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Montreal Independent Film Festival

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Best Comedy

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Best Comedy Short - Fall Season

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    Winner

    Heavenly Flames

    Quentin Ferrant(director)
    ECCE Media House

Feature Film

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    Winner

    Murder at Hollow Creek

    4.0 (93)

Best Youth Award

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Best Youth Director

  • Winner
    • Adrian Antonsen(director)
    • Escorted
    Stubbo Studio

Best First Time Filmmaker

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Best First Time Filmmaker

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    Meeting Ms. Leigh

    8.8 (82)
    R.S. Veira(writer/director)
    Dream With Me Productions
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    Fallen: The Search of A Broken Angel

    8.8 (48)
    Wolf Circle Productions
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    Price is Right

    Grigory Shakhanov(director)
    Northen Character Production Center

Jury Prize

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Best Director (Female)

  • Winner
    • Aryana Farshad(director)
    • Longing for the Soul: A Quest for Rumi
    Aryana F. Production

Best Horror Short Film

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    Resurrektor

    8.8 (129)
    Angad Aulakh

Best Action/Thriller

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Best Thriller

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    Abril Arnauda(director) (writer) (post supervisor)
    Sushant Desai(producer) (cinematographer) (post supervisor)
    Maia Macpherson(actress)
    Carolina De Souza Dantas(production designer)
    Sharmaine Flores(assistant director)
    Andres Garza Escobar(editor)
    Wanzheng Jasmin Lyu(line producer) (still photography)
    Graham Marek Stepniewski(script supervisor)
    Frederik Dyreborg Melhede(camera operator)
    Kyle Wilson(camera operator)
    Raye Pan(first assistant camera)
    Yiwen An(first assistant camera)
    Marco Zodio(second assistant camera)
    Jorge Preisser Romero(gaffer)
    Aleck Campbell(key grip)
    Marvin Amin(dolly grip)
    Ricardo Franco Marin(dolly grip)
    Cory Rokes(g&e)
    Yashodan Mugdal(g&e)
    Nelda Marcela Almaguer(art director)
    Aya Kameda(props) (costumes)
    Megan Melville(construction coordinator)
    Nakesha Chong(key makeup artist) (key hair)
    Wen Du(boom operator) (sound mixer)
    Luis Mejía(colorist)
    Cam Liardi(assistant editor)
    David Roberto Arce SanJuan(post sound mixer)
    Diego Cervantes(animation) (vfx)
    Vancouver Film School

Best Experimental Feature

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Thriller

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    Mirror Moves

    8.4 (18)
    James Greer

Best Short Horror

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    Greed & Gore

    7.3 (32)
    Adam Kirkey
    Slinger Pictures
    MGL Films
    Backward Pictures

Best Cinematography

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Best Cinematographer

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    Dawn at Gougane Barra

    Luke Morgan
    Morgan Creative

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

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Best Web Series/TV Pilot

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    Reign

    8.6 (11)
    Christian Larson(actor/writer/producer)
    Michael Chaturantabut(action director)
    Joe Lujan(director)
    Amy Lyndon(actor)
    Alorah Brady(actor)
    Kenneth Mader(editor)
    Ming Zhao(actor)
    Seven Warrior Films
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    Townsend

    Michael Houston King
    Crown Creative Content

Best Picture

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Best Narrative Feature of the Year

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    Piargy

    7.1 (191)
    Ivo Trajkov(director)
    Silvia Panaková(ACE producer)
    Eric Panák(EAVE producer)
    Arina Film

Best Film

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    The Dogs

    6.4 (60)
    Sheila Rogerson(Writer, Producer)
    James Milligan(Producer)
    Jason Ross Jallet(Producer)
    Anthony Artibello(Writer, Producer)
    2ofaMind Productions
    Wild Media Entertainment

Best Director

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Best Director

  • Simão Cayatte
    Winner
    • Simão Cayatte(Director)
    • Vadio
  • James Alton - film director & commercial video producer - kelowna, british columbia, canada
    • James Alton
    • Mabel
    James Alton Films

Best Music VIdeo

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Best Music Video

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    Josh Jones & Trevor Kidd: Salvation

    9.4 (7)
    Alexander Sharp
    Sharpy
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    Ellie Heath: Float Away

    Douglas Cook(director)
    Douglas Cook Productions
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    Can You Hear Me (On the Other Side)?

