Rogers Best Canadian Film Award
The TFCA’s Rogers Best Canadian Film Award is Canada’s richest arts prize. The director of the winning film, voted by members of the TFCA, receives $100,000 from Rogers Communications Inc. The two runners-up each receive $5,000
The 2022 winner is Riceboy Sleeps, directed by Anthony Shim. Runners-up are Brother, directed by Clement Virgo and Crimes of the Future, directed by David Cronenberg.
Previous Winners
2021 – Beans, directed by Tracey Deer
2020 – Anne at 13,000 ft., directed by Kazik Radwanski
2019 – The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn
2018 – Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, directed by Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky
2017 – Werewolf, directed by Ashley McKenzie
2016 – The Stairs, directed by Hugh Gibson
2015 – The Forbidden Room, directed by Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson
2014 – Enemy, directed by Denis Villeneuve
2013 – Watermark, directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky
2012 – Stories We Tell, directed by Sarah Polley
2011 – Monsieur Lazhar, directed by Philippe Falardeau
2010 – Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve
2009 – Polytechnique, directed by Denis Villeneuve
2008 – My Winnipeg, directed by Guy Maddin
2007 – Away from Her, directed by Sarah Polley
2006 – Manufactured Landscapes, directed by Jennifer Baichwal
2005 – A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg
2004 – The Triplets of Belleville, directed by Sylvain Chomet
2003 – Spider, directed by David Cronenberg
2002 – Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, directed by Zacharias Kunuk
2001 – Last Wedding, directed by Bruce Sweeney
2000 – waydowntown, directed by Gary Burns
1999 – Set Me Free, directed by Léa Pool
1998 – Last Night, directed by Don McKellar
1997 – The Sweet Hereafter, directed by Atom Egoyan