Colin Low Award
The Colin Low Award is an annual Canadian film award, presented to honour the best Canadian documentary film screened at that year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival. The award frequently, but not always, presents an honorable mention in addition to the overall winner.
The award is named in honour of influential Canadian documentary filmmaker Colin Low.
Winners[edit]
| Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | East Hastings Pharmacy | Antoine Bourges | [1] |
| 2014 | Gods, Weeds and Revolutions | Meryam Joobeur | [2] |
| Crazywater | Dennis Allen | ||
| 2015 | On the Trail of the Far Fur Country | Kevin Nikkel | [3] |
| A Rock and a Hard Place | Cliff Caines | ||
| 2016 | The Prison in Twelve Landscapes | Brett Story | [4] |
| Migrant Dreams | Min Sook Lee | ||
| 2017 | Limit Is the Sky | Julia Ivanova | [5] |
| A Moon of Nickel and Ice | François Jacob | ||
| 2018 | Primas | Laura Bari | [6] |
| Those Who Come, Will Hear (Ceux qui viendront, l'entendront) | Simon Plouffe | ||
| 2019 | Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up | Tasha Hubbard | [7] |
| Dark Suns (Soleils noirs) | Julien Élie | ||
| 2020 | Wintopia | Mira Burt-Wintonick | [8] |
| 2021 | Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers | [9] |
| 2022 | Love in the Time of Fentanyl | Colin Askey | [10] |
| The Scattering of Man (DƏNE YI’INJETL) | Luke Gleeson | ||
| 2023 | Mother Saigon (Má Sài Gòn) | Khoa Lê | [11] |
| 2012/Through the Heart (2012/Dans le cœur) | Rodrigue Jean, Arnaud Valade |
References[edit]
- ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA". Playback, May 17, 2013.
- ^ Craig Takeuchi, "Congo documentary Virunga tops DOXA 2014 awards". The Georgia Straight, May 12, 2014.
- ^ Manori Ravindran, "'Je suis le peuple,' 'Far Fur Country' win DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 11, 2015.
- ^ Daniele Alcinii, "'Cameraperson,' 'Twelve Landscapes' take DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 16, 2016.
- ^ Charlie Smith, "DOXA fest announces its 2017 award-winning films". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2017.
- ^ Dannielle Piper, "DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2018 announces awards". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2018.
- ^ Lauren Malyk, "In Brief: Hubbard wins DOXA’s Canadian doc prize". Playback, May 16, 2019.
- ^ Craig Takeuchi, "DOXA 2020 awards go to films about Filipina domestic workers, father and daughter documentarians, and more". The Georgia Straight, June 30, 2020.
- ^ Charlie Smith, "Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers wins best Canadian director and Father wins best feature documentary at DOXA festival". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2021.
- ^ Charlie Smith, "DOXA Fest: Awards go to films about child brides, queer youth, amnesia in the Sahara, and the overdose crisis". The Georgia Straight, May 16, 2022.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Notes on Displacement, Mother Saigon Top DOXA Winners". Point of View, May 14, 2023.