As of 1980, the award was taken over by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; as of 2013, it is presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Year | Film | Filmmaker/s | Ref |
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1964 16th Canadian Film Awards |
À tout prendre (aka All Things Considered aka Take it All) | Claude Jutra, Robert Hershorn | |
Amanita Pestilens | F. R. Crawley, René Bonnière | [3] |
Trouble-Maker (Trouble fête) | Jean Roy, Roger Blais, Pierre Patry |
1965 17th Canadian Film Awards |
The Luck of Ginger Coffey | Leon Roth, Irvin Kershner | |
The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac) | Jacques Bobet | [4] |
Nobody Waved Good-bye | Roman Kroitor, Don Owen |
Sweet Substitute | Larry Kent |
1966 18th Canadian Film Awards |
Mission of Fear (Le Festin des morts) | André Belleau, Fernand Dansereau | |
1967 19th Canadian Film Awards |
Warrendale | Allan King | |
1968 20th Canadian Film Awards |
The Ernie Game | Robert Allen, Gordon Burwash | |
It Isn't Jacques Cartier's Fault (C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier) | Georges Dufaux, Clément Perron | [5] |
Kid Sentiment | Clément Perron |
The Man Who Wanted Nothing | Mary Walker-Sawka, Paul Sawka |
The Paper People | David Gardner |
The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) | Guy L. Coté, Jacques Bobet |
Waiting for Caroline | Walford Hewitson |
1969 21st Canadian Film Awards |
Not awarded | | |
Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
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1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards |
Goin' Down the Road | Donald Shebib | |
The Act of the Heart | Paul Almond, Jennings Lang | [6] |
A Danger to Society (Danger pour la société) | Jean Martimbeau |
Here and Now (L'Initiation) | John Dunning |
Homer | Terence Dene, Steven North |
The House of Light (La chambre blanche) | Marguerite Duparc |
The Johari Window | Carleton University |
The Last Act of Martin Weston | Michael Jacot |
Love in a Four Letter World | Arthur Veronka, John Dunning, André Link |
Prologue | Tom Daly, Robin Spry |
Q-Bec My Love | Marguerite Duparc |
Rainy Day Woman | John Roston |
Red | Pierre Lamy |
Wow | Claude Jutra, Robert Forget |
1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards |
Mon oncle Antoine | Marc Beaudet | |
The Apprentice (Fleur bleue) | Donald Brittain | [7] |
Fortune and Men's Eyes | Lewis M. Allen, Lester Persky |
Foxy Lady | Ivan Reitman |
I'm Going to Get You, Elliott Boy | Ron Slutker |
The Life and Times of Chester-Angus Ramsgood | David Curnick |
The Only Thing You Know | Clarke Mackey |
The Proud Rider | George Fras |
The Reincarnate | Seeleg Lester |
Rip-Off | Donald Shebib, Bennett Fode |
Tiki Tiki | Gerald Potterton |
1972 24th Canadian Film Awards |
Wedding in White | John Vidette | |
The Conquest (La Conquête) | Jacques Gagné | [8] |
The Doves (Les Colombes) | Pierre David, Jean-Claude Lord |
Dream Life (La Vie rêvée) | Guy Bergeron |
Face-Off | John F. Bassett |
IXE-13 | Pierre Gauvreau |
Journey | Paul Almond |
The Merry Wives of Tobias Rouke | John Board, Stan Feldman, Samuel C. Jephcott |
Montreal Blues | Jean Dansereau |
Proxyhawks | Jack Darcus |
The Rebels (Quelques arpents de neige) | Claude Héroux |
The Rowdyman | Lawrence Dane |
The Time of the Hunt (Le Temps d'une chasse) | Pierre Gauvreau |
The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie nature de Bernadette) | Gilles Carle, Pierre Lamy |
Voulez-vous coucher avec God? | Jack Christie, Michael Hirsh |
The Wise Guys (Les Smattes) | Pierre Lamy |
1973 25th Canadian Film Awards |
Slipstream | James Margellos | |
Between Friends | Chalmers Adams | [9] |
Kamouraska | Mag Bodard, Pierre Lamy |
Paperback Hero | John F. Bassett, James Margellos |
Réjeanne Padovani | Marguerite Duparc |
1974 |
Not awarded | |
1975 26th Canadian Film Awards |
Orders (Les Ordres) | Gui Caron, Bernard Lalonde | |
125 Rooms of Comfort | Don Haig | [10] |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | John Kemeny |
Black Christmas | Bob Clark |
Child Under a Leaf | Robert Baylis, Murray Shostak |
Eliza's Horoscope | Gordon Sheppard |
Lions for Breakfast | Anthony Kramreither |
