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Montreal Independent Film Festival

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International Narrative Feature

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Best International Narrative Feature

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    Stoyan

    5.2 (71)
    Roberto Ruiz Céspedes(director)
    Hache Producciones
    Gold Tower Producciones
    American Road Films
    Ad hoc studios
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    The Bezonians

    4.4 (5.8K)
    Savvas D. Michael(director)
    John Pavlakos(producer)
    Saints and Savages
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    Taktik

    7.3 (91)
    Hans-Günther Bücking(director)
    Marion Mitterhammer(director)
    Matthias Müller(composer)
    Rokonstreetfilm Production
    Sunrock Studios

Best Comedy

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Feature Film

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    Re-Opening

    9.1 (50)
    Chris Guerra
    Kelsey Cooke
    Matthew John Koppin
    Thisishardtoread Productions
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    Vandits

    5.3 (225)
    Adam Rodness(producer)
    Stuart Stone(director)
    5'7 Films

Best Comedy Short

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    Another Blood Sucker

    Drake Dalgleish
    Drake Dalgleish Films

International Narrative Short

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Best International Narrative Short

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    Gas-Shaped Light

    Alexander Tuschinski(director)

Best Script

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Best Scriptwriter of the Season

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    The Stepmom

    Keara Barnes

Best Screenplay

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    The Red Cloth

    Bo Svenson
    MagicQuest Entertainment

Best Youth Award

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Writer

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    Neurodivergent Society

    Esabella Anna Karena Strickland(writer/director)

Best First Time Filmmaker

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Best First Time Filmmaker

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    Más que el Agua

    7.8 (28)
    Amauris Pérez
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    When Life Hands You a Pandemic

    Renee Braun
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    J1S

    6.4 (16)
    Jay Cunningham
    First Word Tree Productions
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    Ground Control

    Helmut Karner
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    But I Want to Leave the Party

    9.6 (39)
    Tiffany Lauren Bennicke
    Gilles Plouffe
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    Booksmart

    8.4 (5)
    Côme Ferré(director)
    Wanda Productions
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    Monster Heart

    Priyanga Burford(Director)
    Dawn Chorus Films
    La Pêche Productions
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    Where I'm From

    Sina Nazarian
    Tania Rahimikhoshavaz
    Nazarian Productions
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    Der Riss

    8.9 (10)
    Paul Ertl
    Filmacademy Vienna
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    Shielding Sheila

    Joyce Grey-Carter(Director)
    Clive James Grey-Carter(Cinematographer)
    Grey Art Media Production
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    10 rounds

    Jean Christophe Gonon(director)

Jury Prize

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Best Documentary

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    The Day I Had to Grow Up

    9.3 (39)
    Stefano Da Fre
    Laura Pellegrini
    Nolan Kelly
    Brandon Delosreyes
    A.J. Desimone
    Rosso Films International
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    The Day I Had to Grow Up

    9.3 (39)
    Stefano Da Fre
    Laura Pellegrini
    Nolan Kelly
    Brandon Delosreyes
    A.J. Desimone
    Rosso Films International

Best Actor

  • Guy Kent
    • Guy Kent
    • The Atomic Dream

Best Director of a Short Film

  • Angad Aulakh in Autumn Lights (2016)
    • Angad Aulakh
    • The Atomic Dream

Best International Narrative Short

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    The Atomic Dream

    7.8 (111)
    Angad Aulakh
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    For I Am Dead

    9.0 (18)
    Patricia Delso Lucas
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    The Sound Eye

    9.7 (42)
    Rodney Mansour(Director)
    Wassim Hawat(Producer)

Best Canadian Narrative Short

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    The Cold Front

    Ben Crossman
    Danny Crossman
    Kolo Productions
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    The Second Hand

    Tristan Hamburgh(director)
    Screen Denizen
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    Become the Wounded

    Amir Zargara

Best Action/Thriller

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Best Thriller

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    It's Not Over

    4.9 (120)
    Alessandro Riccardi(director)
    Vargo
    Streamdigital
    Sound Art 23
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    Liberty

    6.5 (36)
    Phil De Witte
    1Life Production
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    End Game

    8.2 (10)
    Bruce H. Gill
    Ingo Kaddatz
    Andrew James Porter
    Sam McCarthy
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    The Consultant

