2026 First Round Nominees!

Inuusivut Sapirnaqtuq - Our Life is Very Tough

Director(s): Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

Producer(s): Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

Production Company: Impact Pictures Inc.

Never Use Alone

Director(s): Colin Matthews

Producer(s): Josh Hauca, Dan Clarke

Production Company: 

Our Monsters

Director(s): Mia Mango

Producer(s): Jordan J. Rivera, Steven Hu, Justine Robert, Tristan Miura

Production Company: 

The Sounds of Things Ablaze (Le bruit des choses qui brûlent)

Director(s): Hayat Najm

Producer(s): Marc Bertrand, Christine Noël

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes

Director(s): Colin Field

Producer(s): Colin Field

Production Company: Albireo Films

The Good Canadian

Director(s): Leena Minifie, David Paperny

Producer(s): Leena Minifie, David Paperny

Production Company: Great Stories Productions Inc.

The Fifth Estate: A Sister's Promise

Director(s): Linda Guerriero, Scott Anderson

Producer(s): Ka’nhehsí:io Deer, Eva Uguen-Csenge

Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising

Director(s): Shane Belcourt

Producer(s): Tanya Talaga

Production Company: Makwa Creative Inc.

The Lines She Carries

Director(s): Crystal Martin

Producer(s): Matt LeMay

Production Company: Indigenous Geographic

The Apology

Director(s): Matt LeMay, Crystal Martin

Producer(s): Crystal Martin

Production Company: Indigenous Geographic

A Tale of Two Qallunaat

Director(s): Kelly Saxberg, Navalik Tologanak

Production Company: Shebafilms Studios

Pencere/The Window

Director(s): Ace Kazkayasi

Producer(s): Maytham Jbara

Production Company: Purattu Films

Treasure of the Rice Terraces

Director(s): Kent Donguines

Producer(s): Jacob Crawford, Kent Donguines, Bailey Wood

Production Company: Aimer Films, Moon7 Films

The Good Canadian

Director(s): Leena Minifie, David Paperny

Producer(s): Leena Minifie, David Paperny

Production Company: Great Stories Productions Inc.

The Assembly

Director(s): Heather Hawthorn Doyle

Producer(s): Sean De Vries, Stephen Sawchuk

Production Company: Small Army Entertainment

Treasure of the Rice Terraces

Director(s): Kent Donguines

Producer(s): Jacob Crawford, Kent Donguines, Bailey Wood

Production Company: Aimer Films, Moon7 Films

History in 60 - Wheelchair Rugby

Director(s): Lisa Unrah

Producer(s): Brent Kawchuk, Ell MacEachern, Saxon d'Coq, Hannah Hermanson

Production Company: 3 Story Pictures, Danny Rockett Productions

Spring After Spring

Director(s): Jon Chiang

Producer(s): Joanna Wong, Jon Chiang

Production Company: Chifa Studios  

From Jazz to Jackboots

Director(s): Justin Stephenson

Producer(s): Andrew Burashko

Colourist: Justin Stephenson

Production Company: Art of Time Ensemble/Even Steven Inc.

We Were Broncos

Director(s): Lucas Frison

Producer(s): Lucas Frison, Elise Beaudry-Ferland

Colourist: Jason Rister

Production Company: Prairie Cat Productions

Making Beauty

Director(s): Tammy Salzl

Producer(s): David Baron, Tammy Salzl

Colourist: David Baron

Inuusivut Sapirnaqtuq - Our Life is Very Tough

Director(s): Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

Producer(s): Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

Colourist: Jason Rister

Production Company: Impact Pictures Inc.

Owned By Members

Director(s): Alex Stevens

Producer(s): Angie VanCuren, Alex Stevens

Colourist: Jason Rister

Production Company: Barbershop Films

HECKIN' WEENS

Director(s): Vinson Chan

Producer(s): Vinson Chan, Simon Chan

Production Company: BananaPlanetFilms

After Us

Director(s): Wahid Ibn Reza

Producer(s): Teri Snelgrove

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

The Sounds of Things Ablaze (Le bruit des choses qui brûlent)

Director(s): Hayat Najm

Producer(s): Marc Bertrand, Christine Noël

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Hypersensitive (Hypersensible)

Director(s): Martine Frossard

Producer(s): Marc Bertrand, Christine Noël

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Bread Will Walk

Director(s): Alex Boya

Producer(s): Jelena Popović

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Run the Marbles!

