Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Feature Length Documentary. First presented in 1968 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, it became part of the Genie Awards in 1980[1] and the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.

1960s
Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1968
20th Canadian Film Awards
Never a Backward Step Donald Brittain, Arthur Hammond, John Spotton [1]
1969
21st Canadian Film Awards
Good Times Bad Times Donald Shebib, Mark McCarty [1]

1970s
Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1970
22nd Canadian Film Awards
Wild Africa William Bantings, John Livingston [1]
1971
23rd Canadian Film Awards
Les Philharmonistes Yves Leduc [1]
1972
24th Canadian Film Awards
No award presented [1]
1973
25th Canadian Film Awards
Coming Home Bill Reid [1]
1974
No award presented [1]
1975
26th Canadian Film Awards
Janis F. R. Crawley [1]
1976
27th Canadian Film Awards
Ahô: The Forest People (Ahô au cœur du monde primitif) Daniel Bertolino, François Floquet [1]
1977
28th Canadian Film Awards
The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Jesse Nishihata [1]
1978
29th Canadian Film Awards
The Champions Donald Brittain [1]
Fields of Endless Day Terence Macartney-Filgate [2]
Healing Pierre Lasry
The Prophet from Pugwash Carol Moore-Ede Myers

1980s
Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1980
1st Genie Awards
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed Donald Brittain, Marrin Canell [1]
Dieppe 1942 Terence Macartney-Filgate [3]
Cities: Glenn Gould's Toronto John McGreevy, W. Paterson Ferns
1981
2nd Genie Awards
Some Even Fall in Love (Plusieurs tombent en amour) Guy Simoneau [1]
The Dream Never Dies William Johnston [4]
A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes) Arthur Lamothe
1982
3rd Genie Awards
P4W: Prison for Women Janis Cole, Holly Dale [1]
Being Different Harry Rasky [5]
1983
4th Genie Awards
The Devil at Your Heels Robert Fortier, Adam Symansky, Bill Brind [1]
Gala Michael McKennirey, John N. Smith [6]
The Great Chess Movie (Jouer sa vie) Hélène Verrier
1984
5th Genie Awards
Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? Nicole M. Boisvert [1]
The Ballad of Hard Times (La Turlute des années dures) Lucille Veilleux [7]
Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante) Nicole Lamothe, Arthur Lamothe
1985
6th Genie Awards
Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive David Harel, Wayne Arron [1]
Hookers on Davie Holly Dale, Janis Cole [8]
To the Rhythm of My Heart (Au rythme de mon coeur) Jean Pierre Lefebvre
1986
7th Genie Awards
Final Offer Robert Collison, Sturla Gunnarsson [1]
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got Brigitte Berman [9]
The Choice of a People (Le Choix d'un peuple) Bernard Lalonde
Tears Are Not Enough John Zaritsky
Waterwalker Bill Mason
1987
8th Genie Awards
Dads and Kids Christian Bruyère [1]
Ranch: The Alan Wood Ranch Project Steven DeNure, Chris Lowry [10]
Return to Departure: The Biography of a Painting or Watching a Pigment Dry and other Realisms Kirk Tougas
Les Traces du rêve Jacques Vallée
O, Zoo! Philip Hoffman
1988
9th Genie Awards
God Rides a Harley Stavros C. Stavrides and Andreas Erne [1]
The Canneries Stephen Insley. Bonni Devlin [11]
Dance for Modern Times Moze Mossanen
Elephant Dreams Martha Davis
To Hurt and to Heal Laura Sky
1989
10th Genie Awards
Comic Book Confidential Ron Mann [1]
Calling the Shots Janis Cole, Holly Dale [12]
Growing Up in America Morley Markson
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution Nettie Wild
Witnesses: The Untold War in Afghanistan Martyn Burke, David M. Ostriker

