'Hyena Road' Leads Directors Guild of Canada Nominations

Paul Gross on the shoot of Hyena Road.
Courtesy of Elevation Pictures.

Paul Gross’s Hyena Road leads this year’s pack of feature film nominees for the Director’s Guild of Canada Awards. The war drama scoops four gongs and appears in every category in which it is eligible. New this year, the DGC only offers craft awards and omits a prize for best feature film. Other Canuck contenders include Born to Be Blue and Remember.

Film Nominees:

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM
Presented by Technicolor 

Robert Budreau – Born to Be Blue

Atom Egoyan – Remember

Paul Gross – Hyena Road

Wiebke von Carolsfeld – The Saver

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY
Presented by Rogers Group of Funds 

Guantanamo's Child:Omar Khadr – Patrick Reed, Michelle Shepard, Directors; Cathy Gulkin, Picture Editor

Haida Gwaii: On theEdge of the Worldn – Charles Wilkinson, Director

Ninth Floor – Mina Shum, Director; Donna Noonan, Production Designer, Élisabeth Williams, Production Designer

Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven – Phyllis Lang, Director

BEST PICTURE EDITING – DOCUMENTARY 

Cathy Gulkin – Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr

Neil Cavalier, Mike Fuller – Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven

Gordon Thorne & Steve Taylor – The Next Step Live: The Movie

Nick Hector – This Changes Everything 

BEST SHORT FILM 

Big Little Girl – Viki Posidis, Director

Friends Like Us – Craig David Wallace, Director

Portal to Hell!!! – Vivieno Caldinelli, Director

The Offer –Winnifred Jong, Director

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
Presented by Pinewood Toronto Studios 

Arvinder Grewal – Beeba Boys

Arvinder Grewal – Hyena Road

Aidan Leroux – Born To Be Blue 

Elisa Sauvé – Zoom

BEST PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM

Christopher Donaldson – Remember

Matthew Hannam – Into the Forest

Susan Shipton – Forsaken

David Wharnsby – Hyena Road

BEST SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM

A Christmas Horror Story – Kevin Banks, Sound Editor; Ed Douglas, Sound Editor; Barry Gilmore, Sound Editor; David Caporale, 1st Assistant Sound Editor; Krystin Hunter, 1st Assistant Sound Editor

Forsaken – Mark Gingras, Sound Editor; Jill Purdy, Sound Editor; Adam Stein, Sound Editor; James Robb, 1st Assistant Sound Editor

Hyena Road – Jane Tattersall, Supervising Sound Editor; Kevin Banks, Sound Editor; Ed Douglas, Sound Editor; David Evans, Sound Editor; Barry Gilmore, Sound Editor; Martin Gwynn Jones, Sound Editor, David McCallum, Sound Editor;  Brennan Mercer, Sound Editor; Dave Rose, Sound Editor;  Claire Dobson, 1st Assistant Sound Editor; Krystin Hunter, 1st Assistant Sound Editor  

Zoom – Jane Tattersall, Supervising Sound Editor; David McCallum, Sound Editor; Dave Rose, Sound Editor, Claire Dobson, 1st Assistant Sound Editor

Winners will be announced on October 22. Please visit dgc.ca for the full list of nominees including television.