The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Award for Best Short Documentary is an annual Canadian film award, presented to a film judged to be the year's best short documentary film.[1] Prior to 2012 the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards program; since 2012 it has been presented as part of the expanded Canadian Screen Awards.

The award has not always been presented at every past Genie or CSA ceremony. In years when the award was not presented, short documentary films were instead eligible for the Best Theatrical Short Film and/or Best (Theatrical/Feature-Length) Documentary categories. In the Canadian Film Awards era, it was often presented solely under the name Best Documentary, but was still presented to shorter documentaries and remained separate from the category for Best Theatrical Documentary.

1960s

Year Film Nominees Ref
1968
20th Canadian Film Awards
With Drums and Trumpets (Avec tambours et trompettes) Marcel Carrière [1]
1969
21st Canadian Film Awards
Juggernaut Walford Hewitson [1]

1970s

Year Film Nominees Ref
1970
22nd Canadian Film Awards
KW+ Aimée Danis [1]
1971
23rd Canadian Film Awards
The Sea Bané Jovanovic [1]
1972
24th Canadian Film Awards
Selling Out Jack Winter, Tadeusz Jaworski [1]
1973
25th Canadian Film Awards
Grierson Roger Blais [1]
Faire hurler les murs Jean Saulnier
1974
No award presented [1]
1975
26th Canadian Film Awards
At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch Deepa Mehta, Paul Saltzman [1]
Cree Hunters of Mistassini Tony Ianzelo, Boyce Richardson
1976
27th Canadian Film Awards
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry Donald Brittain, John Kramer, James de B. Domville, Robert A. Duncan [1]
1977
28th Canadian Film Awards
Greenpeace: Voyages to Save the Whales Michael Chechik [1]
Henry Ford's America Donald Brittain [2]
Potters at Work Marty Gross
Ritual: The Collective Psyche of Japan Kalle Lasn
1978
29th Canadian Film Awards
The Hottest Show on Earth Derek Lamb, Wolf Koenig, Terence Macartney-Filgate [1]
Return of the Reluctant Prodigy Les Rose [3]
Song of the Paddle Bill Mason
The World of Noel Coward Neil Sutherland

1980s

Year Nominee Film Ref
1980
1st Genie Awards
Priory: The Only Home I've Got Mark Dolgoy [1]
It's Not an Illness Claire Prieto [4]
Taking Chances Marilyn Belec
1981
2nd Genie Awards
No award presented [1]
1982
3rd Genie Awards
1983
4th Genie Awards
1984
5th Genie Awards
1985
6th Genie Awards
1986
7th Genie Awards
No More Hiroshima Martin Duckworth [1]
Neon, an Electric Memoir Rudy Buttignol [5]
Skyward Roman Kroitor
1987
8th Genie Awards
No award presented [1]
1988
9th Genie Awards
1989
10th Genie Awards
The World Is Watching Harold Crooks, Jim Munro, Peter Raymont [1]
Dying to be Perfect Eileen Hoeter [6]
Space Pioneers, a Canadian Story Rudy Buttignol

1990s

Year Nominee Film Ref
1990
11th Genie Awards
Stunt People Lois Siegel [1]
Reading Between the Lines Martha Davis [7]
Who Gets In? Barry Greenwald
1991
12th Genie Awards
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein Richard Elson, Sally Bochner [1]
The Actor John Paskievich [8]
Hunters and Bombers Rex Tasker, Alan Hayling
In Search of the Edge Scott Barrie
Songololo: Voices of Change Marianne Kaplan, Cari Green
1992
13th Genie Awards
A Song for Tibet Anne Henderson, Abby Jack Neidek, Kent Martin [1]
A Kind of Family Andrew Koster [9]
Xénofolies Michel Moreau
1993
14th Genie Awards
The Measure of Your Passage (Le singe bleu) Esther Valiquette [1]
Breaking a Leg: Robert Lepage and the Echo Project Donald Winkler [10]
1994
15th Genie Awards
No award presented [1]
1995
16th Genie Awards
Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie, Rina Fraticelli [1]
Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey [11]
Enigmatico David Mortin, Patricia Fogliato
The Shaper Martin Schliessler, Bill Sheppard
Time Is on My Side Jacques Holender
1996
17th Genie Awards
Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève) Daniele Caloz, Paul Carrière [1]
A Balkan Journey: Fragments from the Other Side of War Brenda Longfellow [12]
1997
18th Genie Awards
Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship Maureen Judge, Janis Lundman [1]
Forgotten Warriors Loretta Todd, Carol Geddes, Michael Doxtater, Jerry Krepakevich [13]
Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas Ali Kazimi
1998
19th Genie Awards
Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet Anita Herczeg, Brenda Longfellow [1]
bp: pushing the boundaries Brian Nash, Elizabeth Yake [14]
Remembering Memory Elizabeth Yake, Lara Fitzgerald
1999
20th Genie Awards
Hemingway: A Portrait Bernard Lajoie, Érik Canuel, Tatsuo Shimamura [1]
In Time's Shadow, the Hegis Rudy Buttignol, David Way [15]