1990s
Year Film Filmmakers Ref
1990
11th Genie Awards
Strand: Under the Dark Cloth John Walker [1]
The Devil's Hole (Le Trou du diable) Richard Lavoie, François Dupuis, Marc Daigle [13]
White Lake Colin Browne
1991
12th Genie Awards
The Famine Within Katherine Gilday [1]
At the Chic Popular Restaurant (Au chic resto pop) Éric Michel [14]
The Falls Michael McMahon, Brian Dennis
1992
13th Genie Awards
Deadly Currents Ric Esther Bienstock, Simcha Jacobovici and Elliott Halpern [1]
The Steak (Le Steak) Manon Leriche, Pierre Falardeau [15]
Wisecracks Gail Singer, Signe Johansson
1993
14th Genie Awards
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman [1]
Steppin' Razor: Red X Edgar Egger [16]
Titanica Stephen Low
The Twist Ron Mann
Une enfance à Natashquan Yvon Provost
1994
15th Genie Awards
In the Gutter and Other Good Places Cristine Richey [1]
André Mathieu, musicien Jean-Claude Labrecque, Micheline Blais [17]
Fat Chance Joseph MacDonald and Charles Konowal
Folk Art Found Me Alex Busby, Mike Mahoney
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance Alanis Obomsawin, Wolf Koenig
1995
16th Genie Awards
The Champagne Safari George Ungar [1]
Motherland: Tales of Wonder Helene Klodawsky, Signe Johansson [18]
Narmada: A Valley Rises Ali Kazimi
Silent Witness Harriet Wichin, Christine York
Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics Kent Martin, Terre Nash
1996
17th Genie Awards
Bones of the Forest Heather Frise, Velcrow Ripper [1]
My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière) Diane Cailhier, Alain Chartrand [19]
Power Magnus Isacsson
Project Grizzly Peter Lynch
1997
18th Genie Awards
Tu as crié: Let me go Anne Claire Poirier, Paul Lapointe, Joanne Carrière [1]
Drowning in Dreams Michael Allder, Tim Southam [20]
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality Julia Sereny, Maya Gallus
1998
19th Genie Awards
A Place Called Chiapas Betsy Carson, Kirk Tougas, Nettie Wild [1]
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier [21]
The Herd Peter Lynch, Peter Starr
1999
20th Genie Awards
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation Gerry Flahive, Catherine Annau, Yves Bisaillon [1]
Quest for the Lost Tribes Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern [22]
Tops & Bottoms: Sex, Power and Sadomasochism Cristine Richey

2000s
Year Film Filmmakers Ref
2000
21st Genie Awards
Grass Ron Mann [23]
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment Éric Michel, Adam Symansky, Peter Wintonick [24]
The Fairy Faith John Walker, Kent Martin
Rocks at Whiskey Trench Alanis Obomsawin
Spirits of Havana Bay Weyman, Peter Starr, Luis O. Garcia
2001
22nd Genie Awards
Westray Paul Cowan [25]
Obāchan's Garden Selwyn Jacob, Linda Ohama [26]
2002
23rd Genie Awards
Gambling, Gods and LSD Ingrid Veninger, Peter Mettler, Alexandra Gill, Cornelia Seitler [27]
Is the Crown at War with Us? Alanis Obomsawin [28]
The Ring Within (Le ring intérieur) Éric Michel, Dan Bigras
2003
24th Genie Awards
FIX: The Story of an Addicted City Betsy Carson, Nettie Wild [29]
Go Further Ron Mann [30]
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali Silva Basmajian, Joseph Blasioli
2004
25th Genie Awards
The Corporation Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Bart Simpson [31]
Mr. Mergler's Gift Beverly Shaffer, Germaine Wong [32]
What Remains of Us (Ce qu'il reste de nous) François Prevost, Yves Bisaillon, Hugo Latulippe
2005
26th Genie Awards
Scared Sacred Velcrow Ripper, Tracey Friesen, Cari Green, Harry Sutherland [33]
Thieves of Innocence (Les Voleurs d'enfance) Paul Arcand, Denise Robert [34]
2006
27th Genie Awards
Manufactured Landscapes Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron, Peter Starr [35]
The White Planet (La Planète Blanche) Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert [36]
2007
28th Genie Awards
Radiant City Gary Burns, Jim Brown, Bonnie Thompson, Shirley Vercruysse [37]
Antlers (Panache) André-Line Beauparlant, Danielle Leblanc [38]
Sharkwater Rob Stewart
2008
29th Genie Awards
Up the Yangtze Yung Chang, Mila Aung-Thwin, John Christou, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong [39]
Forever Quebec (Infiniment Québec) Jean-Claude Labrecque, Yves Fortin, Christian Medawar [40]
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin, Phyllis Laing, Jody Shapiro
2009
30th Genie Awards
A Hard Name Kristina McLaughlin, Michael McMahon, Alan Zweig [41]
Inside Hana's Suitcase Larry Weinstein, Rudolf Biermann, Jessica Daniel [42]
Ladies in Blue (Les dames en bleu) Claude Demers
Prom Night in Mississippi Patricia Aquino, Paul Saltzman
RiP: A Remix Manifesto Mila Aung-Thwin, Kat Baulu, Brett Gaylor, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong

