April 21, 2021

Need some advice for National Canadian Film Day viewing? Take our members’ collective picks by streaming the winners for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. Nearly all the winners are available to stream. In many cases, Canucks can enjoy them freely through CBC Gem and the NFB, or through the Toronto Public Library via Hoopla and Kanopy. Others are available on subscription services like Crave and Criterion Channel. Some films might require the price of admission, like our most recent winner Anne at 13,000 ft, which offers a chance to support your local cinema.

Here is where you may find all the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award winners. All films are also available on VOD and DVD unless noted otherwise.

2020: Anne at 13,000 ft – TIFF virtual cinema | Revue Cinema

2019: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open – CBC Gem

2018: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch – Hoopla

2017: Werewolf – CBC Gem | Kanopy

2016: The Stairs – Kanopy

2015: The Forbidden Room – Hoopla | Criterion Channel

2014: Enemy – CBC Gem | Crave | Hoopla

2013: Watermark – CBC Gem | Hoopla

2012: Stories We Tell – NFB | Hoopla

2011: Monsieur Lazhar – CBC Gem | Kanopy | Hoopla

2010: Incendies – CBC Gem | Kanopy | Hoopla

2009: Polytechnique – DVD and VOD only

2008: My Winnipeg – Criterion Channel

2007: Away From Her – CBC Gem | Hoopla

2006: Manufactured Landscapes – CBC Gem

2005: A History of Violence – Hoopla | Prime Super Channel

2004: The Triplets of Belleville – CBC Gem | Amazon Prime Starz

2003: Spider – Kanopy

2002: Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner – CBC Gem

2001: Last Wedding – DVD only

2000: waydowntown – Encore+

1999: Set Me Free – DVD only

1998: Last Night – CBC Gem | Encore+ | Amazon Prime | Crave

1997: The Sweet Hereafter – CBC Gem | Kanopy

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