The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has announced the nominees for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards, and several Hot Docs-supported films and filmmakers have received recognition across major documentary categories.
We’re proud to celebrate the following nominees:
Best Feature Length Documentary
- Disco's Revenge (D: Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara) – Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund
- Wilfred Buck (D: Lisa Jackson) – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund
- Yintah (D: Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano) – Hot Docs Deal Maker
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary
- Disco's Revenge – Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund
- Intercepted (D: Oksana Karpovych) – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund & Hot Docs Forum
- Yintah – Hot Docs Deal Maker
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
- Wilfred Buck – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund
Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
- Adrianne & the Castle (D: Shannon Walsh) – Hot Docs Deal Maker
- Yintah – Hot Docs Deal Maker
Best Sound Design in a Feature Length Documentary
- Intercepted – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund & Hot Docs Forum
- Wilfred Buck – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund
- Yintah – Hot Docs Deal Maker
Several titles from the Hot Docs 2024 Official Selection are also among this year’s Canadian Screen Award nominees.
Okurimono (D: Laurence Lévesque) received four nominations: Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary, Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary, Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary, and Best Sound Design in a Feature Length Documentary.
A Mother Apart (D: Laurie Townshend) is nominated for Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary.
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (D: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee) is nominated for Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary.
An Unfinished Journey (D: Aeyliya Husain, Amie Williams) is nominated for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program.
Born Hungry (D: Barry Avrich) is nominated in three categories: Best Writing, Documentary, Best Photography, Documentary or Factual, and Best Sound, Documentary or Factual.
Congratulations to all the nominees! For a full list, visit the Canadian Screen Awards website.