    4.3 (128)
    Ignacio Maiso
    Danny Mounsey
    Tractorni Productions

Best Experimental Feature

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Thriller

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    Adithattu

    5.4 (569)
    Jijo Antony
    Khais Millen
    Middle March Studios

Best Science Fiction

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    June

    7.3 (16)
    Dwayne Cameron
    Sarah James
    Dancing Mind Films
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    The Abandon

    4.3 (2.7K)
    Jason Satterlund(director)
    Dwain Worrell(writer)
    Jonathan Rosenthal(executive producer)
    Victoria Hadeler(producer)
    Regis Terencio(producer)
    Mill House Motion Pictures
    Big Puddle Films
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    The White Rock

    Maxime Laurin(director)
    NeonSeed Productions
    Joint Winner : Caitlin McNerney (Screenplay & Lead)
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    The Dark Room

    Heesoo Choi(director)
    Matthew Stewart(producer)
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    Yuri

    5.9 (16)
    Baky Dia
    Fovéal Studios
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    The Cloaked Realm

    Marisa L. Cohen
    Peter Issac Alexander

Best Science Fiction Film

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    J1S

    6.4 (16)
    Carl Wharton
    Michael John Treanor
    Antonio Galas
    Steve O'Keefe
    Paul J. Dove
    Helen Pawson
    Zara Abraham
    Mark Holland
    Angela Heenan
    Derek Carey Vernon
    Ryan Marks
    Pamela Ashton
    Daniel Hippolyte
    Keith Hyland
    Jade Bulmer
    Michael Read
    Stephen Coldbeck
    Mark Greensmith
    Joe Barton
    Jay Cunningham
    Mathias Rozpendowski
    Will Simpson
    Sarah Davies
    Luke Hodgkinson
    Akash Singh
    Sian Woods
    Jamie Roach
    First Word Tree Productions

Best Cinematography

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Best Cinematographer

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    Guardians of Paradise

    Ivan Maria Friedman
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    Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis

    4.6 (329)
    Michael Williams
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    Another Blood Sucker

    Nick Azzaro

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

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Best TV Pilot

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    Paradox

    Vasilis Blioumis(director)
    Eleni Makri(producer)
    Limitless Media

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

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    Cray

    Sonia Sawkar
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    Angel Dust

    6.4 (58)
    Chrystal Snow(producer)
    Mark Hemstock(director)
    Break The Chain Productions
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    Charlotte Sucks: at Dating

    Melissa Karimzadeh

Best Editing

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Best Editor

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    The Cathar

    8.0 (7)
    Liam Hendrix Heath
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    The Sound Eye

    9.7 (42)
    Rodney Mansour(editor)
    Summer 2022

Best Picture

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Best Narrative Feature of the Year

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    Le Cineaste - A Director's Journey

    Manlio Roseano(director)
    MR Productions

Best Film

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    Implanted

    4.5 (4.9K)
    Fabien Dufils
    Mad Street Motion Pictures

Best Director

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Best Director

  • Fabien Dufils
    • Fabien Dufils
    • Implanted
    Mad Street Motion Pictures
  • BTS of Magical meat, Photo by Jbrother
    • Èric Boadella
    • City of Love
    Rotten Apple Entertainment

Best US Feature Documentary

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Best Feature Documentary

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    The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House

    3.8 (305)
    Matt Benton(director)
    Joe Vitale(executive producer)
    Eric Conner(producer)
    Bill Cook(producer)
    Devil's Hour Productions
    Entity Seven Films
    Gravitas Ventures

Best Music VIdeo

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Best Music Video

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    Phil Miller: You Can Tell

    Chase Bradburn(director)
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    Finger Bang Your Day

    Jeff Hilliard
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    Closer

    Anjali Nayar(director) (producer) (writer)
    Muita Muthee(producer)
    Tarun Nayar(producer)
    Seema Hari(actor) (producer)
    Ink & Pepper Productions
    Snakes x Ladders
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    I Fell in Love

    George Tsotsos

Best Actress

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Best Actress

  • Ashley Nichols
    Winner
    • Ashley Nichols
    • The Chimera Effect
    Common Ground Media.
  • Katie Boland
    Winner
    • Katie Boland(director)
    • We're All in This Together
    BrancSeater Productions
  • Kiera Morgan
    Winner
    • Kiera Morgan(actress)
    • Dreams Live in Trees
    Naked Love
  • Jennifer Scott
    • Jennifer Scott
    • Eyes Upon Waking
    Open Eyes Productions
  • Tiffany Lauren Bennicke
    • Tiffany Lauren Bennicke
    • But I Want to Leave the Party
    • Eve Zhao
    • Kill Me