Director(s): Shawn Descarie

Producer(s): Hoda Elatawi

Production Company: GAPC Entertainment

AtoZed

Director(s): Dianne Ouellette

Producer(s): Dianne Ouellette

Run Jump Play: Season 2

Director(s): Eric Hogan, Tara Hungerford

Producer(s): Tara Hungerford, Eric Hogan, Tracey Mack, Kirsten Hurd, Michele Paris

Production Company: Imagine Create Media

Stories of the North - Season 4

Director(s): Bo Shingoose, Jennifer Dawn Bishop, Allia Janzen

Producer(s): Kyle Burgess, Allia Janzen, Harmony Johnson-Harder, Lee Crowchild

Production Company: Campfire Stories

The Girl Who Cried Pearls (La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles)

Director(s): Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski

Producer(s): Julie Roy, Marc Bertrand, Christine Noël

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Conexus: Different Perspective

Director(s): Lowell Dean

Producer(s): Allan Roeher

Production Company: Play Creative Media

SaskTel Business: Ripple Effect

Director(s): Stephen Hall

Producer(s): Allan Roeher

Production Company: Play Creative Media

SaskTel Cyber Security

Director(s): Lowell Dean

Producer(s): Allan Roeher

Production Company: Play Creative Media

Owned By Members

Director(s): Alex Stevens

Producer(s): Angie VanCuren, Alex Stevens

Production Company: Barbershop Films

Saturdays

Director(s): Alex Stevens

Producer(s): Angie VanCuren, Alex Stevens

Production Company: Barbershop Films

Love and Compassion Podcast with Gissele - Mothers Building Bridges: Israel, Palestine and the path to Unity

Director(s): Gissele Taraba

Producer(s): Gissele Taraba

Production Company: Maitri Centre for Love and Compassion

Bunny Hugs and Mental Health Podcast - Sexual Abuse and Suicide: Am I to Blame? - Nicole Bromley

Director(s): Todd Rennebohm

Producer(s): Todd Rennebohm

Production Company: Bunny Hugs Media

The Emergency Traffic Podcast episode #73

Director(s): Paul Prevost

Producer(s): Paul Prevost

Horses On Film Podcast

Director(s): Cameron Chapman

Producer(s): David Chapman

Production Company: Pied Piper Productions

Dirtbag Climber

Producer(s): Kathleen Goldhar,Chris Kelly, Karen Bracken, Tina Apostolopoulos-Moniz

Production Company: CBC, Lark Productions, Kelly&Kelly

807  

Director(s): Tamara Jones

Producer(s): Tamara Jones

Production Company: 807Films

Ceremony

Director(s): Banchi Hanuse

Producer(s): Banchi Hanuse

Production Company: Smayaykila Films

Modern Whore

Director(s): Nicole Bazuin

Producer(s): Lauren Grant, Nicole Bazuin, Andrea Werhun

Production Company: Clique Pictures, Virgin Twins

Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man

Director(s): Sinakson Trevor Solway

Producer(s): Coty Savard

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

There Are No Words

Director(s): Min Sook Lee

Producer(s): Sherien Barsoum, Chanda Chevannes

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Sideways

Director(s): Lori Kuffner

Producer(s): Shayne Putzlocher, Jessica Watch

Production Company: Trilight Entertainment Inc.

Die Alone

Director(s): Lowell Dean

Producer(s): Kevin DeWalt, Danielle Masters, Benjamin DeWalt

Production Company: Minds Eye Entertainment

The Thawing of Ice

Director(s): François Péloquin

Producer(s): Ziad Touma

Production Company: Couzin Films inc

Anorgasmia (a.k.a. All The Things We Do To Survive)

Director(s): Jon Gustafsson

Producer(s): Karolina Lewicka, Jakub Ralek, Jon Gustafsson

Production Company: Great Canadian Film Factory

#vanlife

Director(s): Trevor Cameron

Producer(s): Anand Ramayya, Kelly Balon, Doug Cuthand, Juliette Hagopian

Production Company: Vanlife Productions Inc

What now ?

