The Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing in a Documentary is an annual award, presented as part of the

Canadian Screen Awards The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...

program to honour the year's best editing in a

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

. It is presented separately from the

Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing The Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Editing is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film editor in a feature film. The award was presented for the first time in 1966 as part of the Canadian Fil ...

for narrative feature films. An award for Best Editing in a Non-Feature, with its nominees consisting entirely of short or television documentary films, was presented at the

1st Genie Awards The 1st Genie Awards were presented on March 20, 1980, and honoured films released in 1979. Jay Scott, "Changeling wins Genie as year's best movie". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 21, 1980. Immediately after the 1978 Canadian Film Awards, which ...

in 1980, and an award for Best Editing in a Documentary was presented at the shortlived

Bijou Awards The Bijou Awards were a Canadian award for non-feature films, launched in 1981 but presented only once before being discontinued. Created as a joint project of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and the Canadian Film and Television Association (CFTA), ...

in 1981,"War Brides top Bijou winner". ''

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'', October 30, 1981. although the Academy never presented an award for editing in theatrical feature documentaries until the

3rd Canadian Screen Awards The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 1, 2015, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2014.Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary The Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary () is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best film editing in documentary films made within the Cinema of Quebec. The ...

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