The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has revealed the first set of nominees for the 25th annual DGC Awards, ahead of this year’s ceremony in Vancouver in November.

The TV nominees – which include Television Series, Movies for Television and Mini-Series – include multiple nominations for CBC comedy Small Achievable Goals, which led nominations with four. Apple TV+ holiday short, The First Snow of Fraggle Rock, earned three nominations, alongside Hulu’s Margaret Atwood adaptation, The Testaments, Apple TV+ sci-fi series Foundation, and Acorn TV’s Irish Blood.

Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story earned two nominations. with Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series nods for both R.T. Thorne and Cory Bowles. Other multiple nominees include Netflix’s Wayward, Wednesday (Netflix), Murderbot (Apple TV+), in addition to Crave series Late Bloomer, Revival, and The Trades.

Individuals with multiple nominations include Faustine Pelipel, who earned three nods for Best Sound Editing (The Institute, The Gray House, Small Achieveable Goals); along with Joe Mancuso (Foundation, The Institute, Billy The Kid). Double nominees include Chris Cobain (Wayward, Small Achievable Goals); Jill Purdy (The Gray House, Small Achievable Goals); Paul Germann (Something Very Bad is Going to Happen, The Gray House); Stephen Barden (The Gray House, Small Achievable Goals), and Tyler Whitham (Foundation, Murderbot).

The DGC will unveil the nominations for Feature Film, Documentary and Short Film as well as the short-list for the Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award, following the DGC Awards juries later in September.

“This year’s nominees are a testament to the exceptional talent, expertise and creativity that continue to define Canadian television,” said DGC President Warren P. Sonoda, in an announcement. “We’re ecstatic to head to Vancouver and celebrate the outstanding work of our Members and the stories they bring to audiences here in Canada and around the world.”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES

Mike Barker – The Testaments, Precious Flowers

Jamie Travis – It: Welcome to Derry, In the Name of the Father

Christopher J. Byrne – Foundation, Foundation’s End

Samir Rehem – Revival, Bloodlines

Molly McGlynn – Irish Blood, Briefcase

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES

R.T. Thorne – Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, A Rival

Yael Staav – Small Achievable Goals, Cicadas

Cory Bowles – Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story; The Man with the Plan, Astaphan

Sebastian Cluer – The Office Movers, The Guyzer

Jasmeet Raina – Late Bloomer, IPTV

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES

Jonathan A. Rosenbaum – The First Snow of Fraggle Rock

Bruce McDonald – Malory Towers, The Last Day of Malory Towers

Grant Harvey – The Way Home; Yes Sir, That’s My Baby

J.J. Johnson – Dino Dex, Dino Discovery: Part One

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION & MINI-SERIES

Heather Hawthorn Doyle – I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco

David I. Strasser – Love, Again

Fawzia Mirza – Kissing is the Easy Part

Eva Tavares – Christmas Baby

Lucie Guest – Providence Falls: Chance of a Lifetime 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – DRAMATIC SERIES & MINI-SERIES

Paul Austerberry – It: Welcome to Derry, The Black Spot

Rory Cheyne – Foundation, Foundation’s End

Jean-François Campeau – Chief of War, City of Flowers Part II

Martha Sparrow – The Testaments, Precious Flowers

Matthew Davies – Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Kids These Days

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES & MINI-SERIES

Danielle Sahota – Late Bloomer, Crystals

Michael Pierson – The Trades, Take Your Nepo Boss to Work Day

Donna Noonan – Acting Good, Dirty Deeds 

Peter Cosco – Small Achievable Goals, Menopause Resistant

BEST PICTURE EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES

Dev Singh – Something Very Bad is Going to Happen, The Witness

Ana Yavari – The Testaments, Marat Sade

Stephen Philipson – Chief of War, Day of Spilled Brains

Curtis Lobb – Revival, Bloodlines

Lisa Grootenboer – Irish Blood, Briefcase 

BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION & MINI-SERIES

Don Cassidy & Naseem Loloie – The Gray House, Treason Ends on the Gallows

Susan Shipton – The Borderline, No Loose Ends

Hugh Elchuk – Wayward, Mirror

Lara Johnston – The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, Ci vediamo più tardi

David J. Cain – Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life        

BEST PICTURE EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

Geoff Ashenhurst – Murderbot, Escape Velocity Protocol

Will Mitchell & Dean Soltys – Small Achievable Goals, Cicadas

Morgan Waters – The First Snow of Fraggle Rock

Jay Prychidny – Wednesday, This Means Woe

Jeremy Harty – The Trades, Meat Sweats

BEST SOUND EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES

Paul Germann, Emilie Boucek, Ryan Joe Allam, Ève Corrêa-Guedes, Ian Geldart – Something Very Bad is Going to Happen, Never Get On One Knee

Tyler Whitham, Joe Bracciale, Josh Brown, Alex Bullick, Nelson Ferreira, Gerald Trepy, Joe Mancuso – Foundation, A Song for the End of Everything

Paula Fairfield, Faustine Pelipel, Taylor Brockelsby, Dave Fritz, Ayaz Kamani, Joe Mancuso – The Institute, Fight

Adam Stein, Danielle McBride, Kelly McGahey, Steve Blair, Rose Gregoris, Joe Mancuso – Billy the Kid, Breaking the Shackles

Ed Douglas, Rob Ainsley, Rob Hutchins, Rob Hegedus, Mike Jones – Irish Blood, Briefcase 

BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION & MINI-SERIES

Jane Tattersall, Martin Gwynn Jones, Brennan Mercer, Brent Pickett, Rachael Zerafa, Chris Cobain – Wayward, Mirror

Jill Purdy, Paul Germann, Stephen Barden, Rob Bertola, David Rose, Kevin Banks, Faustine Pelipel, Ian Geldart – The Gray House, The Firestorm

Krystin Hunter, Claire Dobson, David Caporale, Steve Medeiros, David McCallum – The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, U Were There

Deanna Marano & Jeremy Kessler – Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life   

BEST SOUND EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES

John Loranger, Dan Sexton, Alastair Gray, Matthew Hussey, Scott Donald, Kristi McIntyre, Sue Fawcett – Wednesday, If These Woes Could Talk

Jill Purdy, Stephen Barden, Faustine Pelipel, Chris Cobain – Small Achievable Goals; HRT, and Other Party Tricks

Tyler Whitham, Danielle McBride, Craig MacLellan, Ève Corrêa-Guedes, Stefana Fratila – Murderbot, All Systems Red

Mark Dejczak, Kayla Stewart, Kevin Banks, Kirsten Smith – The First Snow of Fraggle Rock