Best Short Documentary

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Best Short Documentary

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    Kaavya

    Dan Gordon(Director)
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    Mudder's Hands

    Clint Butler(director)

Best Documentary Feature

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Feature Documentary

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    A Boy Called Piano - The Story of Fa'amoana 'John' Luafutu

    8.1 (9)
    Nina Nawalowalo(director)
    Katherine Wyeth(producer)
    Tom McCrory(executive producer)
    The Conch
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    Next Generation

    8.7 (10)
    Niya Aleksandrova
    Ayelet Heller
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    Country and Courage

    Rodney Roldan
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    Wild Prairie Man

    George Tsougrianis(director)
    Overtime Studios
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    In the Mind's Garden

    8.2 (9)
    Matteo Balsamo
    Giotto Produzioni
    Merry-Go-Sound
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    The American Good Samaritans

    9.6 (14)
    Manvel Saribekyan(producer)

Best Unproduced Script

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Best Unproduced Script

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    The Music Lesson

    Victor Dean(writer)
    Black Bull Entertainment
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    Winner

    The Gamesman

    Todd E. Wise(writer)
  • [object Object]

    Kosher Nostra

    Gracie Marcellus
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    Right Off Cedar Ave.

    Victor Dean(writer)
    Ericka Dean(executive producer)
    Black Bull Entertainment
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    Blood, Scum & Neon Lights

    Brett Howard Nelson(writer)
  • [object Object]

    Spyder: One Man's Quest for the Little Bastard

    Brett Howard Nelson(writer)
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    11 Blocks to Go: The Bet

    Jack Utrata
    Ashley Alexander
  • [object Object]

    For: LiLa

    Kaitron Bryant
    Croatan Productions

Best Experimental Short

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Best Experimental

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    Winner

    The Hairy Notion of a Green Afternoon

    8.6 (5)
    Susanne Deeken(Susanne Deeken)
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    A Summer Day in Brooklyn

    Daniel Luis Ennab

  • The Submerged Voice

    Ángel Baltasar(director)
    The Submerged Voice, visual poema.
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    Where I'm From

    Sina Nazarian
    Nazarian Productions
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    Psyche Obscura

    Craig Oty
    Robby DeFrain
    Kim Canazzi

Best Composer

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Best Composer

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    This Vast and Mysterious Ocean

    John Bergstrom(composer)
    Desert Island Studios
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Call of the Unseen

    4.8 (517)
    Simon Kölle(composer)
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    Winner

    Betur sjá augu (See No Evil)

    Mari Sainio
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    Taktik

    7.3 (91)
    Matthias Müller
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    Mudder's Hands

    Virginia Kilbertus(Composer)

Honorable Mention

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Best Animation

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    Glad you Candy

    Susanne Deeken

Female Director

  • Clémentine Célarié
    Winner
    • Clémentine Célarié
    • Pierre & Jeanne
    Sazia Films

Best Unproduced Script

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    The Francophile

    Brett Howard Nelson

Best Horror

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Best Horror

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    Winner

    Site 13

    3.0 (132)
    Nathan Faudree
    Danger Yak Creations
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    Winner

    Badlands

    7.6 (9)
    Gabriel Chicano(Director)
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    Puppet Killer

    4.8 (256)
    Lisa Ovies
    Aleks Paunovic
    Michelle Muldoon
    Eric Carbery
    I No.Films

Best Female Director

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Best Female Director

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    • Juanita Peters(Director)
    • 8:37 Rebirth
    Rebirth Films
    Stone Cold Productions
    San Family Productions
  • Winner
    • An Tran
    • For Tomorrow - A Documentary on Grassroots Innovators
    Nation of Artists
    Sid Lee Montreal
  • Marion Mitterhammer
    • Marion Mitterhammer
    • Taktik

Best Student Film

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Best Student Film

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    Winner

    Vlada Goes to London

    9.6 (15)
    Arti Savchenko
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    Winner

    A Song of the Land

    César Velasco
  • [object Object]

    Viyasiduru

    9.0 (26)
    Prabhath Agampodi(Director)
  • [object Object]

    Before It All Happened

    Elton Tan(director)
    Tiago Francisco(producer)
    Nicole Teh(scriptwriter)
    Leonard Lee(sound)
    Sunderland University

Student Film

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    Merry Go Round

    Kara M. Canton
    TTMK Films

Best Independent Film

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Best Independent Film

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    Nightline

    6.9 (276)
    Robert Sedlácek
    DonArt Production
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    Winner

