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The Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour works by emerging filmmakers.
Presented for the first time in 2016, the award is given primarily to filmmakers making their first or second feature films in any genre; however, more established filmmakers are also eligible for their first film outside their usual genre, such as a narrative filmmaker making their first documentary film or vice versa. An initial longlist of between 10 and 15 nominees is announced, which is then reduced to a shortlist of four to six films, before the award is presented at the annual DGC award gala.
Formerly presented as the DGC Discovery Award, it was renamed in 2022 in memory of director Jean-Marc Vallée following his death in December 2021.[ 1]
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Year
Film
Director
Result
Ref
2016
Before the Streets (Avant les rues)
Chloé Leriche
Winner
[ 2]
2017
Luk'Luk'I
Wayne Wapeemukwa
Winner
[ 3]
All You Can Eat Buddha
Ian Lagarde
Shortlist
[ 4]
Mass for Shut-Ins
Winston DeGiobbi
Never Steady, Never Still
Kathleen Hepburn
Adventures in Public School
Kyle Rideout
Longlist
[ 5]
Allure
Carlos and Jason Sanchez
Ava
Sadaf Foroughi
Black Cop
Cory Bowles
The Crescent
Seth A. Smith
Gregoire
Cody Bown
Indian Horse
Stephen Campanelli
Maison du Bonheur
Sofia Bohdanowicz
Still Night, Still Light (Mes nuits feront écho)
Sophie Goyette
Suck It Up
Jordan Canning
Sweet Virginia
Jamie M. Dagg
2018
Fausto
Andrea Bussmann
Winner
[ 6]
Edge of the Knife (SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna)
Gwaai Edenshaw , Helen Haig-Brown
Shortlist
[ 7]
Firecrackers
Jasmin Mozaffari
A Little Wisdom
Yuqi Kang
Ville Neuve
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Clara
Akash Sherman
Longlist
[ 8]
Family First (Chien de garde)
Sophie Dupuis
Freaks
Zach Lipovsky , Adam Stein
Giant Little Ones
Keith Behrman
Incredible Violence
Gaelen Patrick Condon
M/M
Drew Lint
The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs
Bojan Bodružić
The New Romantic
Carly Stone
Take Light
Shasha Nakhai
Transformer
Michael Del Monte
2019
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Tasha Hubbard
Winner
[ 9]
Black Conflux
Nicole Dorsey
Shortlist
[ 10]
Murmur
Heather Young
Raf
Harry Cepka
The Twentieth Century
Matthew Rankin
Blood Quantum
Jeff Barnaby
Longlist
[ 11]
Castle in the Ground
Joey Klein
Drag Kids
Megan Wennberg
A Kandahar Away
Aisha Jamal
L.A. Tea Time
Sophie Bédard Marcotte
The Rest of Us
Aisling Chin-Yee
There's Something in the Water
Elliot Page , Ian Daniel
2020
Beans
Tracey Deer
Winner
[ 12]
Inconvenient Indian
Michelle Latimer
Shortlist
[ 13]
No Ordinary Man
Aisling Chin-Yee , Chase Joynt
Violation
Madeleine Sims-Fewer , Dusty Mancinelli
La Contemplation du mystère
Albéric Aurtenèche
Longlist
[ 14]
Don't Worry, the Doors Will Open
Oksana Karpovych
The Forbidden Reel
Ariel Nasr
Happy Place
Helen Shaver
Kenbe la, Until We Win
Will Prosper
Little Orphans
Ruth Lawrence
Monkey Beach
Loretta Todd
Queen of the Morning Calm
Gloria Ui Young Kim
Vagrant
Caleb Ryan
The Walrus and the Whistleblower
Nathalie Bibeau
2021
Night Raiders
Danis Goulet
Winner
[ 15]
The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs)
Philippe Grégoire
Shortlist
[ 16]
Wildhood
Bretten Hannam
Without Havana (Sin la Habana)
Kaveh Nabatian
Bootlegger
Caroline Monnet
Longlist
[ 17]
Fortitude (La Fortaleza)
Jorge Thielen Armand
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Learn to Swim
Thyrone Tommy
Night Blooms
Stephanie Joline
One of Ours
Yasmine Mathurin
Portraits from a Fire
Trevor Mack
Ste. Anne
Rhayne Vermette
Subjects of Desire
Jennifer Holness
2022
Riceboy Sleeps
Anthony Shim
Winner
[ 18]
Queens of the Qing Dynasty
Ashley McKenzie
Shortlist
[ 19]
Rosie
Gail Maurice
Slash/Back
Nyla Innuksuk
Something You Said Last Night
Luis De Filippis
When Morning Comes
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
Anyox
Ryan Ermacora, Jessica Johnson
Longlist
[ 20]
Before I Change My Mind
Trevor Anderson
Broken Angel (MaaShwaKanManiTo)
Jules Arita Koostachin
Dark Nature
Berkley Brady
Framing Agnes
Chase Joynt
Francheska: Prairie Queen
Laura O'Grady
Geographies of Solitude
Jacquelyn Mills
Golden Delicious
Jason Karman
Reset
Min Bae
This House (Cette maison)
Miryam Charles
Until Branches Bend
Sophie Jarvis
2023
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
Ariane Louis-Seize
Winner
[ 21]
Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw)
Chloé Leriche
Shortlist
[ 22]
Hey, Viktor!
Cody Lightning
In Flames
Zarrar Kahn
The Queen of My Dreams
Fawzia Mirza
Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun
Banchi Hanuse
Longlist
[ 23]
Coaching While Black
Alex Eskandarkhah
Gabor
Joannie Lafrenière
I'm Just Here for the Riot
Kathleen Jayme , Asia Youngman
Seagrass
Meredith Hama-Brown
With Love and a Major Organ
Kim Albright
2024
Seeds
Kaniehtiio Horn
Winner
[ 24]
7 Beats per Minute
Yuqi Kang
Shortlist
[ 25]
Sweet Angel Baby
Melanie Oates
Universal Language
Matthew Rankin
You Are Not Alone (Vous n'êtes pas seuls)
Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien
A French Youth (Une jeunesse française)
Jérémie Battaglia
Longlist
[ 26]
Inedia
Liz Cairns
Lovely
Serville Poblete
Monica's News
Pamela Gallant
Seguridad
Tamara Segura
Simply Johanne (Johanne, tout simplement)
Nadine Valcin
Young Werther
José Lourenço
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^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "‘Queen of My Dreams,’ ‘We Forgot to Break Up’ tie for top Directors Guild award" . Brandon Sun , October 28, 2024.
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