October 23, 2023
Winners Announced for 22nd Annual DGC Awards
The DGC is delighted to announce the winners of the 22nd Annual DGC Awards. The Awards were presented at the annual event on Saturday, October 21, 2023 and returned to the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto for the first time since 2019.
DGC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Denys Arcand
DGC HONOURARY LIFE MEMBER AWARD
Patricia Gallivan
DGC IMPACT AWARD
Marie Clements
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM
Sarah Polley & Team – Women Talking
ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY
Nisha Pahuja – To Kill a Tiger
JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD SHORT LIST
Ariane Louis-Seize – Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant (Humanist Vampire
Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person)
BEST SHORT FILM
Lisa Robertson – smokeBreak
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
Peter Cosco – Women Talking
BEST PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM
Christopher Donaldson & Roslyn Kalloo – Women Talking
BEST PICTURE EDITING – DOCUMENTARY
Mike Munn (With Dave Kazala) – To Kill a Tiger
BEST SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM
David McCallum, Jane Tattersall, Alex Bullick, Krystin Hunter, Christopher Alan King – Women
Talking
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Team – Little Bird, Love is all Around
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
Fabrizio Filippo & Team – Sort Of, Sort of Janazah
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES (TIE)
Jonathan Rosenbaum & Team – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Night of the Lights
Lisa Rose Snow & Team – Odd Squad, Why Did The Chick Cross The Dimension? / Off The Clock
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES
Aisling Chin-Yee & Team – Plan B, Episode 5
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – DRAMATIC SERIES
Tamara Deverell – Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, The Autopsy
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES
Brian Kane – Essex County, Episode 3
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES
Ingrid Jurek – Sort Of, Sort of Janazah
BEST PICTURE EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES
Wendy Hallam Martin – The Handmaid's Tale, Safe
BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
Chris Mutton, Sandy Pereira & Dev Singh – Essex County, Episode 3
BEST PICTURE EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES
Sam Thomson – Sort Of, Sort of I Love You
BEST SOUND EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES
Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Brennan Mercer, David Caporale, Dustin Harris, Krystin Hunter,
Stefana Fratila, Christopher Alan King, Yuri Gorbachow – The Handmaid's Tale, Safe
BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES
Jane Tattersall, Ed Douglas, David Caporale, Alex Bullick, David Evans, Susan Conley, Kathy Choi,
Rob Hutchins, Kevin Banks, Nadya Hanlon, Jean Bot – Thai Cave Rescue, To Not Offend the
Gods
BEST SOUND EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES
John Douglas Smith, Kayla Stewart, Kevin Banks, Paul Talbott, Kelly McGahey, Taylor
Brockelsby – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Night of the Lights