Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short explained

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian animated short film.^[1] Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.

Best Theatrical Short Film

In the 1980s and 1990s, the award was not always presented at every Genie Award ceremony. In years when the award for animated shorts was not presented, a single award was instead presented for Best Theatrical Short Film, inclusive of both animated and live-action shorts.

1960s

Year	Film	Nominees	Ref
1968 20th Canadian Film Awards
A Child in His Country (Un enfant... un pays) (honourable mention only)	Pierre Moretti
1969 21st Canadian Film Awards
Walking	Ryan Larkin

1970s

Year	Film	Nominees	Ref
1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards
To See or Not to See (Psychocratie)	Bretislav Pojar
1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards
Evolution	Michael Mills
1972 24th Canadian Film Awards
Dans la vie...	Pierre Veilleux
1973 25th Canadian Film Awards
The Family That Dwelt Apart	Yvon Mallette
1974
No award presented
1975 26th Canadian Film Awards
The Owl Who Married a Goose	Caroline Leaf
1976 27th Canadian Film Awards
The Street	Caroline Leaf
1977 28th Canadian Film Awards
Spinnolio	John Weldon
Bead Game	Ishu Patel	^[2]
A Cosmic Christmas	Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert
Symbiosis	Dave Cox
1978 29th Canadian Film Awards
Afterlife	Ishu Patel
Blowhard	Brad Caslor, Christopher Hinton	^[3]
The Devil and Daniel Mouse	Clive A. Smith
Harness the Wind	Sidney Goldsmith

1980s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
1980 1st Genie Awards
	Every Child	Eugene Fedorenko
	Caninabis	Kaj Pindal	^[4]
	Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas	W.H. Stevens, Jr., Beryl Friesen
1981 2nd Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1982 3rd Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1983 4th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1984 5th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1985 6th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1986 7th Genie Awards
	The Big Snit	Michael Scott, Richard Condie
	Paradise (Paradis)	Ishu Patel	^[5]
	Sylvia	Yves Leduc
1987 8th Genie Awards
	Get a Job	Brad Caslor, Michael Scott, Derek Mazur
	Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety	Bill Pettigrew, Les Drew	^[6]
	Tables of Content	Wendy Tilby
1988 9th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1989 10th Genie Awards
	The Cat Came Back	Richard Condie, Cordell Barker
	Nocturnes	Yves Leduc	^[7]
	Primiti Too Taa	Ed Ackerman

1990s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
1990 11th Genie Awards
	Juke-Bar	Martin Barry
	In and Out	David Fine, Alison Snowden	^[8]
	The Dingles	Bill Pettigrew
1991 12th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1992 13th Genie Awards
	Strings	Wendy Tilby
	Blackfly	Christopher Hinton	^[9]
	The Lump	John Weldon
1993 14th Genie Awards
	Pearl's Diner	Lynn Smith	^[10]
	No Problem	Craig Welch	^[11]
1994 15th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1995 16th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1996 17th Genie Awards
	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.
1997 18th Genie Awards
	The Old Lady and the Pigeons (La vieille dame et les pigeons)	Sylvain Chomet, Bernard Lajoie, Didier Brunner
	Dinner for Two	Barrie Angus McLean, Janet Perlman	^[12]
	Under the Weather (À l'ombre)	Tali Prévost, Yves Leduc, Pierre Hébert
1998 19th Genie Awards
	Bingo	Andy Jones, Kevin Tureski, Chris Landreth
	Frank the Wrabbit	Marcy Page, John Weldon	^[13]
1999 20th Genie Awards
	When the Day Breaks	Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis, David Verrall
		Co Hoedeman, Thérèse Descary	^[14]
	The Old Man and the Sea	Alexander Petrov, Bernard Lajoie, Tatsuo Shimamura