Monkeys in the Attic | Morley Markson |
A Quiet Day in Belfast | Milad Bessada |
Sudden Fury | Lawrence J. Caza |
Why Rock the Boat? | William Weintraub |
1976 27th Canadian Film Awards |
Lies My Father Told Me | Anthony Bedrich, Harry Gulkin | |
Before the Time Comes (Le Temps de l'avant) | Anne Claire Poirier | [11] |
Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire) | Marc Beaudet |
Brethren | Chalmers Adams, Dennis Zahoruk |
The Far Shore | Pierre Lamy, Judy Steed, Joyce Wieland |
Goldenrod | Gerry Arbeld, Lionel Chetwynd |
Normande (La tête de Normande St-Onge) | Gilles Carle |
Partners | Don Owen, Chalmers Adams |
Second Wind | James Margellos |
1977 28th Canadian Film Awards |
J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) | Jean-Marc Garand | |
One Man | Tom Daly, Michael J. F. Scott | [12] |
Outrageous! | Bill Marshall, Peter O'Brian, Henk Van der Kolk |
Why Shoot the Teacher? | Lawrence T. Hertzog |
1978 29th Canadian Film Awards |
The Silent Partner | Joel B. Michaels, Stephen Young | |
Blood and Guts | Peter O'Brian | [13] |
In Praise of Older Women | Robert Lantos, Claude Héroux |
Three Card Monte | Rob Iveson, Richard Gabourie | |
Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
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1980 1st Genie Awards |
The Changeling | Garth Drabinsky, Joel B. Michaels | |
Cordélia | Jean-Marc Garand | [14] |
Klondike Fever | Gilbert W. Taylor, Peter Welbeck |
Meatballs | Daniel Goldberg, John Dunning, André Link |
Running | Robert M. Cooper, John M. Eckert, Ronald I. Cohen |
1981 2nd Genie Awards |
Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) | Claude Godbout, Marcia Couelle | |
The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) | René Malo | [15] |
The Hounds of Notre Dame | Fil Fraser |
The Lucky Star | André Fleury, Claude Léger |
Tribute | Joel B. Michaels, Garth Drabinsky |
1982 3rd Genie Awards |
Ticket to Heaven | Ronald I. Cohen, Vivienne Leebosh | |
The Amateur | Garth Drabinsky, Joel B. Michaels | [16] |
Heartaches | David Patterson, Jerry Raibourn |
The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) | Justine Héroux, Denis Héroux |
Scanners | Victor Solnicki, Pierre David, Claude Héroux |
1983 4th Genie Awards |
The Grey Fox | Peter O'Brian | |
A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi) | Robert Ménard | [17] |
Harry Tracy, Desperado | |
Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) | Denis Héroux, John Kemeny |
Threshold | Jon Slan, Michael Burns |
1984 5th Genie Awards |
The Terry Fox Story | Robert M. Cooper | |
A Christmas Story | Bob Clark, René Dupont | [18] |
Lucien Brouillard | René Gueissaz, Marc Daigle |
Maria Chapdelaine | Murray Shostak, Robert Baylis |
The Wars | Richard Neilson |
1985 6th Genie Awards |
The Bay Boy | Denis Héroux, John Kemeny | |
The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) | Nicole Robert, Rock Demers | [19] |
A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) | Bernadette Payeur |
Mario | Jean Beaudin, Hélène Verrier |
1986 7th Genie Awards |
My American Cousin | Peter O'Brian | |
The Alley Cat (Le Matou) | Justine Héroux | [20] |
Joshua Then and Now | Robert Lantos, Stephen J. Roth |
90 Days | David Wilson, Giles Walker |
One Magic Christmas | Peter O'Brian |
1987 8th Genie Awards |
The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) | Roger Frappier, René Malo | |
Dancing in the Dark | Anthony Kramreither | [21] |
Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) | Claude Bonin |
John and the Missus | John Hunter, Peter O'Brian |
Loyalties | Ronald Lillie, William Johnston |
1988 9th Genie Awards |
Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit) | Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron | |
Family Viewing | Atom Egoyan | [22] |
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Patricia Rozema, Alexandra Raffe |
Life Classes | Stephen Reynolds |
Train of Dreams | Sam Grana |
1989 10th Genie Awards |
Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg, Marc Boyman | |
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | Stephen Foster | [23] |
The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) | Francyne Morin, René Malo |
Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu) | Robin Spry, Denise Robert |
A Winter Tan | Aerlyn Weissman, John Frizzell, Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, John Walker | |
Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
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1990 11th Genie Awards |
Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) | Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron | |
Bye Bye Blues | Arvi Liimatainen, Anne Wheeler | [24] |
Cold Comfort | Ray Sager, Ilana Frank |
Speaking Parts | Atom Egoyan |
Termini Station | Allan King |
1991 12th Genie Awards |
Black Robe | Robert Lantos, Sue Milliken, Stéphane Reichel | |
Chaindance | Richard Davis | [25] |
The Company of Strangers | David Wilson |
An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) | Claudio Luca, Robin Spry |
Perfectly Normal | Michael Burns |
1992 13th Genie Awards |
Naked Lunch | Gabriella Martinelli, Jeremy Thomas | [26] |
Being at Home with Claude | Louise Gendron | [27] |
Léolo | Aimée Danis, Lyse Lafontaine |
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-cœur) | Nicole Robert, Lorraine Dufour |
The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) | Marc Daigle, Lise Abastado |
1993 14th Genie Awards |
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Niv Fichman | [28] |
La Florida | Pierre Sarrazin, Claude Bonin | [29] |
Harmony Cats | Richard Davis, Alan Morinis |
The Lotus Eaters | Sharon McGowan |
The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) | Pierre Gendron, Jean-Roch Marcotte |
1994 15th Genie Awards |
Exotica | Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg | |
Double Happiness | Rose Lam Waddell, Stephen Hegyes | [30] |
Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes) | Jacques Dorfmann, Richard Sadler |
My Friend Max (Mon amie Max) | Aimée Danis, Danièle Bussy |
Whale Music | Raymond Massey, Steven DeNure |
1995 16th Genie Awards |
The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) | Denise Robert | |
Black List (Liste noire) | Marcel Giroux | [31] |
Magic in the Water | Rick Stevenson, Matthew O'Connor |
Margaret's Museum | Christopher Zimmer, Mort Ransen, Claudio Luca, Steve Clark-Hall |
Rude | Damon D'Oliveira, Karen King |
1996 17th Genie Awards |
Lilies (Les feluettes) | Robin Cass, Arnie Gelbart, Anna Stratton | [32] |
Crash | David Cronenberg | [33] |
Hard Core Logo | Brian Dennis, Christine Haebler |
Long Day's Journey into Night | Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron |
Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) | Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Jobin, Jean-Pierre St-Michel, Ulrich Felsberg |
1997 18th Genie Awards |
The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg | |
Cosmos | Roger Frappier | [34] |
The Hanging Garden | Thom Fitzgerald |
Karmina | Nicole Robert |
Kissed | Dean English, Lynne Stopkewich |
1998 19th Genie Awards |
The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) | Niv Fichman | [35] |
Last Night | Daniel Iron, Niv Fichman | [36] |
Regeneration | Allan Scott, Peter R. Simpson |
Rupert's Land | Bill Thumm, Scott Kennedy |
Such a Long Journey | Paul Stephens, Simon MacCorkindale |
1999 20th Genie Awards |
Sunshine | Robert Lantos, András Hámori | [37] |
eXistenZ | Robert Lantos, David Cronenberg, András Hámori | [38] |
Felicia's Journey | Bruce Davey |
The Five Senses | Camelia Frieberg, Jeremy Podeswa |
Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) | Claude Gagnon, Yuri Yoshimura-Gagnon |
Post Mortem | Lorraine Dufour | |
Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
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2000 21st Genie Awards |
Maelström | Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal | [39] |
Love Come Down | Eric Jordan, Damon D'Oliveira, Clément Virgo | [40] |
New Waterford Girl | Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny |
Possible Worlds | Sandra Cunningham, Bruno Jobin |
Stardom | Denise Robert, Robert Lantos |
To Walk with Lions | Pieter Kroonenburg, Julie Allan |
2001 22nd Genie Awards |
| Norman Cohn, Paul Apak Angilirq, Zacharias Kunuk, Germaine Wong | [41] |
Eisenstein | Martin Paul-Hus, Regine Schmid | [42] |
Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) | Joseph Hillel, Luc Déry |
Treed Murray | Helen Du Toit |
The War Bride | Alistair MacLean-Clark, Douglas Berquist |
2002 23rd Genie Awards |
Ararat | Robert Lantos, Atom Egoyan | [43] |
Bollywood/Hollywood | David Hamilton, Robert Wertheimer | [44] |
Québec-Montréal | Nicole Robert |
Rare Birds | Paul Pope, Janet York |
Suddenly Naked | Gavin Wilding |
2003 24th Genie Awards |
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) | Denise Robert, Daniel Louis, Fabienne Vonier | [45] |
Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) | Bob Krupinski, Mario St-Laurent | [46] |
Owning Mahowny | András Hámori, Alessandro Camon, Seaton McLean |
Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) | Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal |
The Snow Walker | Rob Merilees, William Vince |
2004 25th Genie Awards |
The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) | Paul Cadieux | [47] |
Being Julia | Robert Lantos | [48] |
Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) | Denise Robert, Daniel Louis |
Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) | Barbara Shrier |
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Jennifer Holness |
2005 26th Genie Awards |
C.R.A.Z.Y. | Pierre Even, Jean-Marc Vallée | [49] |
Familia | Luc Déry | [50] |
It's All Gone Pete Tong | Elizabeth Yake, Allan Niblo, James Richardson |
Saint Ralph | Michael Souther, Teza Lawrence, Andrea Mann, Seaton McLean |
Water | David Hamilton |
2006 27th Genie Awards |
Bon Cop, Bad Cop | Kevin Tierney | [51] |
The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petit vengeance) | Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal | [52] |
The Rocket (Maurice Richard) | Denise Robert, Daniel Louis |
A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) | Lyse Lafontaine, Michael Mosca |
| Barrie Dunn, Mike Clattenburg, Michael Volpe |
2007 28th Genie Awards |
Away from Her | Daniel Iron, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss | [53] |
Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw | [54] |
Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) | Denise Robert, Daniel Louis |
Eastern Promises | Robert Lantos, Paul Webster |
Shake Hands With the Devil | Laszlo Barna, Michael Donovan |
2008 29th Genie Awards |
Passchendaele | Niv Fichman, Francis Damberger, Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa | [55] |
Amal | David Miller, Steven Bray | [56] |
Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) | Nicole Robert |
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) | Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier |
Normal | Andrew Boutilier, Carl Bessai |
2009 30th Genie Awards |
Polytechnique | Maxime Rémillard, Don Carmody | [57] |
Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) | Stéphane Rituit | [58] |
Fifty Dead Men Walking | Shawn Williamson, Stephen Hegyes, Peter La Terriere, Kari Skogland |
Nurse.Fighter.Boy | Ingrid Veninger |
3 Seasons (3 saisons) | Maude Bouchard, Jim Donovan, Sandy Martinez, Bruno Rosato | |
Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
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2010 31st Genie Awards |
Incendies | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw | [59] |
Barney's Version | Robert Lantos | [60] |
Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) | Carole Mondello, Xavier Dolan, Daniel Morin |
Splice | Steven Hoban |
10½ | Pierre Gendron |
2011 32nd Genie Awards |
Monsieur Lazhar | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw | [61] |
Café de Flore | Jean-Marc Vallée, Marie-Claude Poulin, Pierre Even | [62] |
A Dangerous Method | Jeremy Thomas, Marco Mehlitz, Martin Katz |
Starbuck | André Rouleau |
The Whistleblower | Celine Rattray, Christina Piovesan |
2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
War Witch (Rebelle) | Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin | [63] |
L'Affaire Dumont | Nicole Robert | [64] |
Inch'Allah | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw, Stephen Traynor |
Laurence Anyways | Nathanaël Karmitz, Lyse Lafontaine |
Midnight's Children | David Hamilton, Doug Mankoff, Steven Silver, Neil Tabatznik, Andrew Spaulding |