2000s

Year Nominee Film Ref
2000
21st Genie Awards
No award presented [16]
2001
22nd Genie Awards 		[17]
2002
23rd Genie Awards 		[18]
2003
24th Genie Awards 		[19]
2004
25th Genie Awards 		[20]
2005
26th Genie Awards 		[21]
2006
27th Genie Awards 		[22]
2007
28th Genie Awards 		[23]
2008
29th Genie Awards 		[24]
2009
30th Genie Awards
The Delian Mode Kara Blake, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre [25]
Passages Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre [26]
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands Peter Mettler, Sandy Hunter, Laura Severinac

2010s

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
2010
31st Genie Awards
No award presented [27]
2011
32nd Genie Awards
Sirmilik Zacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth [28]
75 Watts John Cullen [29]
Derailments Chelsea McMullan
2012
1st Canadian Screen Awards
The Boxing Girls of Kabul Annette Clarke, Ariel Nasr [30]
The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar Igor Drljaca [31]
Keep a Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste) Deco Dawson, Catherine Chagnon
Let the Daylight Into the Swamp Anita Lee, Jeffrey St. Jules
Three Walls Zaheed Mawani, Andrea Bussman
2013
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
Chi Anne Wheeler, Yves J. Ma, Tracey Friesen [32]
Just As I Remember Andrew Moir [33]
Mary & Myself Sam Decoste, Annette Clarke
2014
3rd Canadian Screen Awards
Jutra Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Marc Bertrand, René Chénier [34]
The Chaperone 3D Fraser Munden [35]
Seth's Dominion Luc Chamberland, Gerry Flahive, Michael Fukushima, Marcy Page
2015
4th Canadian Screen Awards
Bacon and God's Wrath Sol Friedman [36]
The Little Deputy Trevor Anderson, Blake McWilliam [37]
Quiet Zone David Bryant, Julie Roy, Karl Lemieux
Rebel (Bihttoš) Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Laura Good
World Famous Gopher Hole Museum Chelsea McMullan, Douglas Nayler
2016
5th Canadian Screen Awards
This River Katherena Vermette, Erika MacPherson, Alicia Smith, David Christensen [38]
Frame 394 Rich Williamson, Shasha Nakhai, Ed Barreveld [39]
The Road to Webequie Ryan Noth, Tess Girard
Stone Makers (Carrière) Jean-Marc E. Roy, Colette Loumède, Denis McCready, Claudia Chabot
Tshiuetin Caroline Monnet, Éric Cinq-Mars
2017
6th Canadian Screen Awards
Take a Walk on the Wildside Lisa Rideout, Lauren Grant, Sasha Fisher [40]
Babe, I Hate to Go Andrew Moir [41]
Three Thousand Asinnajaq, Kat Baulu
2018
7th Canadian Screen Awards
My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes Charlie Tyrell [42]
Bonfires Martin Bureau [43]
On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi Barry Avrich, Howie Mandel, Brandon Gross, Skyler Gross
Prince's Tale Jamie Miller
Voices of Kidnapping Ryan McKenna
2019
8th Canadian Screen Awards
Take Me to Prom Andrew Moir [44]
Acadiana Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin, Jean-Pierre Vezina [45]
Gun Killers Jason Young, Rohan Fernando, Annette Clarke
No Crying at the Dinner Table Carol Nguyen, Aziz Zoromba
Now Is the Time Christopher Auchter, Selwyn Jacob, Shirley Vercruysse

2020s

Year Film Filmmakers Ref
2020
9th Canadian Screen Awards
Sing Me a Lullaby Tiffany Hsiung [46]
CHSLD François Delisle [47]
êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines Alexandra Bailey, Theola Ross
Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson, Alyson Richards, Alexandra Lazarowich, Penny Frazier, Kim Hsu Guise, Lizzy Karp, Christina Willings
Mutts (Clebs) Halima Ouardiri
2021
10th Canadian Screen Awards
Nalujuk Night Jennie Williams, Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando, Annette Clarke [48]
Babushka Kristina Wagenbauer [49]
The Brother (Le Frère) Jérémie Battaglia
Nuisance Bear Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden
Still Processing Sophy Romvari
2022
11th Canadian Screen Awards
Patty vs. Patty Chris Strikes, Kate Fraser, Maya Annik Bedward [50]
The Benevolents (Les Bienvaillants) Sarah Baril Gaudet [51]
Bill Reid Remembers Alanis Obomsawin, Annette Clarke
The Goats of Monesiglio Emily Graves, Anna Cooley, Raj Dhillon
Perfecting the Art of Longing Kitra Cahana, Kat Baulu, Ariel Nasr, Annette Clarke
2023
12th Canadian Screen Awards
Cherry Laurence Gagné-Frégeau [52]
Madeleine Raquel Sancinetti
Oasis Justine Martin, Louis-Emmanuel Gagné-Brochu
Violet Gave Willingly Claire Sanford
Zug Island Nicolas Lachapelle

See also

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