2010 Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) Awards - the winners

On Saturday, September 25, the Directors Guild of Canada presented their 2010 awards at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto. The evening began with a cocktail reception and was followed by the awards ceremony. The host for the evening was Canadian comedian Dave Foley.

The nominees were previously announced on July 7. The Best Feature Film award went to the highly-regarded Cairo Time by Ruba Nadda. The winner of Best Direction in a Feature Film was surprise winner Reginald Harkema for Leslie, My Name is Evil.

Winner of  the Allan King Award for documentary film was The Experimental Eskimos.

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complete list of 2010 DGC Award winners

DGC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sidney J. Furie 

DON HALDANE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD 
Don McCutcheon 

DGC HONOURABLE LIFE MEMBER AWARD 
Paul Bronfman 

BEST DIRECTION - FEATURE FILM 
Reginald Harkema for Leslie, My Name is Evil

 

BEST DIRECTION - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Norma Bailey for Too Late To Say Goodbye

 

BEST DIRECTION - TELEVISION SERIES 
Adrienne Mitchell for Durham County - "Little Lost Children" 

BEST FEATURE FILM 
Cairo Time 

 

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Keep Your Head Up Kid:  The Don Cherry Story

 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA 
Being Erica - Eps. 109 "Everything She Wants" 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - FAMILY
Heartland - Eps. 304 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY 
Little Mosque on the Prairie - Eps. 404 "Break & Enter" 

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY
The Experimental Eskimos 

 

BEST SHORT FILM
Quiet at Dawn 

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE FILM 
Patrice Vermette for 1981 

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES 
Rob Gray for Sea Wolf

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION SERIES 
Donna Noonan for Durham County - "Little Lost Children" 

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING - FEATURE FILM 
Susan Shipton for Chloe

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING -TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES 
Dean Soltys for Sea Wolf

 

BEST PICTURE EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES 
Jeff Warren for The Bridge - Eps. 109

 

BEST SOUND EDITING - FEATURE FILM 
Chloe - Steve Munro, David Drainie Taylor, Richard Cadger, John Loranger, Paul Shikata 

BEST SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES 
Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story - Allan Fung, Tom Bjelic, James Robb, Geoff Raffan, Rob Bertola

BEST SOUND EDITING - TELEVISION SERIES 
Murdoch Mysteries - Eps. 212 "Werewolves" - Mark Beck, Jonas Kuhnemann, Richard Calistan, Joseph Doane