2000s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2000 21st Genie Awards
	Village of Idiots	Rose Newlove, Michael Scott, David Verrall, Eugene Fedorenko	^[15]
	Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar! (Coucou, Monsieur Edgar!)	Pierre M. Trudeau, Thérèse Descary	^[16]
	From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (Du big bang à mardi matin)	Thérèse Descary, Jean-Jacques Leduc, Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean
2001 22nd Genie Awards
	The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg	Marcy Page, Paul Driessen	^[17]
	Aria	Pjotr Sapegin, Marcel Jean, David Reiss-Andersen	^[18]
	Strange Invaders	Jennifer Torrance, Cordell Barker
2002 23rd Genie Awards
	The Hungry Squid	Marcy Page, John Weldon	^[19]
	Glasses	Marcy Page, Brian Duchscherer	^[20]
	Pirouette	Marcel Jean, Tali Prévost, Pierre Hébert
2003 24th Genie Awards
	Falling in Love Again	Munro Ferguson, Marcy Page	^[21]
	Islet (Îlot)	Nicolas Brault, Michèle Bélanger	^[22]
	Stormy Night (Nuit d'orage)	Michèle Lemieux, Jean-Jacques Leduc, Marcel Jean
2004 25th Genie Awards
	Ryan	Marcy Page, Steven Hoban, Mark Smith, Chris Landreth	^[23]
	Louise	Jennifer Torrance, Michael Scott, Anita Lebeau	^[24]
	Mabel's Saga	JoDee Samuelson, Kent Martin
	The Man with No Shadow (L'Homme sans ombre)	Georges Schwizgebel, Marcel Jean
	Through My Thick Glasses	Pjotr Sapegin, Marcel Jean, David Reiss-Andersen
2005 26th Genie Awards
	cNote	Michael Fukushima, Christopher Hinton	^[25]
	Dehors novembre	Patrick Bouchard, Michèle Bélanger	^[26]
	Ruzz and Ben (Ruzz et Ben)	Philippe Jullien, Jean-Pierre Lemouland, Marcel Jean
2006 27th Genie Awards
	The Danish Poet	Torill Kove, Lise Fearnley, Marcy Page	^[27]
	Tragic Story with Happy Ending (Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse)	Regina Pessoa, Patrick Eveno, Abi Feijò, Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Marcel Jean
2007 28th Genie Awards
	Madame Tutli-Putli	Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis, Marcy Page	^[28]
	Here and There (Ici par ici)	Marc Bertrand, Diane Obomsawin	^[29]
	Jeu	Marcel Jean, Michèle Bélanger, Georges Schwizgebel
2008 29th Genie Awards
	Sleeping Betty (Isabelle au bois dormant)	Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean	^[30]
	Drux Flux	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand	^[31]
	The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow	Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent Marcone, Marco Pecota
2009 30th Genie Awards
	Runaway	Derek Mazur, Cordell Barker, Michael Scott	^[32]
	The Spine	Steven Hoban, Chris Landreth, Marcy Page	^[33]
	Vive la rose	Michael Fukushima, Bruce Alcock, Annette Clarke, Tina Ouellette

2010s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2010 31st Genie Awards
	Lipsett Diaries	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand	^[34]
	The Trenches (La Tranchée)	Claude Cloutier, Marc Bertrand
2011 32nd Genie Awards
	Romance	Georges Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand	^[35]
	Choke	Michelle Latimer	^[36]
	Inner City (La Cité entre les murs)	Alain Fournier
	Muybridge's Strings	Kōji Yamamura, Michael Fukushima, Shuzo John Shiota, Keisuke Tsuchihashi
	Wild Life	Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby, Marcy Page, Bonnie Thompson
2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards
	Paula	Julie Roy, Dominic Étienne Simard	^[37]
	Bydlo	Julie Roy, Patrick Bouchard	^[38]
	Demoni	Theodore Ushev
	Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne)	Richard Van den Boom, Franck Dion, Julie Roy
2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards
	Subconscious Password	Chris Landreth, Marcy Page, Mark Smith	^[39]
	Impromptu	Bruce Alcock, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima, Tina Ouellette	^[40]
	The End of Pinky	Claire Blanchet, Michael Fukushima
	Hollow Land	Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Dora Benousilio, Marc Bertrand, Marie Bro
	Gloria Victoria	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards
	Me and My Moulton	Lise Fearnley, Torill Kove, Marcy Page	^[41]
	Day 40	Sol Friedman	^[42]
		Luigi Allemano
	Migration	Mark Lomond, Johanne Ste-Marie
	Soif	René Chénier, Michèle Cournoyer, Galilé Marion-Gauvin, Marcel Jean
2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards
	The Ballad of Immortal Joe	Hector Herrera, Pazit Cahlon	^[43]
	Carface (Autos Portraits)	Claude Cloutier, Julie Roy	^[44]
	BAM	Howie Shia, Michael Fukushima, Maral Mohammadian
	In Deep Waters (Dans les eaux profondes)	Sarah Van den Boom, Julie Roy, Richard Van den Boom
	The Sleepwalker (Sonámbulo)	Theodore Ushev
2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards
	Blind Vaysha	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand	^[45]
	I Am Here	Eoin Duffy, Maral Mohammadian, Shirley Vercruysse	^[46]
	I Like Girls (J'aime les filles)	Diane Obomsawin, Marc Bertrand
	Mamie	Janice Nadeau, Marc Bertrand, Corinne Destombes
	Red of the Yew Tree (If ou le rouge perdu)	Marie-Hélène Turcotte, Félix Dufour-Laperrière
2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards
	The Tesla World Light	Matthew Rankin, Julie Roy	^[47]
	Dam! The Story of Kit the Beaver	Kjell Boersma, Josh Clavir	^[48]
	Fox and the Whale	Robin Joseph
	Hedgehog's Home	Eva Cvijanović, Vanja Andrijević, Jelena Popović
	Manivald	Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić, Jelena Popović
2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards
	Animal Behaviour	Alison Snowden, David Fine, Michael Fukushima	^[49]
	Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)	Amanda Strong	^[50]
	Caterpillarplasty	David Barlow-Krelina, Jelena Popović
	The Subject (Le sujet)	Patrick Bouchard, Julie Roy
	A Visit (Une visite)	Parissa Mohit
2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards
	Giant Bear	Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies, Emily Paige	^[51]
	Docking	Trevor Anderson, Alyson Richards	^[52]
	Pinch	Diego Maclean
	Shannon Amen	Chris Dainty, Maral Mohammadian, Michael Fukushima
		Regina Pessoa, Abi Feijó, Julie Roy, Reginald de Guillebon

