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Canada International Film Festival

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    Grand Jury Award

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    Best Comedy

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      Winner

      The Op Shop

      8.2 (20)
      Lee Rogers(director)
      Christopher Gist(producer)
      Paul Kooperman(producer)

    Jury Award

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    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Matt's Chance

      5.8 (2.9K)
      Nicholas Gyeney

    Short Film

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      Winner

      The Interviewer

      7.8 (173)
      Genevieve Clay-Smith(Director)
      Robin Bryan(Director)
      Eleanor Winkler(Producer)
      Bus Stop Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sigilo

      Karla Gómez(director)

    Special Jury Prize

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      Spaghetti for Two

      8.2 (22)
      Matthias Rosenberger(director/producer)
      Betina Dubler(director/writer)

    Rising Star Award

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    Animation Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Machinehead

      6.9 (7)
      Micah Gallagher
    • Winner

      The Sinister Cellar

      Philip Vallentin
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tengri

      Alisi Telengut

    Canadian Film Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Victoria to Vancouver

      Christopher Shoust

    Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A House, A Home

      8.5 (72)
      Daniel Fickle
      Mark C. Smith
    • Winner

      Kieran and the Iguanas: To Deteriorate

      Taras Demian Groves(director)

    Short Film

    • Winner

      The Prairies of Canada

      Nathan Davies
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      Winner

      Goose Family

      Seung Yeob Lee(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always Learning

      8.8 (16)
      Robert Krakower
      Jon Magram
      Spartan Film Studios
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Boat

      Somchay Phakonkham
      Reinvent Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra

      5.6 (14)
      Firas Sameer(Producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Qui a tué Cendrillon?

      7.8 (13)
      Laurent Ardoint
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Captive

      3.7 (239)
      Jordan Brown(director)
      Syndicate Seven Films

    Royal Reel Award

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    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      [Vengeance+Vengeance]

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      King Tigermore in Strawberry Fields

      Tunde Reid-Kapo

    Canadian Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Truth

      5.8 (90)
      J.S. Johnson(director)
      Chris Shalom(writer)
      Michel Duran(producer)
      California Balloon Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      To Save One's Self

      7.5 (23)
      Matthew Campbell
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Resight

      Sama Waham

    Documentary Competition

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      Winner

      Uprising

      7.2 (69)
      Fredrik Stanton
    • Winner

      Seadrift vs. the Big Guy

      8.9 (23)
      Jeff McAdams
      Randall P. Dark
      DARKmania Productions

    Feature Film Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rulers of Darkness

      2.6 (139)
      Dale Windle(director)
      Aventus Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Fish Story

      6.1 (174)
      Matt Birman(director)

    Foreign Film Competition

    • Winner

      Agri and The Mountain

      5.0 (25)
      Hasan Serin

    Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Linde Nijland: Traveller

      6.2 (10)
      Sam Chegini
      Traveller Music Video
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Malk de Koijn: En gang

      Kira Richards Hansen(Director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Silent Sleeper Trilogy

      Herman Wang(director)

    Screenplay Competition

    • Winner
      • Suzan Battah

    Short Film Competition

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      Stalled

      8.6 (7)
      Shannon Kohli(Director/Producer)
      Meghan Gardiner(Writer/Producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dancing in Ashes

      Jordan Barnes-Crouse

    Student Film Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sight Is Not Blocked Anymore

      Hans Samkay(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nora

      Michael Peer(Michael Peer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life Through a Lens

      7.0 (19)
      Ellenor Argyropoulos

    Award of Excellence

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    Award of Excellence in Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Laughing Out Loud

      9.4 (13)
      Daniel Clements(director)
      Chakra Film Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quest for Energy

      Vinit Parmar(writer/director)
      Ryoya Terao(producer)
      David Bruce Smith(composer)
      Erik Larson
      Linda Brieda(associate producer)
      SnagFilms
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MeTube: August Sings Carmen 'Habanera'

      7.0 (95)
      Daniel Moshel(director)
      Moshel Film

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Shaun Katz
      • Sleeping in Blood City
      Third Face Productions

    Canadian Film Competition

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      Winner

      Hunting Season

      6.1 (58)
      Will Bowes(Executive Producer/Director/Writer)
      Jamie Manning(Executive Producer)
      Push Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Commitment

      7.0 (31)
      Albert M. Chan
      Chanal Productions
      7 Fluid Oz. Productions

    Documentary Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds

      8.4 (2.5K)
      Daniel Schmidt(Writer Director)

    Feature Film Competition

    • Winner

      The Dead Experiment

      6.3 (13)
      Anthony Dixon
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Confine

      3.9 (322)
      Tobias Tobbell(writer/director)
      Two Bells Productions
      Cork Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Carl[a]

      6.6 (67)
      Eli Hershko
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Astronaut

      Adam Lemmey
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Influence

      9.8 (13)
      Dilnawaz Muntazir
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Limbus

      6.0 (37)
      Brandon Nicholas
    • Winner

      Antennas to Heaven

      Kevin Tuck
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      July

      6.2 (93)
      Kiril Stankov
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Influence

      9.8 (13)
      Dilnawaz Muntazir(director)
      Faizan Showkat(Music Supervisor)

    Music video

    • Winner

      El Duelo by El Javi Trio

      Jennifer Nicole Stang(director)
      Heart Anchor Productions

    Screenplay Competition

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      Winners
      • Luciana Lagana
      • Gregory Graham
      "Old River Road"

    Short Film Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Strange and Eerie Memoirs of Billy Wuthergloom

      7.1 (29)
      David Antoniuk(Director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Things My Father Never Taught Me

      7.7 (262)
      Burleigh Smith
      Wavebreaker
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Hate You Red Light

      7.8 (29)
      M.R. Horhager(director)
      Juan M. Urbina(director)
      1881 Animation

    Screenplay Competition

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    Honorable Mention

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      Winner

      You Bet

      4.3 (48)
      Sky Wang(writer)
    • Winner

      Old River Road

      Luciana Lagana(writer)
      Gregory Graham(writer)

    Grand Prize

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    Screenplay Competition

    • [object Object]

      A Mother's Love

      8.7 (9)
      Camille Mitchell
      Official Finalist

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