Lindalee Tracey Award

The Lindalee Tracey Award is an annual film award, presented in memory of Canadian documentary filmmaker Lindalee Tracey to emerging filmmakers whose works reflect values of social justice and a strong personal point of view.^[1] Created by Peter Raymont, Tracey's widower and former filmmaking partner, through his production studio White Pine Pictures, the award is presented annually at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; however, the award is not limited to documentary films, but may be awarded to films in any genre, and films do not have to have been screened as part of the Hot Docs program to be eligible.

Winners

• 2007 - Trevor Anderson, Rock Pockets^[2]
• 2008 - Elizabeth Lazebnik, Abeer^[3]
• 2009 - Will Inrig, The Fantastic Ballet of the Mind and Its Master and Laura Bari, Antoine^[4]
• 2010 - Ayanie Mohamed, Forgotten^[5]
• 2011 - Alexandre Hamel, Clé 56^[6]
• 2012 - Jasmine Oore, Glamour Guts^[7]
• 2013 - Rodrigo Barriuso, For Dorian and Antoine Bourges, East Hastings Pharmacy^[8]
• 2014 - Matt Johnson, The Dirties and Madeleine Grant, The Backward Class^[9]
• 2015 - Yosef Baraki, Mina Walking^[10]
• 2016 - Michael Chen, Lost^[11]
• 2017 - Thyrone Tommy, Mariner^[12]
• 2018 - Fazila Amiri, The Red Bicycle and Tim Tracey, Kreb
• 2019 - Andy Alvarez, Our Home
• 2020 - Salar Pashtoonyar, Bad Omen^[13]
• 2021 - Cailleah Scott-Grimes, Between Us^[14]
• 2022 - Avazeh Shahnavaz, The Untouchable^[15]
• 2023 - Gaëlle Graton, A Shore Away (L'Autre rive)^[16]
• 2024 - Meysam Motazedi, Toward You^[17]

References

1. "Award named for filmmaker". Toronto Star, February 2, 2007.
2. Guy Dixon, "Panoply of tales win Hot Doc awards". The Globe and Mail, April 28, 2007.
3. "Hottest Docs earn honours". Toronto Sun, April 26, 2008.
4. Raju Mudhar, "Festival's top prize to Regent Park documentary". Toronto Star, May 9, 2009.
5. "Propaganda tale wins Hot Docs prize movies Bin Laden bodyguard film also a winner". Toronto Star, May 9, 2010.
6. "Films about Ukrainian foster mom and California skate-punk top Hot Docs: Hot Docs awards Ukraine-set doc top Cdn prize". Canadian Press, May 6, 2011.
7. Barry Walsh, "“The World Before Her”, “Call Me Kuchu” take top Hot Docs awards". RealScreen, May 6, 2012.
8. Peter Knegt, "‘When I Walk,’ ‘Dragon Girls’ Top Hot Docs Winners". IndieWire, May 5, 2013.
9. Liam Lacey, "Belgian-Romanian, Canadian films take top prizes at Hot Docs". The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2014.
10. T'cha Dunlevy, "A street-level view of Kabul". Montreal Gazette, September 3, 2015.
11. "'Koneline: our land beautiful' named top Canadian feature at HotDocs festival". Canadian Press, May 6, 2016.
12. Pat Mullen, "‘Unarmed Verses’, ‘The Other Side of the Wall’ Top Hot Docs Award Winners". Point of View, May 5, 2017.
13. Jeremy Kay, "‘Stray’, ‘Prayer For A Lost Mitten’ among Hot Docs winners". Screen Daily, May 14, 2020.
14. Jillian Morgan, "Hot Docs ’21: “Zo reken”, “Ostrov – Lost Island” take awards". RealScreen, May 10, 2021.
15. Sadaf Ahsan, "Jacquelyn Mills’ ‘Geographies of Solitude’ wins Hot Docs’ best Canadian film award". Toronto Star, May 7, 2022.
16. Jennie Punter, "‘The Mountains,’ Heartbreaking Portrait of a Fractured Family, Wins Top Honor at Hot Docs". Variety, May 6, 2023.
17. Jennie Punter, "‘Farming the Revolution’ Harvests Top International Competition Award at Hot Docs". Variety, May 3, 2024.

External links

• Official website