Still Mine | Jody Colero, Avi Federgreen, Tamara Deverell |
2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
Gabrielle | Kim McCraw, Luc Déry | [65] |
The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) | Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle | [66] |
Empire of Dirt | Jennifer Podemski |
Enemy | Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A. Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland |
The F Word | André Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher |
The Grand Seduction | Roger Frappier, Barbara Doran |
Maïna | Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin |
Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) | Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Xavier Dolan |
2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
Mommy | Xavier Dolan, Nancy Grant | [67] |
Cast No Shadow | Chris Agoston, Christian Sparkes, Allison White | [68] |
Fall | Mehernaz Lentin |
In Her Place | Albert Shin, Igor Drljaca, Yoon Hyun Chan |
Maps to the Stars | Martin Katz, Michel Merkt, Saïd Ben Saïd |
You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw |
2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
Room | Ed Guiney, David Gross | [69] |
Brooklyn | Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey | [70] |
Corbo | Félize Frappier |
The Demons (Les Démons) | Philippe Lesage |
Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) | Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant |
The Forbidden Room | Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso, Phyllis Laing, David Christensen, Guy Maddin |
My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t'en-guerre) | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw |
Our Loved Ones (Les Êtres chers) | Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant |
Remember | Robert Lantos, Ari Lantos |
Sleeping Giant | Karen Harnisch, Andrew Cividino, Marc Swenker, James Vandewater, Aaron Yeger |
2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) | Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil, Xavier Dolan | [71] |
Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) | Luc Vandal, Lorraine Dufour | [72] |
Before the Streets (Avant les rues) | Chloé Leriche |
Hello Destroyer | Daniel Domachowski, Haydn Wazelle |
Old Stone | Xianjian Wu, Chi-an Lin, Jing Wang, Sarah Stallard |
Operation Avalanche | Matthew Miller, Lee Kim, Matt Johnson |
Race | Louis-Philippe Rochon, Dominique Séguin, Jean-Charles Lévy, Luc Dayan |
Searchers (Maliglutit) | Zacharias Kunuk |
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) | Hany Ouichou |
Weirdos | Marc Almon, Mike MacMillan, Bruce McDonald |
2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
Maudie | Bob Cooper, Mary Young Leckie, Mary Sexton, Susan Mullen | [73] |
Ava | Kiarash Anvari, Sadaf Foroughi | [74] |
The Breadwinner | Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo, Paul Young, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants |
It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) | Richard Lalonde |
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) | Marcel Giroux |
Never Steady, Never Still | James Brown, Tyler Hagan |
Ravenous (Les Affamés) | Stéphanie Morissette |
2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
A Colony (Une colonie) | Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering | [75] |
Family First (Chien de garde) | Étienne Hansez | [76] |
Genesis (Genèse) | Galilé Marion-Gauvin |
The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) | Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant |
Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) | Christian Larouche, Guillaume Colboc, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky |
2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
Antigone | Marc Daigle | [77] |
Anne at 13,000 Ft. | Dan Montgomery, Kazik Radwanski | [78] |
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open | Tyler Hagan, Lori Lozinski |
The Twentieth Century | Ménaïc Raoul, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette |
White Lie | Karen Harnisch, Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas, Katie Bird Nolan, Lindsay Tapscott | |