The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has unveiled the 2024 DGC Awards nominees for Feature Film, Documentary and Short Film.
Newfoundland-set drama Sweet Angel Baby – which premiered at TIFF and screened as the Atlantic gala at the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) last week – heads into the awards with a leading three nominations in the film categories, including Best Sound Editing and Best Production Design, in addition to director Melanie Oates being among those up for the Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.
The Queen of My Dreams, Queen of Bones, Disco’s Revenge, Code 8 Part II, We Forgot to Break Up, and The Silent Planet also received multiple nominations.
Find the full list of nominees here:
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 & Peter Mishara – Disco’s Revenge
Aeyliya Husain – An Unfinished Journey
Shannon Walsh – Adrianne & the Castle
Adrian Wills – A Quiet Girl
JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD
Kaniehtiio Horn – Seeds
Matthew Rankin – Universal Language
Marie-Hélène Viens & Philippe Lupien – You Are Not Alone
Yuqi Kang – 7 Beats per Minute
Melanie Oates – Sweet Angel Baby
BEST SHORT FILM
Alyson Richards – I Was Here
Phillip Barker – EarthWorm
Richard Rotter – Bloodline
Shubham Chhabra – Cash Cows
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
Yola van Leeuwenkamp – Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FILM (LIMITED BUDGET)
Andrew Berry – The Silent Planet
Stephen Britton Osler – Monica’s News
Joel Richardson – Kipkemboi
Xavier Georges – Sweet Angel Baby
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
The nominees for Television Series, Movies for Television and Mini-Series were announced earlier this month.
Selected from over 500 submissions, DGC says the full slate of nominations emerged from an incredibly competitive process, demonstrating the creative strength of the Canadian film and television industry.
Winners will be announced and presented online on Monday, Oct. 28.
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