Lindalee Tracey Award
The Lindalee Tracey Award honours an emerging Canadian filmmaker with a passionate point of view, a strong sense of social justice, and a sense of humour.
Lindalee Tracey was an award-winning filmmaker, author, entertainer and mother. Through her extensive body of work and indefatigable personality, Lindalee brought great joy to the world. She was passionate about bringing issues of social justice into her work, and championed people who are often ignored, underestimated or forgotten. Equally, she celebrated those who rise above disadvantage.
Lindalee passed away on October 19, 2006, at age 49, after a five-year battle with breast cancer. At the time of her passing, Lindalee’s family, friends and admirers created this award in her honour.
The Lindalee Tracey Award is given annually at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation. In 2007, the first Lindalee Tracey Award was presented to Trevor Anderson for his film ROCK POCKETS. In 2008 the winner was Elizabeth Lazebnick, who won for her docu-drama ABEER. In 2009, the co-winners of the Award were Laura Bari and Will Inrig, and in 2010 the co-winners were Philip Lyall and Nimisha Mukerji. In 2011, the award was presented to Quebec filmmaker Alexandre Hamel.
The winner will receive $5,000 in cash from the Lindalee Fund, $5,000 worth of equipment rental from SIM Video International, as well as a beautiful hand-blown glass sculpture commissioned to honour Lindalee.
2012 Applications
The 2012 applications period is now closed.
To be eligible for the Lindalee Tracey Award, you must be an emerging artist, an individual who has less than three years of training or experience in media arts, which can be formal (university or college studies) or informal (production courses, workshops, hands-on experience in production, etc.). You must also have completed at least one independent film or video, excluding school film projects.
Your application package for the award should include six copies of each of the following:
- DVD of up to two films or TV productions, any length, any genre, completed or as a work-in-progress, which may or may not have been publicly screened or broadcast, but was not a school film project (the filmmaker must have had final creative control)
- A write-up of your relevant background as a filmmaker
- A brief explanation of why you made the film(s)
Please ensure you have back-up copies of your work. We regret that DVDs will not be returned.
A jury of experienced filmmakers and writers who worked with Lindalee, including last year’s recipient of the Lindalee Tracey Award, will select this year’s winner.
Please forward your application package to the following address:
White Pine Pictures
Attention: Dylan Butler
822 Richmond St. W., Ste 301
Toronto, ON M6J 1C9