2020s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards
	Hot Flash	Thea Hollatz, Kristy Neville, Matt Code, Morghan Fortier, Brett Jubinville	^[53]
	4 North A	Jordan Canning, Howie Shia, Annette Clarke	^[54]
	The Fourfold	Alisi Telengut
	The Great Malaise (Le mal du siècle)	Catherine Lepage, Marc Bertrand
	I, Barnabé (Moi, Barnabé)	Jean-François Lévesque, Julie Roy
2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards
		Zacharias Kunuk, Neil Christopher, Nadia Mike, Jonathan Frantz	^[55]
	Boobs (Lolos)	Marie Valade	^[56]
	Flowing Home (Như một dòng sông)	Sandra Desmazières, Dora Benousilio, Julie Roy
	The Hangman at Home	Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Lana Tankosa Nikolic, Avi Amar, Katayoun Dibamehr, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Marc Bertrand, Julie Roy
		Terril Calder, Jelena Popović
2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards
	The Flying Sailor	Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis, David Christensen	^[57]
	Arctic Song	Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty, Alicia Smith, David Christensen, Nadia Mike	^[58]
	Impossible Figures and Other Stories I	Marta Pajek, Piotr Szczepanowicz, Grzegorz Wacławek, Maral Mohammadian
	The Shadow of My Life	Hajar Moradi
	Triangle of Darkness (Triangle noir)	Marie-Noëlle Robidas-Moreau, Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière
2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards
	Where Rabbits Come From (D'où viennent les lapins)	Colin Ludvic Racicot, Bertrand Paquette, Simon Allard	^[59]
	Aphasia (Aphasie)	Marielle Dalpé, Marc Bertrand	^[60]
	Miserable Miracle (Misérable Miracle)	Ryo Orikasa, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Jelena Popović, Nobuaki Doi, Rob McLaughlin, Michael Fukushima
	Return to Hairy Hill (Retour à Hairy Hill)	Emily Paige, Daniel Gies
	The Temple (Le Temple)	Alain Fournier

Multiple winners (3 or more)

• Marcy Page-8
• Michael Scott-3
• Chris Landreth-3
• Marc Bertrand-3
• Wendy Tilby-3
• John Weldon-3

Multiple nominations (3 or more)

• Marcy Page-10 (8 wins)
• Marcel Jean-10 (1 win)
• Marc Bertrand-8 (3 wins)
• Julie Roy-8 (2 wins)
• Michael Fukushima-7 (2 wins)
• Wendy Tilby-5 (3 wins)
• Theodore Ushev-5 (2 wins)
• Michael Scott-4 (3 wins)
• John Weldon-4 (3 wins)
• Claude Cloutier-4 (1 win)
• Christopher Hinton-3 (2 wins)
• Cordell Barker-3 (2 wins)
• Amanda Forbis-3 (1 win)
• Yves Leduc-3 (no wins)
• Jelena Popović-3 (no wins)

See also

• Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film
• List of animation awards

Notes and References

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11. "The nominees are...". Edmonton Journal, October 20, 1993.
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14. Gayle MacDonald, "Sunshine floods Genies: International co-production sweeps award nominations, with Felicia's Journey, Five Senses, eXistenZ also in running for best picture prize to be announced next month". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 1999.
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16. "Here are the nominations for the 21st Genie Awards honouring the best in Canadian cinema". Canadian Press, December 12, 2000.
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