2022 Festival Awards

 

Catch a rebroadcast of the winning films on Super Channel.

Sunday, April 3rd @ 9PM (ET)

 2022 Awards Presentation

Feature Awards

  • DGC ONTARIO BEST DIRECTOR

    Beneath the Surface – Marie Geneviève Chabot

    Three men on a boat in a lake with a forested shoreline, two are relaxing and one is fishing.

  • WILLIAM F. WHITE REEL CANADIAN INDIE AWARD

    Ashgrove

    A woman with long dark hair resting her chin on her arms, looking thoughtful, with a blurred metallic object in the foreground.

  • RETAKE FURNITURE RENTAL AWARD FOR BEST SET DESIGN

    The Noise of Engines

    A young man sits on a chain-link fence, engaged in conversation with a young woman, in a parking lot with vintage cars and flagpoles in the background.

  • BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

    Ashgrove

    A group of four young adults is gathered around a small table outdoors in a green, wooded park on a sunny day.

  • BEST MUSIC

    Tenzin

    A man dressed in traditional Tibetan attire standing at a microphone in a temple, with a portrait of a spiritual figure on an altar behind him.

  • AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

    Tenzin Kelsang

    Close-up of a young man with short black hair, facial hair, and small earrings, standing outdoors near a colorful flag in the background, looking to the side with a serious expression.

Short Awards

  • BEST PRODUCER

    On The Fence - Asad Chaudhry

    Honorable mention:

    Defund - Khadijah Roberts Abdullah, Araya Mengesha

    Silhouette of a woman with glasses sitting on a chair near the beach, with ocean waves in the background.

  • BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

    I Hate You

    A woman with a pink towel wrapped around her head, wearing a light pink T-shirt, smiling and talking to another person indoors near a window with blinds, with a living room background.

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Nuisance Bear – Sam Holling, Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman

    Scientists observing a polar bear in a snowy landscape, with two vehicles and people wearing winter gear.

Jurors

Features

  • A young man with short black hair, wearing a maroon sweater, standing against a plain light-colored background.

    Andrew Chung

    Filmmaker

  • A young man with short hair and a serious expression looking at the camera, standing in front of red lockers, with another person partially visible in the background.

    Ted Stenson

    Filmmaker

  • A smiling woman with long wavy blonde hair against a blue background.

    Kate Drummond

    Actor

  • A woman with black, wavy hair and light makeup, wearing a black leather jacket, smiling slightly at the camera.

    Gloria Ui Young Kim

    Filmmaker

Shorts

  • A woman with red dreadlocked hair styled in a tall updo, smiling, wearing a black top, against a plain gray background.

    Ingrid Verninger

    Filmmaker

  • Close-up of a young man with a high fade haircut, goatee, and wearing a light blue shirt.

    Salar Pashtoonyar

    Filmmaker

  • A woman with long, wavy, auburn hair and blue eyes looking directly at the camera against a neutral background.

    Lara Jean Chorostecki

    Actor

  • A woman with shoulder-length black hair smiling and winking at the camera against a dark blue background.

    Tina Jung

    Actor