Director(s): Jocelyn Forgues

Producer(s): Kristel Viduka

Production Company: ATO Média Inc.

Detective Surprenant : The Baron of the Archipelago

Director(s): Yannick Savard

Producer(s): Caroline Gaudette

Production Company: V10 Media

Pretty Blind

Director(s): Jonathan Torrens

Producer(s): Jenna MacMillan

Production Company: Torrential Pictures and Club Red Productions

Eyes In The Woods: Episodes 1-3

Director(s): Morgan Ermter

Producer(s): Griffin Cork, Kenya Weaver, Cayley Ermter, Morgan Ermter

Production Company: Numera Films

Our Way Back Home

Director(s): Louise BigEagle

Producer(s): Louise BigEagle

The View From Up Here - Getting Ready for the Big One

Director(s): Ron Harpelle

Producer(s): Kelly Saxberg

Production Company: Shebafilms Studios

Landscapes of Home

Director(s): Alice Shin

Producer(s): Alice Shin, Eiko Kawabe Brown

Production Company: Alice Shin Productions

The Muse

Director(s): Wanda Nolan

Producer(s): Liz Cowie, Rohan Fernando

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Paper Trail

Director(s): Vivian Cheung

Producer(s): Shiun Okada, Ian Tan

Teenager

Director(s): Scott Harper

Producer(s): Scott Harper

Production Company: Sunday Night Entertainment

Dances with Cranes

Director(s): Megan Wennberg

Producer(s): Teresa MacInnes

Production Company: Sea to Sea Productions

Embers

Director(s): Trixie Pacis

Producer(s): Sasha Galitzki, Trixie Pacis

Production Company: Figment Films

Inuusivut Sapirnaqtuq - Our Life is Very Tough

Director(s): Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

Producer(s): Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

Production Company: Impact Pictures Inc.

The Extraordinary Caterpillar

Director(s): Jeff McKay

Producer(s): Jeff McKay, Joanne Jackson, Merit Jensen Carr

Production Company: Merit Motion Pictures, Edgeland Films 

Echoes in Steel

Director(s): Rob Viscardis

Production Company: Outsideinside

It Didn't Happen To You

Director(s): Erica Bulman

Producer(s): Erica Bulman

Liam & Friends

Director(s): Chad Blain

Producer(s): Chad Blain

Not In My City: The Paul Brandt Story

Director(s): Monique Barrie

Producer(s): Monique Barrie, Griffin Cork

Production Company: LHI Productions

Saturday

Director(s): Jessica Hall

Producer(s): Teri Snelgrove

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Thahyu:ni: akaowa:tsi Ksliye:tánhaks (wolf blood: the threads that bind)  

Director(s): Dianne Ouellette

Producer(s): Dianne Ouellette

Home

Director(s): Will Bowes

Producer(s): Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn

Production Company: Strathmore Film

King's Court

Director(s): Serville Poblete

Producer(s): Kate Vollum

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating

Director(s): Elizabeth Trojian

Producer(s): Elliott Halpern & Elizabeth Trojian

Production Company: yap films

The Lady Architect

Director(s): Moira Simpson

Producer(s): Christine McDowell, Moira Simpson

Production Company: Moira Simpson Film

The Fifth Estate: Trapped: The Online Terror Network

Director(s): Roxanna Woloshyn

Producer(s): Laurence Mathieu-Leger, Andrew Culbert, Allya Davidson, Emmanuel Marchand, Mariel Borelli

The Assembly

Director(s): Heather Hawthorn Doyle

Producer(s):  Sean De Vries, Stephen Sawchuk 

Production Company: Small Army Entertainment

Secrets of the Bunny Ranch

Director(s): Robin Bicknell

Producer(s): Elizabeth Trojian

Production Company: yap films

Secrets of Ancient Structures

Director(s): Daniel Oron

Producer(s): Daniel Oron, Natasha Ryan

Production Company: Go Button Media

Wildfire - Episode 1

Director(s): Kevin Eastwood, Clayton Mitchell, Simon Shave

Producer(s): Kevin Eastwood, Simon Shave, Clayton Mittchell

Production Company: Optic Nerve Films, CK9 Studios

What Do You Do?

