TORONTO , Sept. 11, 2022 /CNW/ – The Directors Guild of Canada is proud to announce the 17 long-listed films for the 2022 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award, unveiled today at the DGC Visionaries event, the Guild’s flagship festival. This list highlights some of the “best emerging directors to watch” this festival season. Films will screen at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Festival du nouveau Cinema (FNC), Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF), ImagineNative, Reelworld, FIN Atlantic Film Festival and the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (SJIWFF) as well as being featured in Hot Docs. Following the list of films below is a summary of the festivals these films are playing in, for those festivals that have announced all or part of their films. “These exceptional directors and film crews represent a wide range of new voices in Canadian cinema, exploring stories that audiences want to experience,” said Warren P. Sonoda, DGC President. “Film fans will want to keep an eye out for these directors this festival season and in the years to come.”
In June of this year, the Discovery Award was rededicated to long-time DGC Director Jean-Marc Vallée. The Discovery Award jury is chaired by Lina Roessler, along with DGC members Michelle Shephard, Boris Mojsovski and Angelica Lisk-Hann. 2022 Discovery Award Longlist:

This house, Miriam Charles Qing Dynasty Queens, Ashley Mackenzie geographies of loneliness, Jacquelyn Mills Framing Agnes, Chase Joynt Riceboy is sleeping, Anthony Sim Something you said last night, Louis DeFilippis When the morning comes, Kelly Fyffe-Marshall anyox, Ryan Ermacora & Jessica Johnson Till the branches bend, Sophie Jarvis dark nature, Berkeley Brady Rosie, Gail Maurice Broken Angel / MaaShwaKanManiToby Jules Arita Koostach Before I change my mind, Trevor Anderson Francheska: Prairie Queen, Laura O’Grady Golden Delicious, Jason Carman Reset, Min Bae More vertical/back, Nyla Innuksuk

Hot Docs:Geographies of Solitude, Frames Agnes CFIF:Geographies of Solitude, Framing Agnes, Riceboy Sleeps, Until Branches Bend, Dark Nature, Rosie, Before I Change My Mind, Francheska: Prairie Queen TIFF:Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Riceboy is sleeping, Something you said last night, When the morning comes, Until the branches bend, Rosie VIFF:Cette Maison (This House), Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Geographies of Solitude, Framing Agnes, Riceboy Sleeps, Something You Said Last Night, Anyox, Until Branches Bend, Rosie, Golden Delicious Reelworld:Golden Delicious FLAP:Cette Maison (This House), Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Framing Agnes, Riceboy Sleeps, Something You Said Last Night, Until Branches Bend, Rosie, Before I Chan My Mind The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a national labor organization representing over 6,000 key creative and logistical professionals in the screen-based industry covering all areas of directing, design, production and editing. The DGC negotiates and administers collective agreements and lobbies extensively on issues of concern to Members, including Canadian content terms, CRTC regulations and ensuring funding is maintained for Canadian film and television programming. SOURCE Principals Association of Canada, National Office For more information: Media: Ian Gillespie, Communications Director, [email protected]