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SPRING 2026 EDITION

Best Film of the Festival Finalists (Judges' Favourites)

These were the 10 titles screened at our March 31st event

Best Film of the Festival: Camp dir Aimee Marciniak (Canada) 

1st Runner Up for Best Film: The Nook dir Jess Blackwell, Steve Chambers (Canada) 

2nd Runner Up for Best Film: The Rat dir Nathan Wright-Edwards (Canada) 

Best Director of the Festival: Lucas Del Grande - Foreverland (Canada) 

Best Writer of the Festival: Elizabeth Butler - Autonomous (USA) 

Best Actor of the Festival: Onye Omu - David’s Story (Nigeria) 

Best Actress of the Festival: Kateryna Zahoruiko - The Yoke (Canada) 

Best Cast of the Festival: To Make Holy dir Clay LeBlanc (Canada) 

Best Cinematography of the Festival: April Goldberg - Rot (USA) 

Best Editing of the Festival: Angela Chan - Nowhere Else but Here (Singapore) 

Audience Choice Award: Camp dir Aimee Marciniak (Canada)

Category Award Nominees

*These films are not screened at our in-person event but are in the running for IMDb-eligible awards. Click each category to see the full list of nominations.

Award winners will be announced on the following dates: March 26 - Poster & Ultra Short Categories, March 27 - Super Short Category, March 28 - Short Category, March 29 - Long Short & Feature Categories