Director(s): Jacob Markham

Producer(s): Clarke Wayne

Production Company: 47 Filmworks

La Colle Falls

Director(s): Mike Rollo

Materia

Director(s): Alisi Telengut

Producer(s): Alisi Telengut

talking to humans about the end of the world.

Director(s): Millefiore Clarkes

Producer(s): Millefiore Clarkes

Production Company: One Thousand Flowers Productions

Who Hears as the Wind Blows?

Director(s): Cláudio Cruz

Producer(s): Cláudio Cruz, Pedro Paulo de Andrade

Production Company: Ordinário Esplendor

daytoday

Director(s): Mark Wihak

Production Company: Chat Perdue!

Crip Trip - Episode #3 'Trippin' through the Prairies'

Director(s): Frederick Kroetsch, Daniel Ennett

Producer(s): Rebecca Campbell

Production Company: Catapult Pictures

Behind the Menu: Over the Hill Orchards & Winery

Director(s): Joel Kereluke

Producer(s): Joel Kereluke

Production Company: Bamboo Shoots

Midlife Mavericks - Sandra

Director(s): Ray Hope

Producer(s): Jackie Hope, Ray Hope

Production Company: Midlife Mountaineer

The Amazing Race Canada

Director(s): Rob Brunner

Producer(s): John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Danielle Pearson, Bertram Van Munster, Elise Doganieri

Production Company: Insight Productions Ltd.

Game Changers - Episode 111 - Bruce Horak

Director(s): Chris McIvor

Producer(s): Libby Lea

Production Company: FRANK Digital

Never Use Alone

Director(s): Colin Matthews

Producer(s): Josh Hauca, Dan Clarke

Buddy Check for Jesse: Helping Coaches Support Youth Mental Health

Director(s): Michael Anthony

Production Company: Third Man Media

DIANA

Director(s): Cheverny Baluca

Producer(s): Cheverny Baluca, Riel Flack, Kieran Barbaza, Ariana Karzai

Production Company: ProCo 1885 Pictures, Hold The Sauce Films

Alia

Director(s): Vivek Elangovan

Producer(s): Ram Rajagopalan

Production Company: Indus Creations

Love, Sarah

Director(s): Bruna Perussello

Producer(s): Bruna Perussello

Bumbershoot

Director(s): Melanie Kaklamanis

Producer(s): John Sobey

Production Company: Matug Alley Productions

Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts

Director(s): Shervin Kermani

Producer(s): Shervin Kermani, Karla Reyes

Something Pointless

Director(s): Asa Bailey

Producer(s): David Cormican, Shawn Christensen, Brenden Hubbard, Damon Russell, Dwayne Hill

Production Company: Fun Republic Pictures, Hiraeth Productions, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition

Imprint

Director(s): Gordon Tomoya De Groot

Producer(s): Paul Aguilera, Gordon Tomoya De Groot

Alice Is Fine

Director(s): Vivien Endicott Douglas

Producer(s): Sarah Hime, Vivien Endicott Douglas, Bryn Kennedy

Tuesday

Director(s): Michael Barber

Producer(s): Michael Barber, Cadderly Kingsbury

Toujours L'hiver

Director(s): Benjamin Thomae

Producer(s): Benjamin Thomae

Post-Secondary Institution: Concordia University

Broken Record

Director(s): Arielle Legault

Producer(s): Arielle Legault, Jean-Nicolas Bertouille-Blais

Post-Secondary Institution: Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema

Después del silencio

Director(s): Matilde-Luna Perotti

Post-Secondary Institution: ÉMCV

Prisoner

Director(s): Rame Ibrahim

Producer(s): Rame Ibrahim, Maanvi Chowdhury

Post-Secondary Institution: UBC

Late Evening, Early Morning

Director(s): Noah Gehman

Producer(s): Noah Gehman

Post-Secondary Institution: Concordia University

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