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  • The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) announces the 2024 DGC Awards nominations. Comedian Shaun Majumder will host the annual gala on Saturday, November 8, 2024 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

    DGC Lifetime Achievement Award

    Presented by Gold Sponsor, Telefilm Canada

    Eric Till, Director

    Don Haldane Distinguished Service Award

    Alan Goluboff

    Feature Film

    Presented by Premiere Gold Sponsor, Technicolor

    Eastern Promises

    Fugitive Pieces

    L’Âge des ténèbres

    The Stone Angel

    Family Feature Film

    Breakfast with Scot

    How She Move

    Television Movie/Mini-Series

    Presented by Gold Sponsor, Deluxe

    Guns

    Iron Road

    Sticks and Stones

    The Englishman’s Boy

    Family Television Movie/Mini-Series

    Booky and the Secret Santa

    Charlie & Me

    Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost

    Television Series ¿ Drama

    Presented by Silver Sponsor, Toronto Film Studios

    Durham County – Episode #1

    Intelligence – Episode #14 – “A Man Escapes”

    MVP – Episode #109 – “Sudden Death”

    Rabbit Fall – Episode #1

    Television Series ¿ Comedy

    Presented by Gold Sponsor, PS Production Services

    Billable Hours – “Birthday Suits”

    Corner Gas – “Buzz Driver”

    Robson Arms – “Mean Girls”

    Little Mosque on the Prairie – “Spy Something or Get out”

    Television Series ¿ Family

    Presented by Gold Sponsor, Cinespace

    Degrassi: The Next Generation – Episode #710

    Heartland – Episode #107

    Instant Star – Episode #401 – “Your Time is Gonna Come”

    Instant Star – Episode #404

    Documentary

    A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman

    Fatherland

    Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking

    Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma

    Direction ¿ Feature Film

    Presented by Gold Sponsor, Kodak

    Denys Arcand for L’Âge des ténèbres

    David Cronenberg for Eastern Promises

    Jeremy Podeswa for Fugitive Pieces

    Kari Skogland for The Stone Angel

    Direction – Television Movie/Mini-Series

    Presented by Gold Sponsor, Panavision

    David Wu for Iron Road

    Ken Girotti for Mayerthorpe

    John N. Smith for The Englishman’s Boy

    Charles Binamé for The Trojan Horse

    Direction ¿ Television Series

    Presented by Silver Sponsor, Comweb Group/William F. White International Inc.

    Stephen Surjik for Intelligence – Episode #14 – “A Man Escapes”

    Holly Dale for Durham County – Episode #1

    James Marshall for Smallville – “Phantom”

    Martin Wood for Stargate Atlantis – “Trio”

    Production Design ¿ Feature Film

    Carol Spier for Eastern Promises

    Matthew Davies for Fugitive Pieces

    Lindsey Hermer-Bell for Shake Hands with the Devil

    Alicia Keywan for The Messengers

    Production Design – Television Movie/Mini-Series

    John Blackie for Mayerthorpe

    Kathleen McCoy for The Englishman’s Boy

    John Dondertman for The Trojan Horse

    James McAteer for Would Be Kings

    Production Design ¿ Television Series

    Rocco Matteo for Across the River to Motor City – Episode #102

    Serge Bureau for Durham County – Episode #3

    Sandra Kybartas for Murdoch Mysteries – Episode #101 – “Power”

    Kathleen Climie for Rabbit Fall – Part 5

    Picture Editing ¿ Feature Film

    Presented by Silver Sponsor, Tattersall Sound and Picture

    Susan Shipton for Breakfast with Scot

    Ronald Sanders for Eastern Promises

    Wiebke Von Carolsfeld for Fugitive Pieces

    Jim Munro for The Stone Angel

    Picture Editing – Television Movie/Mini-Series

    Jeff Warren for Guns

    David Wu for Iron Road

    Michele Conroy for Mayerthorpe

    Teresa Hannigan for Would Be Kings

    Picture Editing – Television Series

    Teresa de Luca for Durham County – Episode #1

    Tom Joerin for Regenesis – Episode 410

    Wendy Hallam Martin for The Tudors – Episode 101

    Lisa Grootenboer for The Tudors – Episode 110

    Sound Editing ¿ Feature Film

    Wayne Griffin, Michael O’Farrell, Tony Currie, Alastair Gray, Rob Bertola, Matt Hussey and Gren-Erich Zwicker for Eastern Promises

    Jane Tattersall, Garrett Kerr, Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Brent Pickett and Sue Fawcett for Fugitive Pieces

    John Douglas Smith, Tom Bjelic, Mark Gingras, Allan Fung and John Laing for Saw IV

    Steve Munro and David Drainie Taylor for The Tracey Fragments

    Sound Editing – Television Movie/Mini-Series

    Kevin Howard, Clive Turner, Robert Hegedus, Richard Calistan and P. Jason MacNeil for Broken Trail

    Tom Bjelic, Allan Fung and John Laing for Everest

    Mark Gingras, John Laing, Elma Bello, Clive Turner and Mark Schnuriwsky for Guns

    Mark Gingras, John Douglas Smith, Tom Bjelic, Dale Sheldrake and Elma Bello for Iron Road

    Sound Editing – Television Series

    Danielle McBride and Dan Sexton for Degrassi: The Next Generation – Episode #702

    Joe Mancuso, Dan Sexton, Richard Calistan and Matt Hussey for Regenesis – Episode 410

    Jane Tattersall, Garrett Kerr and Dale Sheldrake for The Tudors – Episode #101

    John Douglas Smith, Mark Gingras and Tom Bjelic for The Dresden Files – Episode #101 – Storm Front

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    For more information contact:

    Lisa Mahal, National Communications Manager

    lmahal@dgc.ca or 416.482.6640 x251

    For more on the DGC visit: www.dgc.ca

    The Directors Guild of Canada wishes to thank the sponsors of the 2024 DGC Awards.

    Premiere Gold Sponsor:
    Technicolor

    Gold Sponsors:
    Cinepace

    Deluxe

    Kodak

    Panavision

    PS Production Services Ltd.

    Telefilm Canada

    Silver Sponsors:
    Comweb Group/William F. White International Inc.

    Tattersall Sound and Picture

    Toronto Film Studios

    Bronze Sponsors:
    Chitiz Pathak LLP

    Don Carmody Productions

    Epitome Pictures Inc.

    Great West Life

    Sim Video

    Contra Sponsors:
    Jennings Lighting Consultants

    Captain Printworks

    Christie Lites

    Flower Creations

    Gary Taugher Design

    The Creative Reality Group