The third annual Directors Guild of Canada awards showered more accolades on Les Invasions barbares. The much-lauded feature drama took home prizes for direction of a feature film for Denys Arcand, as well as for team achievement, at the show held Oct. 2 in Toronto.

On the small screen, CBC miniseries Human Cargo, about the plight of various immigrants looking to come to Canada, won for direction of a TV movie or mini for Brad Turner as well as for team achievement. The Da Vinci’s Inquest episode ‘Bury My Own Bones,’ which sees the coroner lobbying for a safe drug-use site and a red light district, was another double-winner, snagging prizes for direction for Sturla Gunnarsson and for team achievement.

Awards are voted on by members of the DGC, which nationally represents creative and logistical personnel in the areas of direction, design, production and editing.

Arthur Hiller, the Edmonton-born director who went to Hollywood and stunned the industry with the unlikely smash hit Love Story in 1970, was feted with a lifetime achievement award, presented by Leslie Nielsen. Meanwhile, DGC president Alan Goluboff bestowed the organization’s distinguished service award on past president and industry volunteer Keith Cutler.

Comedienne Mary Walsh hosted the cocktails and dinner soiree in front of a reported crowd of nearly 500.

For a complete list of winners and photos from the ceremony, see p. 30-31.

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