    Alex Haney(director)
    Michael Ulliman(executive producer)

Best Actress

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Best Actress

  • Abigail Breslin at an event for New Year's Eve (2011)
    Winner
    • Abigail Breslin
    • Miranda's Victim
    All in Films
    Navesink River Productions

Best Unproduced Script

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Best Unproduced Script

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    Just Outside of Victory

    Justin Wheelon
    Oak Film Co.
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    Just Outside of Victory

    Justin Wheelon
    Oak Film Co.
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    Murder by Midnight

    Vincent Edwards(writer)
    Melanated Writers Society

Best Unproduced Feature Script

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    Morituriosis

    Jesse Dorian(writer)
    19th Edition

Best Experimental Short

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Best Experimental

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    Dear Dr. Bergman

    Gloria Trinidad Deocón
    Arte Povera

Best Composer

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Best Composer

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    Kristopher Carter: Boreal Twilight

    Kristopher Carter
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    La Línea Imaginaria

    6.2 (8)
    Marcel Barsotti(composer)
    Super Seven Films
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    Pentaclub

    7.9 (8)
    Maria Tomaselli(composer)
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    Messages to Self

    Jarrod Radnich(composer)

Best Composer of the Season

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    The Hourglass

    7.5 (17)
    Gedminte Samsonaite
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    The Only Way Out Is Through

    Jack Ladd(composer)

Honorable Mention

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Best Composer of the season

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    La Rosa Purpurea

    Enzo De Rosa

Best Horror

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Best Horror

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    Mi Bebé

    8.3 (11)
    John Dada

Best Horror Feature

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    Spending Some Time Together

    6.9 (29)
    Jace Elton

Best Female Director

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Best Female Director

  • Valerie Buhagiar and Peter Williams in The Expanse (2015)
    Winner
    • Valerie Buhagiar(Director)
    • The Dogs
    2ofaMind Productions
    Wild Media Entertainment
  • Writer/Director/Producer
    • Temeko Richardson(director)
    • At the Cross
    The RLC Group
  • Nicole Catania
    • Nicole Catania(director)
    • The Only Way Out Is Through
  • Sarab Sahni
    • Sarab Sahni(Director)
    • My Miracle Boy

Best Independent Film

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Best Independent Film

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    Ainda Somos os Mesmos

    5.9 (48)
    Paulo Nascimento(director)
    Accorde Filmes
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    In Her Name

    7.7 (61)
    Sarah Carter(Producer, Director, Writer)
    Cheshire Moon Productions
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    I Think I'm Sick

    7.2 (170)
    Danny Gevirtz(director)
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    Behind the scenes

    Artur Nigmatullin(Director)
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    Velocity Girl

    9.2 (40)
    R. Scott Leisk
    Giant Steps Productions
    Mutt Productions
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    5 Seasons - eine Reise

    7.4 (5)
    Katja Sallay(director)
    Pinto Pictures

Best LGBTQ Film

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    #LookAtMe

    7.8 (74)
    Ken Kwek
    Eko Pictures
    Potocol

Best Animation

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Best Animation

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    The Blind Owl

    Mohammad Ali Sajjadi

Best Short Film

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Best Narrative Short

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    Città d'Oro

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    Jane

    Jovanna Burke(producer)
    Sydney Scotia(Director)
    Grand Boulevard Entertainment
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    The Passion of Paul-Emile Borduas

    7.9 (7)
    Michael M Cutler(writer/director)
    mDreams Pictures

Best Environmental Film

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    Exxtinction Emergency

    8.0 (13)
    Sigurjon Sighvatsson(Director)
    Scott Hardie(Co-Director)

Best Actor

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Best Actor of the Season

  • Pat Shortt
    Winner
    • Pat Shortt
    • The Life of Lester Wink

Best Actor

    • Charlie Di Stefano
    • Is This Forever
    02 Projects

Best Narrative Short

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Best Narrative Short

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    The King's Sacrifice

    8.3 (7)
    Raphaël Houde-Belle-Isle(Director)
    Les Productions HLV
    2023 Seasonal Winner
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    The Traveler

    Drew Lewis Guerra
    Black Canvas Productions
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    Is This Forever

    Charlie Di Stefano
    02 Projects

  • 8 Ball

    Adrien Marquet
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    The Only Way Out Is Through

    Nuclear Family Films
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    The Karens

  • Hating Beckett

    Matthew M. Gossin(Director)

Best Independent Feature

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Best Film

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    Miranda's Victim

    6.7 (2.5K)
    Michelle Danner
    Navesink River Productions
    All in Films

Best Director of Season

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Best Director

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    • Gordan Matic
    • Bullets Over Marseille

Best Cinematographer of Season

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Best Cinematographer

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    Is This Forever

    Jonah Mazer
    02 Projects
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    Heartbreak Falls Part 1

    Andy Morin
    Lotus Road

  • Darwin's Fox

    Gabi Kislat
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    Is This Forever

    Jonah Mazer
    02 Projects

Best Cinematographer of the Season

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    The Only Way Out Is Through

    Liza Gipsova(director of photography)

Best Canadian Indie Film

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Canadian Indies

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    The Founder Effect

    8.6 (39)
    Justin MacGregor
    Roguescots
    All in One Productions
    Two Six Films

Best Thriller

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Best Thriller

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    Loved

    Joseph Sernio
    D.J. Higgins
    Julie Robinson
    Troy Ruff
    Peter Dobson
    Holly Lake Films

Best First-Time Filmmaker

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Best First-Time Filmmaker

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    Pentaclub

    7.9 (8)
    Roberto Strazzarino(director)
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    The Only Way Out Is Through

    Nicole Catania(director)

Best Actress Of the Season

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Best Actress of the Season

  • Ciera Danielle
    Winner
    • Ciera Danielle(actress)
    • In Her Name
    Cheshire Moon Productions

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