Documentaries Awarded from Coast to Coast
Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing won Best Documentary Feature at the Prix Iris ceremony this weekend
By Pat Mullen
The trophy shelves of documentary filmmakers from coast to coast are a bit more crowded following a busy weekend of awards. The past weekend saw prizes handed out in Quebec for the annual Prix Iris, in Vancouver for the Leo Awards, and in Toronto for the Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) Awards and Inside Out LGBT Film Festival. The prizes generally shared with the wealth with Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing, Drag Kids, I Am MLK, Jr., and Sharkwater Extinction landing the top honours in feature categories with many other docs taking home worthy gold.
Here’s the list of winners from the past weekend:
Prix Iris
Best Documentary Film
Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing – Kevin Bacon Hervieux | Innu Land – Ian Boyd
Best Cinematography: Documentary Film
A Sister’s Song – Danae Elon, Itamar Mendes Flohr
Best Film Editing: Documentary Film
Pauline Julien, intimate and political – René Roberge
Best Sound: Documentary Film
Those Who Will Come, Will Hear It – Cyril Bourseaux, Mélanie Gauthier, Simon Léveillé, Simon Plouffe, Lynne Trepanier, Jean Paul Vialard, Shikuan Shetush Vollant
Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival
Best Canadian Feature
Drag Kids – Megan Wennberg
Audience Award: Best Documentary Feature
We Are the Radical Monarchs – Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Leo Awards
Best Feature Length Documentary
I Am MLK, Jr. – Derik Murray, Michael Hamilton, John Barbisan, Eric Macdonald, Peter Scarth, Jon Slusser, Jaimee Kosanke, Kevin Kay, Dr. Clayborne Carson
Best Direction, Feature Length Documentary
This Mountain Life- Grant Baldwin
Best Screenwriting, Feature Length Documentary
Letter from Masanjia – Leon Lee, Caylan Ford
Best Cinematography, Feature Length Documentary
This Mountain Life – Grant Baldwin
Best Picture Editing, Feature Length Documentary
I Am MLK, Jr. – Eddie Ochmanek, JR Mackie
Best Sound, Feature Length Documentary
Letter from Masanjia – Randy Kiss, Michael MacDonald
Best Musical Score, Feature Length Documentary
I Am MLK, Jr. – Daryl Bennett
Best Short Documentary
Finding Big Country – Kathleen Jayme, Michael Grand, James Brown
Best Direction, Short Documentary
Finding Big Country – Kathleen Jayme
Best Screenwriting, Short Documentary
Finding Big Country – Kathleen Jayme
Best Cinematography, Short Documentary
After the Sirens – Ian Kerr
Best Picture Editing, Short Documentary
Finding Big Country, Greg Ng
Best Sound, Short Documentary
Finding Big Country, Gregor Phillips
Best Musical Score, Short Documentary
After the Sirens, Andrew Harris
Best Documentary Series
Paramedics: Life on the Line – Louise Clark, Erin Haskett, Murray Battle, Rudy Buttignol, David Moses, Andrew Easterbrook, Megan Cameron, Ashley Olpherts
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Red Chef Revival – Maskwacis – Danny Berish
Best Screenwriting, Documentary Series
Uncharted Canada – Glaciers Whisper – François-Xavier De Ruydts
Best Cinematography, Documentary Series
The History Of Food – The Future of Food – Shane Geddes
Best Picture Editing, Documentary Series
Paramedics: Emergency Response – Never Take It Home – Ryan Malone
Best Sound, Documentary Series
Border Security: America’s Front Line – Paul Edwards, Jeff Henschel, Shawn Miller, Peter Wong
Best Musical Score, Documentary Series
Wild Bear Rescue – Wild, Wild Grizzly – Christopher Nickel
Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) Awards
Best Editing in Feature Documentary
Sharkwater Extinction – Nick Hector
Best Editing in Docu-Series/Docu-drama/Factual
In the Making: Lido Pimienta – Ian Sit