Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Documentary explained

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Documentary Film is an annual award, presented by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle to the film judged by its members as the best Canadian documentary film of the year. It is separate from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary, presented to international documentary films.

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearFilmDirector
2012The World Before HerNisha Pahuja[1]
The End of TimePeter Mettler[2]
Stories We TellSarah Polley
2013My Prairie HomeChelsea McMullan[3]
Oil Sands KaraokeCharles Wilkinson[4]
WatermarkJennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky
2014The Price We PayHarold Crooks[5]
Everything Will BeJulia Kwan[6]
Grant Baldwin
2015Charles Wilkinson[7]
Fractured LandFiona Rayher, Damien Gillis[8]
How to Change the WorldJerry Rothwell
HurtAlan Zweig
2016The Prison in Twelve LandscapesBrett Story[9]
After the Last RiverVictoria Lean[10]
We Can't Make the Same Mistake TwiceAlanis Obomsawin
2017Maison du BonheurSofia Bohdanowicz[11]
In the WavesJacquelyn Mills[12]
A Skin So Soft (Ta peau si lisse)Denis Côté
Unarmed VersesCharles Officer
2018Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky[13]
The Museum of Forgotten TriumphsBojan Bodružić[14]
What Is Democracy?Astra Taylor
2019Tasha Hubbard[15]
Because We Are GirlsBaljit Sangra[16]
DannyLewis Bennett, Aaron Zeghers

2020s

YearFilmDirector
2020Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan[17]
The Forbidden ReelAriel Nasr[18]
The Magnitude of All ThingsJennifer Abbott
2021Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers[19]
The Last TouristTyson Sadler[20]
The SixArthur Jones
2022Eternal SpringJason Loftus[21]
Black IceHubert Davis[22]
Dear AudreyJeremiah Hayes
2023Satan Wants YouSteve J. Adams, Sean Horlor[23]
Robert McCallum[24]
To Kill a TigerNisha Pahuja

Notes and References

  1. http://playbackonline.ca/2013/01/08/beyond-the-black-rainbow-war-witch-win-at-vancouver-critics-awards/ "Beyond the Black Rainbow, War Witch win at Vancouver critics awards"
  2. https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2012/12/27/2013-vfcc-nominees-announced/ "2013 VFCC Nominees Announced!"
  3. "The Dirties cleans up in Vancouver; Film critics give top prizes to Matt Johnson, 12 Years a Slave". Edmonton Journal, January 9, 2014.
  4. https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2013/12/22/and-the-2014-vfcc-nominees-are/ "And the 2014 VFCC nominees are..."
  5. https://www.straight.com/movies/800226/tu-dors-nicole-and-mommy-top-canadian-winners-vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards "Tu dors Nicole and Mommy top Canadian winners at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards"
  6. https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2014/12/22/2015-nominees-announced/ "2015 Nominees Announced"
  7. http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/vancouver-film-critics-honour-haida-gwaii "Vancouver Film Critics Honour ‘Haida Gwaii’"
  8. https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2015/12/14/2016-nominees-announced/ "2016 Nominees Announced"
  9. http://playbackonline.ca/2017/01/11/hello-destroyer-wins-big-with-vfcc/ "Hello Destroyer wins big with VFCC"
  10. https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2016/12/16/2017-nominees-announced/ "2017 Nominees Announced"
  11. https://www.straight.com/movies/1016041/never-steady-never-still-takes-big-prizes-vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards "Never Steady, Never Still takes the big prizes at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards"
  12. https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2017/12/15/2018-nominees-announced/ "2018 Nominees Announced"
  13. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/01/08/haida-language-mystery-thriller-edge-of-the-knife-named-top-canadian-feature-film.html "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names Edge of the Knife top Canadian feature film"
  14. Josh Cabrita, "2019 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 14, 2018.
  15. https://www.tricitynews.com/vancouver-film-critics-award-the-body-remembers-when-the-world-broke-open-1.24047775 "Vancouver film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'"
  16. Adrian Mack, "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019.
  17. https://www.northernstars.ca/vfcc-vote-for-violation/ "VFCC Vote for Violation"
  18. Jorge Ignacio Castillo, "POSSESSOR AND CHAINED DOMINATE THE VFCC NOMINATIONS FOR BEST IN CANADIAN FILM". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, February 3, 2021.
  19. Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.
  20. Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
  21. https://www.northernstars.ca/vancouver-film-critics-like-i-like-movies/ "Vancouver Film Critics Like I Like Movies"
  22. Web site: Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees . Northern Stars . January 23, 2023 . January 23, 2023.
  23. Web site: VFCC Loves 'BlackBerry' . Northern Stars . February 13, 2024 . February 13, 2024.
  24. Taimur Sikander Mirza, "BlackBerry, Seagrass lead VFCC’s Canadian nominees". Playback, January 23, 2024.

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