Short Films
As creative concept partner for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards, each year the National Film Board of Canada brings together some of the country's most talented documentary filmmakers to create signature films that capture the essence of the Award laureates and serve as a testament to their creative genius. After premiering at the Awards Gala, the films are made available to all Canadians on the web and in a variety of digital formats.
2011 Short Films
Yvon Deschamps
Yvon Deschamps
Luc Bourdon and Matthieu Bouchard, Directors
Nathalie Cloutier, Producer
William Shatner
William Shatner Sings O Canada
Jacob Medjuck, Director
Paul McNeill, Producer
Howard Shore
A Composer’s Dream
Barbara Willis Sweete, Director
Gerry Flahive, Producer
Leslee Silverman
What If?
Noam Gonick, Director
Alicia Smith and Bonnie Thompson, Producers
Paul Thompson
Uncommon Hero
John L’Ecuyer, Director
Lea Marin, Producer
Jean André Élie
Jean André Élie
Marie-Julie Dallaire, Director
Nathalie Cloutier, Producer
Denis Villeneuve
RATED R FOR NUDITY
Denis Villeneuve, Director
René Chénier, Producer
2010 Short Films
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams: Bare Bones
David Battistella, Director
Gerry Flahive, Producer
Françoise Faucher
The Sentry
Claude Guilmain, Director
Anne-Marie Rocher, Producer
Walter Homburger
The Impresario
Anita Doron, Director
Anita Lee, Producer
Edouard Lock
Lock
Louise Archambault, Director
Colette Loumède, Producer
Robin Phillips
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biography
Move Your Mind
Hubert Davis, Director
Lea Marin, Producer
Mohammed and Yulanda Faris
When You Give of Yourself
Lynne Stopkewich, Director
Selwyn Jacob, Producer
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
No Intermission
Theodore Ushev, Director
René Chénier, Producer
2009 Short Films
Peggy Baker
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Peggy Baker: Four Phrases
Howie Shia, Director
Michael Fukushima, Producer
Édith Butler
Daughter of the Wind and Acadie
Monique LeBlanc, Director
Jacques Turgeon, Producer
Clémence DesRochers
Clémence Among the Gods
Philippe Baylaucq, Director
René Chénier, Producer
James D. Fleck
The Whirlwind Of Your Passion: A Philanthropist's Dream
Barbara Willis Sweete, Director
Gerry Flahive, Producer
Paul Gross
Remembrance
Randy Bradshaw, Director
David Christensen and Bonnie Thompson, Producer
Robert Lepage
Robert Lepage
Jeremy Peter Allen, Director
Jacques Turgeon, Producer
George F. Walker
Capturing George
Scott Smith, Director
Yves J. Ma, Producer
2008 Short Films
Eric Charman
Carl Bessai, Director
Selwyn Jacob, Producer
Tracey Friesen, Executive Producer
Anton Kuerti
David Acomba, Director
Gerry Flahive, Producer
Silva Basmajian, Executive Producer
Eugene Levy
Robin Neinstein, Director
Gerry Flahive, Producer
Silva Basmajian, Executive Producer
Brian Macdonald
Tim Southam, Director
Gerry Flahive, Producer
Silva Basmajian, Executive Producer
John Murrell
Cam Christensen, Director
Bonnie Thompson, Producer
David Christensen, Executive Producer
Alanis Obomsawin
Katerina Cizek, Director
Gerry Flahive, Producer
Silva Basmajian, Executive Producer
Michel Pagliaro
Eric Tessier, Director
Anne-Marie Rocher, Producer
Jacques Turgeon, Executive Producer
These short films are a National Film Board of Canada production.
All rights reserved.
