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Montreal Independent Film Festival

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Best Script

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Best Screenplay

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    Your Privilege is Showing

    Daniel Guyton

Best First Time Filmmaker

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Best First Time Filmmaker

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    Winner

    Nowhere

    8.6 (11)
    Tim Seyfert
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    The Surprise Visit

    4.2 (2.7K)
    Serah Henesey(producer)
    Hoodoo Productions
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    Monsters Within

    Devin Montgomery

Jury Prize

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Best Actor

  • Shadow C. LaValley
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    • The Can

Best Actress

  • Zoe Yeoman
    • Zoe Yeoman
    • The Can

Best International Narrative Short

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    The Can

    Danielle Purdy
    Shadow C. LaValley

Best Canadian Narrative Short

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    The Memory Album

    Cameron Ryan Soedi

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

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Best Web Series/TV Pilot

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    La Moto d'Une Vie

    Samy Ezdi(producer)
    Astral Verse
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    Manage This! Webseries

Best Director

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Best Director

  • Martin Guigui
    Winner
    • Martin Guigui
    • Sweetwater
    Reserve Entertainment
    Sunset Pictures
  • Jordan Inconstant
    • Jordan Inconstant(director)
    • Monstrus Circus

Best Music VIdeo

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Best Music Video

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    Winner

    Vaja: People Are People

    Vaja(director)
    Steve Horner(producer)
    Michael W. Abbott(producer)
    David Christopher Lee(producer)
    Sabine de Vries(executive producer)
    Vaja Music
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    Winner

    Heaven

    Masha Shalagina(director)
    Björn Suomivuori(executive producer)
    Natalya Tarasova(producer)
    Daniel Gorsky(cinematographer)

Best Short Documentary

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Best Short Documentary

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    A Call from Home

    Andrii Berezin(director)
    Mykhailo Konyashyn(director of photography)
    RecDiem Media
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    La Moto d'Une Vie

    Samy Ezdi(director)
    Astral Verse

Best Documentary Feature

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Feature Documentary

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    Winner

    Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope

    8.0 (37)
    Graeme Alistair Scott(director)
    Kathy A LoPrimo(producer)
    Dover Street Entertainment
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    Winner

    The Accidental Spy

    8.1 (16)
    Anthony Wonke(director)
    Cambridge Picture Company
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    State Organs

    6.5 (290)
    Raymond Zhang(director)
    Cindy Song(producer)
    RooYee Films Production
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    Mission Asclepios

    Patrik Soergel(director)
    RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera

Best Unproduced Script

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Best Unproduced Script

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    Winner

    You Are Going to Die Today

    Elise Felber(writer)
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    Your Privilege is Showing

    Daniel Guyton

Best Composer

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Best Composer

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    Protocol-7

    5.1 (268)
    Will Taylor

Honorable Mention

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Best Independent Film

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    Exodus

    8.9 (796)
    Serkan Nihat(Director)
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    Fighting the Fire

    8.2 (1.7K)
    Bobby Lacer(director)
    Little Chicago Pictures

Best Actor of Season

  • James Dickey
    • James Dickey(actor)
    • Fighting the Fire
    Little Chicago Pictures

Best Female Director

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Best Female Director

  • Aslihan Unaldi
    • Aslihan Unaldi(director)
    • Afloat

Best Student Film

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Best Student Film

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    Maifeld

    Nele Johann(director)

Best Independent Film

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Best Independent Film

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    Winner

    Visceral

    7.0 (13)
    José Manuel Díaz(executive producer)
    José Ramón Barreto(executive producer)
    Irene Esser(executive producer)
    Manuel Díaz Casanova(executive producer)
    Vicente Peña(executive producer)
    César Manzano(executive producer)
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    Solitarium

    10 (7)
    Raoul Dattola
    Post-Indep
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    Patch

    Bruce Bellocchi(writer/director)
    B. Bellocchi Films
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    A Lion's Game

    7.2 (16)
    Travis Brown
    Bella Dontine
    Browntown Studios
    Small Wonder Studios

Best Short Film

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Best Short Film

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    The Godfrey Project

    Chris Ronak
    Chris Ronak Film
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    While Some Must Sleep

    Jamie Horan(actor)
    Craig B. Urquhart(writer/director)
    Paul Battle(producer)
    Big Meta Films

Best Actor

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Best Actor

  • Armand Assante
    Winner
    • Armand Assante
    • Don Q
    IlCapo Films
  • KRISTOS ANDREWS ACCEPTS "BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES" EMMY® WIN
    Winner
    • Kristos Andrews(actor)
    • Breakout
    Sandaled Kid Productions
    Furst Class Productions
    Tubi Films
    Tubi Movies
    Uncork'd Entertainment
  • Devin Montgomery
    • Devin Montgomery
    • Monsters Within

Best Actor of the Season

  • Bruce Bellocchi
    • Bruce Bellocchi(actor)
    • Patch
    B. Bellocchi Films

Best Human Rights

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Best Human Rights

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    Winner

    I Was A Stranger

    9.3 (8.4K)

Best Director of Season

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Best Director

  • Cameron Ryan Soedi
    • Cameron Ryan Soedi
    • The Memory Album

Best Canadian Indie Film

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Canadian Indies

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    Winner

    The Liberation Men

    6.5 (94)
    Danny Crossman
    Terry Jansen
    Kolo Productions
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    Winner

    Stalkers

    6.4 (6)
    Paul Thompson
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    Laila Nadene

    7.8 (14)
    Caroline Baggaley(Director)

Best Thriller

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Best Thriller

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    Winner

    Haunting Trophies

    6.1 (92)
    László Illés(director/producer)
    Roy McClurg Jr.(producer)
    Jeremy Hirsch(producer)
    Fahd Habeeb(producer)
    Marci Matthews(producer)
    Jon Vangdal Aamaas(producer)
    Intergalactic Pictures
    Intergalactic Productions
    Five Fork Films
    McClurg Productions
    Stag Mountain Films
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    The Reflected Self

    6.8 (50)
    Kelvin Richards
    Holly Jarrett
    Aether Film Productions

Best First-Time Filmmaker

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Best First-Time Filmmaker

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    Neon Dreaming

    7.2 (12)
    Marie-Claire Marcotte
    Fittonia Films
    Calibou Films

Best LGBTQ Film

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Best LGBTQ Short

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    Winner

    The Last Take

    8.5 (7)
    Brian Foyster
    Michael McCartney
    Melissa Sullivan
    Hicks Street
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    Frag

    8.4 (17)
    Christopher Frentzel
    Honorable Mention

Best Narrative Feature

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Best Narrative Feature

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    Winner

    I Was A Stranger

    9.3 (8.4K)

Best Narrative Short Film

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Best Narrative Short Film

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    Go for Grandma

    7.4 (24)
    Grade a Pictures
    Larkin Lane Films

Best Youth Artist

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Best Youth Artist

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    Neon Dreaming

    7.2 (12)
    Maélya Boyd
    Fittonia Films
    Calibou Films

Best Canadian Indie

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    Home Free

    7.8 (24)
    Avi Federgreen

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