2010s
Year Film Filmmakers Ref
2010
31st Genie Awards
Last Train Home Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross [43]
In the Name of the Family Shelley Saywell, Deborah Parks [44]
Journey's End (La Belle Visite) Jean-François Caissy
Leave Them Laughing John Zaritsky, Montana Berg
You Don't Like the Truth: Four Days Inside Guantanamo Luc Côté, Patricio Henriquez
2011
32nd Genie Awards
At Night, They Dance Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault [45]
Beauty Day Jay Cheel [46]
Family Portrait in Black and White Julia Ivanova
The Guantanamo Trap Thomas Wallner
Wiebo's War David York, Bryn Hughes, Nick Hector
2012
1st Canadian Screen Awards
Stories We Tell Sarah Polley, Anita Lee [47]
Alphée of the Stars (Alphée des étoiles) Eric De Gheldere, Hugo Latulippe, Colette Loumède [48]
Indie Game: The Movie Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
Over My Dead Body Virginie Dubois, Stéphanie Morissette, Brigitte Poupart
The World Before Her Ed Barreveld, Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe
2013
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
Watermark Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky [49]
Hi-Ho Mistahey! Alanis Obomsawin [50]
My Prairie Home Chelsea McMullan
People of a Feather Joel Heath
Vanishing Point Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs
2014
3rd Canadian Screen Awards
Super Duper Alice Cooper Sam Dunn, Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen [51]
All That We Make (Fermières) Annie St-Pierre, Luc Déry, Élaine Hébert, Kim McCraw [52]
Guidelines (La marche à suivre) Jean-François Caissy, Johanne Bergeron, Colette Loumède
Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame Tony Girardin
2015
4th Canadian Screen Awards
Hurt Peter Gentile, Alan Zweig [53]
The Amina Profile Isabelle Couture, Nathalie Cloutier, Hugo Latulippe, Michel St-Cyr, Guy Villeneuve, Colette Loumède [54]
Hadwin's Judgement Sasha Snow, Elizabeth Yake, David Allen, David Christensen, Yves J. Ma, Tracey Friesen
How to Change the World Jerry Rothwell, Al Morrow, Bous De Jong, John Murray, Jonny Persey, Stewart Le Maréchal, David Nicholas Wilkinson, John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby
Last of the Elephant Men Daniel Ferguson, Arnaud Bouquet, Ian Oliveri, Ian Quenneville, Nathalie Barton, Karim Samai, Laurent Mini
2016
5th Canadian Screen Awards
I Am the Blues Daniel Cross, Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Bruce Cowley [55]
Gulîstan, Land of Roses Zaynê Akyol, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering, Yanick Létourneau, Mehmet Aktas, Denis McCready [56]
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Nettie Wild and Betsy Carson
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Brett Story
Waseskun Steve Patry, Nathalie Cloutier, Denis McCready and Colette Loumède
2017
6th Canadian Screen Awards
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick, Lisa Roth, Stevie Salas, Tim Johnson, Diana Holtzberg, Jan Rofekamp, Ernest Webb [57]
Manic Kalina Bertin, Marina Serrao, Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross [58]
A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) Christine Falco, François Jacob, Vuk Stojanovic
Resurrecting Hassan Carlo Guillermo Proto, Roxanne Sayegh, Pablo Villegas, Maria Paz Gonzalez
Unarmed Verses Charles Officer, Lea Marin
2018
7th Canadian Screen Awards
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky [59]
The Devil's Share (La Part du diable) Colette Loumède, Luc Bourdon [60]
Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt Kenneth J. Harvey
Letter from Masanjia Leon Lee
What Walaa Wants Christy Garland, Matt Code, Anne Köhncke, Justine Pimlott, Anita Lee
2019
8th Canadian Screen Awards
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Tasha Hubbard, George Hupka, Jon Montes, Bonnie Thompson, Kathy Avrich-Johnson, David Christensen, Janice Dawe [61]
Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou) Pedro Pires [62]
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind Martha Kehoe, Joan Tosoni, John Brunton, John Murray, Gary Slaight, Allan Slaight
Invisible Essence: The Little Prince Gordon Henderson, Michael A. Levine, Michel St. Cyr, Guy Villenueve, Stuart Henderson, Jake Yanowski, Mathieu Amadei, Charles Officer
Prey Matt Gallagher, Cornelia Principe

2020s
Year Film Producers Ref
2020
9th Canadian Screen Awards
Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour) Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins [63]
The Forbidden Reel Ariel Nasr, Sergeo Kirby, Kat Baulu, Annette Clarke [64]
Stateless Michèle Stephenson, Jennifer Holness, Lea Marin, Anita Lee, Joe Brewster, Sudz Sutherland
A Woman, My Mother (Une femme, ma mère) Claude Demers
The World Is Bright Ying Wang, Jian Ping Su, Jordan Paterson

See also

References
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