler & Team – Heaven Down Here   

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – DRAMATIC SERIES & MINI-SERIES

Rory Cheyne – Foundation, King and Commoner

Trevor Smith – Fargo, Trials & Tribulations

James Philpott – Bones of Crows, To Be Starved

Ludovic Dufresne – Fem, Épisode 1

Jennifer Morden – Under the Bridge, Mercy Alone

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

Shayne Fox – What We Do In The Shadows, A Weekend at Morrigan Manor

Zoë Sakellaropoulo – Ghosts, Holes Are Bad

Ciara Vernon – Late Bloomer, Nudes

Ingrid Jurek - Run the Burbs, Phright Night

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES

Jonathan Eagan – The Changeling, Stormy Weather

Annie Ilkow – Transplant, Never Too Late to Start Again

D. Gillian Truster – Sight Unseen, Leo

Nicholas Wong – Halo, Halo

Erin Deck – Beacon 23, Corbenic

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES

Robert de Lint – Maybe It's You             

Lara Johnston – Fellow Travelers, Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Julia Blua – Never Too Late to Celebrate

Gloria Tong – Friday Night Sext Scandal                   

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

Morgan Waters – Davey & Jonesie's Locker, You Don't Belong Here

Hugh Elchuk – Sort Of, Sort Of the Worst Yoda

Gloria Tong – Bria Mack Gets a Life, Bria Mack Gets a Job

Thorben Bieger – Moonshine, Get My Baby Back

Fabiola Caraza – Popularity Papers, Ghost Mortem

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES

Nelson Ferreira, Paul Germann, John Douglas Smith, Joe Mancuso, J.R. Fountain, Kirk Starkey, Spencer Clerk – The Changeling, Stormy Weather

Adam Stein, Dale Sheldrake, Brennan Mercer, David Caporale, Nadya Hanlon, Claire Dobson, James Bastable, Andrew Wright, Alex Bullick, Jean Bot – Halo, Halo

David Caporale, Sue Conley, Kathy Choi, Ed Douglas, Nadya Hanlon, Jean Bot – Poacher, The Jungle

Dustin Harris, Nathan Robitaille, Krystin Hunter, Craig MacLellan, Jack Madigan – Silo, Freedom Day

J.R. Fountain, Brent Pickett, Joe Mancuso, Tyler Whitham, Kelly McGahey – Billy the Kid, The Day of the Dead

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES

Danielle McBride, Ed Douglas, Éve Corrêa-Guedes, Craig MacLellan, Scott Hitchon – Fellow Travelers, White Nights

Mark Dejczak, Kelly McGahey Stephen Barden, Ryan Allam – The Naughty Nine

P. Jason MacNeill, Raiza Rodrigues, John Laing – The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango        

John Loranger, Faustine Pelipel, Scott Donald – Never Too Late to Celebrate               

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

Sean Karp, Cailey Milito, Aravind Sundar – Jane, Chlamyphorus truncates

John Douglas Smith, Paul Talbot, Kayla Stewart, Taylor Brockelsby, Kevin Banks – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, The Great Radish Ball

Kevin Howard, Robert Hegedus, Kevin Banks, Richard Calistan, Jason MacNeill – Heartland, Heat Of The Moment

Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky, Matthew Hussey, Sue Fawcett, Michael Legedza, Joseph Wazana, Simon Miminis – The Hardy Boys, A Wild Ride

Richard Calistan, Kayla Stewart, Josh Brown, Kevin Banks, Ethan Horbay – The Way Home, How to Save a Life

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES

Hannah Cheesman – Something Undone, Make Yourselves Clean

Samir Rehem – Transplant, Torn

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES

Tig Fong – What We Do In The Shadows, Exit Interview

Pat Mills – Run the Burbs, Phright Night

Yael Staav – One More Time, Bed Bugs

Fabrizio Filippo – Sort Of, Sort Of Hospital Again

Kelly Fyffe-Marshall – Bria Mack Gets a Life, Bria Makes a Move

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES

Winnifred Jong – Jane, Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Paul Fox – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, The Great Radish Ball

Felipe Rodriguez – Ruby and the Well, I Wish I Could Rest In Peace

Stefan Brogren – Popularity Papers, Notes on a Vandal

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES

Felipe Rodriguez – Never Too Late to Celebrate

Michelle Ouellet – Dying in Plain Sight      

   

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – DRAMATIC SERIES & MINI-SERIES

Rory Cheyne – Foundation, King and Commoner

Trevor Smith – Fargo, Trials & Tribulations

James Philpott – Bones of Crows, To Be Starved

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

Shayne Fox – What We Do In The Shadows, A Weekend at Morrigan Manor

Ciara Vernon – Late Bloomer, Nudes

Ingrid Jurek - Run the Burbs, Phright Night

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES

Jonathan Eagan – The Changeling, Stormy Weather

D. Gillian Truster – Sight Unseen, Leo

Nicholas Wong – Halo, Halo

Erin Deck – Beacon 23, Corbenic

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES

Robert de Lint – Maybe It's You             

Lara Johnston – Fellow Travelers, Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Julia Blua – Never Too Late to Celebrate

Gloria Tong – Friday Night Sext Scandal                   

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

Morgan Waters – Davey & Jonesie's Locker, You Don't Belong Here

Hugh Elchuk – Sort Of, Sort Of the Worst Yoda

Gloria Tong – Bria Mack Gets a Life, Bria Mack Gets a Job

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES

Nelson Ferreira, Paul Germann, John Douglas Smith, Joe Mancuso, J.R. Fountain, Kirk Starkey, Spencer Clerk – The Changeling, Stormy Weather

Adam Stein, Dale Sheldrake, Brennan Mercer, David Caporale, Nadya Hanlon, Claire Dobson, James Bastable, Andrew Wright, Alex Bullick, Jean Bot – Halo, Halo

David Caporale, Sue Conley, Kathy Choi, Ed Douglas, Nadya Hanlon, Jean Bot – Poacher, The Jungle

Dustin Harris, Nathan Robitaille, Krystin Hunter, Craig MacLellan, Jack Madigan – Silo, Freedom Day

J.R. Fountain, Brent Pickett, Joe Mancuso, Tyler Whitham, Kelly McGahey – Billy the Kid, The Day of the Dead

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES

Danielle McBride, Ed Douglas, Éve Corrêa-Guedes, Craig MacLellan, Scott Hitchon – Fellow Travelers, White Nights

Mark Dejczak, Kelly McGahey Stephen Barden, Ryan Allam – The Naughty Nine

P. Jason MacNeill, Raiza Rodrigues, John Laing – The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango        

John Loranger, Faustine Pelipel, Scott Donald – Never Too Late to Celebrate               

 

BEST SOUND EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

Sean Karp, Cailey Milito, Aravind Sundar – Jane, Chlamyphorus truncates

John Douglas Smith, Paul Talbot, Kayla Stewart, Taylor Brockelsby, Kevin Banks – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, The Great Radish Ball

Kevin Howard, Robert Hegedus, Kevin Banks, Richard Calistan, Jason MacNeill – Heartland, Heat Of The Moment

Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky, Matthew Hussey, Sue Fawcett, Michael Legedza, Joseph Wazana, Simon Miminis – The Hardy Boys, A Wild Ride

Richard Calistan, Kayla Stewart, Josh Brown, Kevin Banks, Ethan Horbay – The Way Home, How to Save a Life