{"id":3078,"date":"2017-09-07T15:22:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/09\/07\/directors-guild-of-canada-reveals-long-list-for-discovery-award\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:22:27","slug":"directors-guild-of-canada-reveals-long-list-for-discovery-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/09\/07\/directors-guild-of-canada-reveals-long-list-for-discovery-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Barry Hertz \/ The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">Just as the worldwide film industry converges in Toronto, the Directors Guild of Canada on Tuesday announced the 15 nominees for its 2017 Discovery Award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">Names on the long list include both filmmakers with projects at the Toronto International Film Festival this year and those who have made a name for themselves elsewhere. Nominees include: Carlos and Jason Sanchez, the siblings behind this year&#8217;s TIFF selection\u00a0<em>A Worthy Companion<\/em>; Sadaf Foroughi, director of\u00a0<em>Ava<\/em>; Cory Bowles (<em>Black Cop<\/em>); Cody Bown (<em>Gregoire<\/em>); Stephen S. Campanelli (<em>Indian Horse<\/em>); Wayne Wapeemukwa (<em>Luk&#8217;Luk&#8217;l<\/em>); Kathleen Hepburn (<em>Never Steady, Never Still<\/em>); Kyle Rideout (<em>Public Schooled<\/em>); Jordan Canning (<em>Suck It Up<\/em>); Jamie M. Dagg (<em>Sweet Virginia<\/em>); Seth A. Smith (<em>The Crescent<\/em>); Sophie Goyette (<em>Still Night, Still Light<\/em>); Winston DeGiobbi (<em>Mass for Shut-Ins<\/em>); Sofia Bohdanowicz (<em>Maison du Bonheur<\/em>); and Ian Lagarde (<em>All You Can Eat Buddha<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">The DGC award is designed to honour &#8220;outstanding achievement by an emerging Canadian director or an established director working in a new genre,&#8221; and is presided over by jury chair Ingrid Veninger, who herself has a film at TIFF this year (<em>Porcupine Lake<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">&#8220;The Discovery nominees are the 15 new directors to watch for this festival season,&#8221; Veninger said in a statement. &#8220;These are exciting new voices you don&#8217;t want to miss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">The long list was presented by DGC national directors division chair Warren P. Sonoda at eOne headquarters in downtown Toronto, just a few blocks from the headquarters of TIFF, which will mark its 42nd festival on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">&#8220;These directors are all part of a new wave in Canadian cinema,&#8221; Sonoda said in a statement. &#8220;They are the daring, intense, sometimes hilarious filmmakers whose names you&#8217;re going to hear people buzzing about at TIFF and festivals across the country this fall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">In 2016, the inaugural DGC Discovery Award went to Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois filmmaker Chlo\u00e9 Leriche, for her film\u00a0<em>Avant les rues<\/em>. This year, Leriche is a member of the award&#8217;s jury, alongside other on-the-rise filmmakers such as Stephen Dunn (<em>Closet Monster<\/em>), Kevan Funk (<em>Hello Destroyer<\/em>), Johnny Ma (<em>Old Stone<\/em>) and Ashley McKenzie (<em>Werewolf<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text\">The winner of this year&#8217;s award will be unveiled at the annual DGC gala on Oct. 28 in Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Hertz \/ The Globe and Mail Just as the worldwide film industry converges in Toronto, the Directors Guild of Canada on Tuesday announced the 15 nominees for its 2017 Discovery Award. 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