The
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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's Award for Best Short Documentary is an annual
Canadian
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film award, presented to a film judged to be the year's best short
documentary film
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.
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History
General ...
, 2000. . Prior to 2012 the award was presented as part of the
Genie Awards
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...
program; since 2012 it has been presented as part of the expanded
Canadian Screen Awards
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.
The award has not always been presented at every past Genie or CSA ceremony. In years when the award was not presented, short documentary films were instead eligible for the
Best Theatrical Short Film and/or
Best (Theatrical/Feature-Length) Documentary categories. In the Canadian Film Awards era, it was often presented solely under the name Best Documentary, but was still presented to shorter documentaries and remained separate from the category for Best Theatrical Documentary.
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See also
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Prix Iris for Best Short Documentary The Prix Iris for Best Short Documentary (french: Prix Iris de la meilleur court métrage documentaire) is an annual award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the best short documentary films made in the Cinema ...
References
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