Winners – May 2023

Best International Narrative Short Half Samurai 

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Best Canadian Narrative Short Smoke 

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Best Documentary Short Forever Queer 

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Best Animated Short Forlorn 

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Best Micro Short Comfort Zone 

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Best Horror (Short) Upheaval 

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Best Thriller (Short) Lift 

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Best Sci-fi (Short) Connection 

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Best Comedy (Short) Coming Out 

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Best Experimental Short Ah! Hard Rain 

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Best Covid19 Short Spike Game 

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Best Student Short Film Bombing the Hill 

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Best Music Video I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain 

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Best Actor in Short Rory Knox (Ghosting Society) 

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Best Actress in Short Amelia Foxton (Handled) 

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Best Ensemble Acting in Short Judge 

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Best First Time Director (Short) Mermaid In The Garden of Escapism 

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Best Female Directing in Short The Summers of your Winter 

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Best Male Directing in Short Culture Talk on the Radio 

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Best Human Right’s Short Film It’s Just Business 

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Best Script in Short Gender Reveal 

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Best Unproduced Script (Short Feature) In or Out 

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Best Editing in Short Closet Nightmares 

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Best Music in Short The Bridge 

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Best Cinematography in Short Manhattan Moments 

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Best Canadian Documentary Unacceptable? 

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Best International Feature Film The Squad 

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Best International Documentary The Story of Everything 

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Best Female Directing in Feature Film Notre Dame de Moncton 

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Best Male Directing in Feature Film The Squad 

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Best Actor in Feature Film Devon Stewart (Stranger In The Woods) 

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Best Actress in Feature Film Holly Kenney (Stranger In The Woods) 

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Best Acting Ensemble (Feature Film) The Squad 

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Best Cinematography in Feature Film The Whirlpool 

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Best Script (Long Feature Film) Stranger In The Woods 

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Best Unproduced Script (Feature Film) Black Wolf 

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Best Social Justice Film Rhapsody in Justice 

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Best LGBT’S Film Dying Briefly 

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Best Environmentalist Film The Story of Everything 

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Best Women’s Issue Film Notre Dame de Moncton 

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Best First Time Filmmaker Out of State – A Gothic Romance 

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Best Horror Film (Long Feature) Let It Be ― Fear Never Ends 

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Best Comedy Film (Long Feature) The Sovereign 

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Best Action Film (Long Feature) The Squad 

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Best Thriller Film (Long Feature) Stranger In The Woods 

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Best Web Series Bento Banana 

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Best TV Pilot Hank & Willow 

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Best Trailer I Know A Stranger Part II 

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Best Poster Closet Nightmares

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