DOXA Short Documentary Award explained

The DOXA Short Documentary Award is an annual Canadian film award, presented to honour the best short documentary film screened at that year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival. The award frequently, but not always, presents an honorable mention in addition to the overall winner.

Unlike feature documentaries, for which DOXA presents the separate Colin Low Award for Canadian documentaries and Feature Documentary Award for international documentaries, a single award is presented for short documentaries inclusive of both Canadian and international films.

Winners

YearFilmFilmmaker(s)Ref
201318 kgKacper Czubak[1]
2014Homo CirisJana Mináriková[2]
The Governance of LoveAdela Kaczmarek
2015Island and FlightDan Popa[3]
I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!Charlie Tyrell
201650 Feet from SyriaSkye Fitzgerald[4]
La LagunaAaron Schock
2017Vers la tendresseAlice Diop[5]
Fixed!Cat Mills
2018Crisanto StreetPaloma Martinez[6]
NuucaMichelle Latimer
2019Time Is Out of JointVictory Arroyo[7]
HavenColin Askey
2020UmbilicalDanski Tang[8]
Huntsville StationJamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone
2021Ain't No Time for Women (Y'a pas d'heure pour les femmes)Sarra El Abed[9]
2022Galb’EchaoufAbdessamad El Montassir[10]
Spirit EmulsionSiku Allooloo
2023TinyRitchie Hemphill, Ryan Haché[11]
Zug IslandNicolas Lachapelle
2024Wouldn't Make It Any Other WayHao Zhou[12]
A Short Film About a ChairIbrahim Handal

Notes and References

  1. Kevin Ritchie, "Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA". Playback, May 17, 2013.
  2. Craig Takeuchi, "Congo documentary Virunga tops DOXA 2014 awards". The Georgia Straight, May 12, 2014.
  3. Manori Ravindran, "'Je suis le peuple,' 'Far Fur Country' win DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 11, 2015.
  4. Daniele Alcinii, "'Cameraperson,' 'Twelve Landscapes' take DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 16, 2016.
  5. Charlie Smith, "DOXA fest announces its 2017 award-winning films". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2017.
  6. Dannielle Piper, "DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2018 announces awards". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2018.
  7. Hina Imam, "Winners of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2019 revealed". The Georgia Straight, May 13, 2019.
  8. Craig Takeuchi, "DOXA 2020 awards go to films about Filipina domestic workers, father and daughter documentarians, and more". The Georgia Straight, June 30, 2020.
  9. Charlie Smith, "Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers wins best Canadian director and Father wins best feature documentary at DOXA festival". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2021.
  10. Charlie Smith, "DOXA Fest: Awards go to films about child brides, queer youth, amnesia in the Sahara, and the overdose crisis". The Georgia Straight, May 16, 2022.
  11. Gail Johnson, "DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces 2023 award winners". Stir, May 13, 2023.
  12. Janet Smith, "Red Fever, Bye Bye Tiberias, and La Laguna del Soldado amid award winners at DOXA Documentary Film Festival". Stir, May 11, 2024.