DOXA Feature Documentary Award

Annual Canadian film award

The DOXA Feature Documentary Award is an annual Canadian film award, presented to honour the best international feature documentary film screened at that year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival. The award frequently, but not always, presents an honorable mention in addition to the overall winner.

A separate award, the Colin Low Award, is presented for Canadian feature documentaries.

Winners

Year Film Filmmaker(s) Ref
2013 Fire in the Blood Dylan Mohan Gray [1]
2014 Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel [2]
The Return to Homs Talal Derki
2015 I Am the People Anna Roussillon [3]
Cain's Children Marcell Gerö
2016 Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson [4]
The Woods Dreams Are Made Of (Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits) Claire Simon
2017 Horse-Being (Être cheval) Jérôme Clément-Wilz [5]
Miss Kiet's Children Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
2018 The Creator of Universes Mercedes Dominioni [6]
Distant Constellation Shevaun Mizrahi
2019 Greetings from Free Forests Ian Soroka [7]
Midnight Traveler Hassan Fazili
2020 Overseas Sung-A Yoon [8]
2021 Father Deng Wei [9]
2022 Children of the Mist Diễm Hà Lệ [10]
We Don't Dance for Nothing Stefanos Tai
2023 Notes on Displacement Khaled Jarrar [11]
The Golden Thread Nishtha Jain
2024 Bye Bye Tiberias Lina Soualem [12]
Kamay Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaraan
The Stimming Pool Steven Eastwood, The Neurocultures Collective

References

  1. ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA". Playback, May 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "Congo documentary Virunga tops DOXA 2014 awards". The Georgia Straight, May 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Manori Ravindran, "'Je suis le peuple,' 'Far Fur Country' win DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 11, 2015.
  4. ^ Daniele Alcinii, "'Cameraperson,' 'Twelve Landscapes' take DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 16, 2016.
  5. ^ Charlie Smith, "DOXA fest announces its 2017 award-winning films". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Dannielle Piper, "DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2018 announces awards". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2018.
  7. ^ Hina Imam, "Winners of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2019 revealed". The Georgia Straight, May 13, 2019.
  8. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "DOXA 2020 awards go to films about Filipina domestic workers, father and daughter documentarians, and more". The Georgia Straight, June 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Charlie Smith, "Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers wins best Canadian director and Father wins best feature documentary at DOXA festival". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2021.
  10. ^ Charlie Smith, "DOXA Fest: Awards go to films about child brides, queer youth, amnesia in the Sahara, and the overdose crisis". The Georgia Straight, May 16, 2022.
  11. ^ Gail Johnson, "DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces 2023 award winners". Stir, May 13, 2023.
  12. ^ Janet Smith, "Red Fever, Bye Bye Tiberias, and La Laguna del Soldado amid award winners at DOXA Documentary Film Festival". Stir, May 11, 2024.