The Colin Low Award is an annual Canadian film award, presented to honour the best Canadian documentary film screened at that year's
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
The DOXA Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is held annually held for 10 days in May, and is presented by The Documentary Media Society, a non-profit organization.
The festiv ...
. The award frequently, but not always, presents an
honorable mention
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
An awa ...
in addition to the overall winner.
The award is named in honour of influential Canadian documentary filmmaker
Colin Low.
Winners
References
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External links
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Canadian documentary film awards