Cronenberg Leads Directors Guild of Canada Nominees

Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen in A Dangerous Method.
Courtesy of eOne Films.

The Directors Guild of Canada released their nominees for their annual awards. It's an eccentric list to say the least, but it's also nice to see some diversity in recognition. The big surprise, however, is the resounding "Up Yours!" to Canada's Oscar-nominee and Genie winner Monsieur Lazhar, which got zilch. (A strange pattern after Incendies was snubbed last year...) David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method leads the pack with five nominations in the feature film categories, followed by Take This Waltz, which received four nominations but was strangely omitted from the best film category. I'm happy to see some love for Edwin Boyd and Wiebo's War, though! And the upcoming Jennifer Lawrence thriller The House at the End of the Street popped up, too, in the sound category...

Nominees in the film categories:

BEST FEATURE FILM

(Presented by Platinum Sponsor, Technicolor)

A Dangerous Method

Edwin Boyd

Down the Road Again

The Samaritan

BEST DIRECTION - FEATURE FILM

(Presented by Gold Sponsor, Deluxe)

David Cronenberg - A Dangerous Method

Michael Dowse - Goon

Sarah Polley - Take This Waltz

David Weaver - The Samaritan

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY

(Presented by Rogers Group of Funds)

West Wind:  The Vision of Tom Thompson - Peter Raymont

Desert Riders - Victor Sarin

Peace Out - Charles Wilkinson (Seriously?)

Wiebo's War - David York

BEST SHORT FILM

Dave vs. Death - Patrick Hagarty

Patch Town - Catherine Gourdier

The Seder - Justin Kelly

Training Wheels - Ravi Steve Khajuria

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE FILM

Matthew Davies - Take This Waltz

Aiden Leroux - Edwin Boyd

James McAteer - A Dangerous Method

Patrice Vermette - Caféde Flore

BEST PICTURE EDITING - FEATURE FILM

Geoff Ashenhurst - The Samaritan

Christopher Donaldson - Take This Waltz

Reginald Harkema - Goon

Ron Sanders - A Dangerous Method

BEST SOUND EDITING - FEATURE FILM

Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Alastair Gray, Michael O'Farrell, Gren-Erich Zwicker - A Dangerous Method

David Evans, Dale Lennon - The Entitled

Mark Gingras, John D. Smith, Katrijn Halliday, Tom Bjelic, James Robb, Dale Lennon - House at the End of the Street

Kevin Banks, Kathy Choi, David Caporale, Steve Madeiros, David McCallum, Jane Tattersall - Take This Waltz

Full list with television nominees