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.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . 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.
Under current Academy regulations, the awards for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Short Documentary can be collapsed into a single award for Best Documentary if either category receives three or fewer eligible submissions, but remain separate if both categories surpass three submissions."Canadian Screen Awards Rules and Regulations". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
1960s Year Film Nominees Ref 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards With Drums and Trumpets (Avec tambours et trompettes) Marcel Carrière 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards Juggernaut Walford Hewitson
1970s Year Film Nominees Ref 1970 22nd Canadian Film AwardsKW+Aimée Danis 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards The Sea Bané Jovanovic 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards Selling Out Jack Winter, Tadeusz Jaworski 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards Grierson Roger Blais Faire hurler les murs Jean Saulnier 1974 No award presented 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch Deepa Mehta, Paul Saltzman 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 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards Greenpeace: Voyages to Save the Whales Michael Chechik Henry Ford's America Donald Brittain Frank Daley, "Omens good for film awards show". Ottawa Journal, November 19, 1977. 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 Return of the Reluctant Prodigy Les Rose Michael Walsh, "Duke's film in line for 9 honours". The Province, September 7, 1978. Song of the Paddle Bill Mason The World of Noel Coward Neil Sutherland
1980s Year Film Nominees Ref 1980 1st Genie Awards Priory: The Only Home I've Got Mark Dolgoy It's Not an Illness Claire Prieto Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980. Taking Chances Marilyn Belec 1981 2nd Genie Awards No award presented 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 Neon, an Electric Memoir Rudy Buttignol Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1986. Skyward Roman Kroitor 1987 8th Genie Awards No award presented 1988 9th Genie Awards 1989 10th Genie Awards The World Is Watching Harold Crooks, Jim Munro, Peter Raymont Dying to Be Perfect Eileen Hoeter Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1989. Space Pioneers, a Canadian Story Rudy Buttignol
1990s Year Film Nominees Ref 1990 11th Genie Awards Stunt People Lois Siegel Reading Between the Lines Martha Davis "Bye Bye Blues in running for Genie Awards". Vancouver Sun, February 14, 1990. Who Gets In? Barry Greenwald 1991 12th Genie Awards The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein Richard Elson, Sally Bochner The Actor John Paskievich "Genie candidates announced". Edmonton Journal, October 10, 1991. 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 A Kind of Family Andrew Koster "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992. Xénofolies Michel Moreau 1993 14th Genie Awards The Measure of Your Passage (Le singe bleu) Esther Valiquette Breaking a Leg: Robert Lepage and the Echo Project Donald Winkler "And Genie nominations ...". Hamilton Spectator, October 20, 1993. 1994 15th Genie Awards No award presented 1995 16th Genie Awards Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie, Rina Fraticelli Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey Rob Salem, "Lepage movie tops Genie list: Le Confessionnal nabs a dozen nominations as first-time directors dominate". Toronto Star, November 8, 1995. 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 A Balkan Journey: Fragments from the Other Side of War Brenda Longfellow Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field: Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1996. 1997 18th Genie Awards Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship Maureen Judge, Janis Lundman Forgotten Warriors Loretta Todd, Carol Geddes, Michael Doxtater, Jerry Krepakevich "Sixteen Genie nominations for Egoyan film". Hamilton Spectator, November 5, 1997. Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas Ali Kazimi 1998 19th Genie Awards Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet Anita Herczeg, Brenda Longfellow bp: pushing the boundaries Brian Nash, Elizabeth Yake John McKay, "Two films lead Genie pack with 12 nominations each [Last Night and Such a Long Journey]". Canadian Press, December 7, 1998. Remembering Memory Elizabeth Yake, Lara Fitzgerald 1999 20th Genie Awards Hemingway: A Portrait Bernard Lajoie, Érik Canuel, Tatsuo Shimamura In Time's Shadow, the Hegis Rudy Buttignol, David Way "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, December 8, 1999.
2000s Year Film Nominees Ref 2000 21st Genie Awards No award presented "Here are the nominations for the 21st Genie Awards honouring the best in Canadian cinema". Canadian Press, December 12, 2000. 2001 22nd Genie Awards "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star, December 13, 2001. 2002 23rd Genie Awards John McKay, "Ararat wins best-picture Genie, five in all". National Post, February 14, 2003. 2003 24th Genie Awards John McKay, "Arcand invades the Genies; Quebec filmmaker's Barbarian Invasions wins six awards". Waterloo Region Record, May 3, 2004. 2004 25th Genie Awards "The 25th Annual Genie Awards nominees are...". Canada NewsWire, February 8, 2005. 2005 26th Genie Awards Guy Dixon, "Forget the awards. Watch the party". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2006. 2006 27th Genie Awards "List of Genie Award winners". Winnipeg Free Press, February 14, 2007. 2007 28th Genie Awards "Genie Awards in brief". Daily Gleaner, March 3, 2008. 2008 29th Genie Awards Jim Slotek, "Genial Genies; Canada's movie awards have something for everyone". Toronto Sun, April 5, 2009. 2009 30th Genie Awards The Delian Mode Kara Blake, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre Craig Takeuchi, "Genie award winners: Polytechnique wins nine, Joshua Jackson". The Georgia Straight, April 12, 2010. Passages Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre Mike De Souza, "Greenpeace oilsands documentary up for Genie". CanWest News Service, April 11, 2010. 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 2011 32nd Genie Awards Sirmilik Zacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth "Nunavut filmmaker wins Genie Award". CBC North, March 8, 2012. 75 Watts John Cullen "The complete list of 2012 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, January 17, 2012. Derailments Chelsea McMullan 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards The Boxing Girls of Kabul Annette Clarke, Ariel Nasr Liz Braun, "Rebelle/War Witch wins big at inaugural Screen Awards". Ottawa Sun, March 4, 2013. The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar Igor Drljaca 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 Liz Braun, "Enemy, Mortal Instruments dominate award show". QMI Agency, March 9, 2014. Just As I Remember Andrew Moir Manori Ravindran, “Watermark,” “My Prairie Home” up for Canadian Screen Awards. RealScreen, January 13, 2014. Mary & Myself Sam Decoste, Annette Clarke 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards Jutra Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Marc Bertrand, René Chénier "Mommy domine les prix Écrans canadiens". La Presse, March 1, 2015. The Chaperone 3D Fraser Munden "Le film «Mommy» est 13 fois finaliste aux prix Écrans canadiens". Canadian Press, January 13, 2015. Seth's Dominion Luc Chamberland, Gerry Flahive, Michael Fukushima, Marcy Page 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards Bacon and God's Wrath Sol Friedman "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Winners". CJRT-FM, March 14, 2016. The Little Deputy Trevor Anderson, Blake McWilliam Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016. 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 Frame 394 Rich Williamson, Shasha Nakhai, Ed Barreveld "2017 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Revealed". ET Canada, January 17, 2017. 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 Charlie Smith, "Maudie, Kim's Convenience, Ava, Alias Grace, and Rumble among major winners at Canadian Screen Awards". The Georgia Straight, March 11, 2018. Babe, I Hate to Go Andrew Moir Jordan Pinto, "CSAs ’18: Never Steady Never Still, Ava top CSA film noms". Playback, January 16, 2018. Three Thousand Asinnajaq, Kat Baulu 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes Charlie Tyrell "Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019. Bonfires Martin Bureau Barry Walsh, "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019. 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 Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed". ET Canada, May 25, 2020. Acadiana Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin, Jean-Pierre Vezina Jillian Morgan, "Extra: Drive takes Australia doc; Canadian Screen Awards nominees unveiled". RealScreen, February 18, 2020. 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
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