Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award

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
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

References
  1. Victoria Ahearn, "In brief: Out in the Ring wins top Canadian prize at Inside Out". Playback, June 9, 2022.
  2. Hertz, Barry (October 22, 2016). "Paul Gross takes top film honours at Directors Guild of Canada Awards". The Globe and Mail.
  3. "Luk'Luk'I among winners at Canada's directors guild awards". CBC News, October 29, 2017.
  4. Regan Reid, "DGC unveils Discovery Award short list". Playback, October 23, 2017.
  5. Barry Hertz, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award". The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2017.
  6. Greg David, "2018 Directors Guild of Canada Awards winners announced". TV, eh?, October 21, 2018.
  7. Jordan Pinto, "McGlynn, de Pencier in the running for DGC’s feature film prize". Playback, September 20, 2018.
  8. Connie Thiessen, "DGC's list of top new Canadian filmmakers to watch". Broadcast Dialogue, September 10, 2018.
  9. Lauren Malyk, "Patricia Rozema and Robert Budreau tie at DGC Awards". Playback, October 28, 2019.
  10. "Nominees announced for 18th Annual DGC Awards". Bloomberg News, September 12, 2019.
  11. Connie Thiessen, "Ellen Page, Megan Wennberg among DGC Discovery Award nominees". Broadcast Dialogue, September 9, 2019.
  12. Lauren Malyk, "Michelle Latimer, Vincenzo Natali among DGC film winners". Playback, October 28, 2020.
  13. Connie Thiessen, "DGC feature, doc, and short film nominees announced". Broadcast Dialogue, September 21, 2020.
  14. "In brief: Latimer, Deer among DGC's Discovery long list". Playback, September 18, 2020.
  15. Nick Krewen, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film winners". Playback, October 25, 2021.
  16. Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback, September 24, 2021.
  17. "TV & Film News – DGC reveals Discovery Award long list of emerging directors to watch". Broadcast Dialogue, September 23, 2021.
  18. Angelica Babiera, "David Cronenberg, Charles Officer among DGC award winners". Playback, November 7, 2022.
  19. Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter, September 23, 2022.
  20. "JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD LONG LIST DROPS AT VISIONARIES". Yahoo! Movies, September 11, 2022.
  21. Connie Thiessen, "‘Women Talking’ leads winners at 22nd annual DGC Awards". Broadcast Dialogue, October 22, 2023.
  22. Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards". Playback, September 20, 2023.
  23. Connie Thiessen, "DGC unveils 2023 Discovery Award long list". Broadcast Dialogue, September 12, 2023.
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