    Inexistentia

    5.9 (9)
    Salvatore Vitiello(director)
    SNCI production
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    Inexistentia

    5.9 (9)
    Salvatore Vitiello(director)
    SNCI production
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    Commedia

    Riccardo Vannuccini(Director)
    Greta Bellamacina(actress)
  • [object Object]

    War Trap

    5.9 (378)
    David Aboucaya(director)
    David Aboucaya
  • [object Object]

    Agrodolce

    7.7 (24)
    Alessandro Prato
  • [object Object]

    Shackled

    3.6 (117)
    Joss Refauvelet
    The Mosqueteros

Best Animation

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Semi-Finalist

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    Keep the Bugs Out of My Soup!!!

    Tyrone Evans Clark(director) (executive producer) (actor) (writer) (cinematography)
    Rey Morano(Animator)
    Tyrone Evans Clark
    Semi-Finalist

  • The Submerged Voice

    Ángel Baltasar

Best Animation

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    Psyche Obscura

    Craig Oty
    Robby DeFrain
    Kim Canazzi

Best Short Film

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Best Narrative Short

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    Winner

    Jimmy Duff & The Modfather

    Craig Warnock
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    A Love Worth Fighting For

    Toby Fountaine(director)
    FilmFountaine
  • [object Object]

    Nocturno

    Laconda Producciones
  • [object Object]

    40ish...

    Nicole Stuart
    Caitlin Renee Campbell
    Traci Hays
  • [object Object]

    Recuerda

    Alberto Serra
    Wiznitzer Films
  • [object Object]

    Hope You Feel Better

    Stephanie Ruiz

Best Canadian Narrative Short

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    Power in the Blood!

    Ranjit Singh
    John Alexander Fraser

Best Environmental Film

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    Winner

    Keep Cool: Fortifying British Columbia

    Ed Akselrud
    One Tree Planted

Best Actor

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Best Actor

  • Winner
    • Loris Freeman
    • Pierre & Jeanne
    Sazia Films
  • Ola Wallinder
    Winner
    • Ola Wallinder(Actor)
    • Cactus
    Best Actor
  • Eric James Gravolin
    Winner
    • Eric James Gravolin(actor)
    • A Love Worth Fighting For
    FilmFountaine

Best Pilot

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Best Pilot

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    The Cloaked Realm

    Marisa L. Cohen
    Peter Issac Alexander

Best Student Documentary

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Student Film

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    Winner

    Decades: Chaos theory

    Sina Moazeni(director)
    Capilano University

Best Short Director

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    Winner

    REAL MONSTERS

    Isaiah Thomas Butler
    NCF Media Group

Best Narrative Short

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Best Narrative Short

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    Winner

    Amanda

    Ty Cooper(writer/director)
    Lifeview Marketing & Visuals
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Amanda

    Ty Cooper
    Lifeview Marketing & Visuals
  • [object Object]

    Roy, a Brother's Journey

    Thomas Rousvoal
  • [object Object]

    Down by the Water

    Gabi Carrubba
  • [object Object]

    Home with You

    Jane Aster Roe
    Michelle Crossman
    Aster Roe Productions

Best Independent Feature

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Best Film

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    Winner

    Under Spanish Skies

    7.6 (69)
    Nathan Buck
    Christina Mallet
    Bearlift Films
  • [object Object]
    Winner

    Dreams Live in Trees

    8.1 (15)
    Marco Della Fonte(director)
    Kiera Morgan(producer)
    Naked Love
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    Somos invisibles

    7.6 (40)
    Sinhué F. Benavides
    Sizigia Films

Best Human Rights

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Best Human Rights

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    Winner

    The Vertical Border

    Sonja Wolf(Director)

Best Director of Season

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Best Director

  • Joe Hall
    Winner
    • Joe Hall(director)
    • The Road to Galena

Best Cinematographer of Season

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Best Cinematographer

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    Winner

    The Road to Galena

    5.5 (216)
    Clark Vandergrift(cinematographer)

Best Canadian Indie Film

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    Winner

    Battle for the Western Front

    4.0 (150)
    Aaron Huggett

Best Thriller

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Feature Film

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    Winner

    Avarice

    4.9 (3.5K)
    John V. Soto
    Filmscope Entertainment

Best Thriller

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    Five True Friends

    7.2 (6)
    Karen Tusa
    George Orallo
    Leona Krahn
  • [object Object]

    Abismo

    8.6 (8)
    Rafa Belmont

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