2023 WINNERS
Best of Fest
It's About Time (Canada) by Adam Pedersen
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Best International
Secrets Are For Best Friends Only (Sweden) by Jonas Moberg
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Best Drama
The Church of Tony Dufresne (Canada) by Patrick Hodgson
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Best Comedy
Career Day (USA) by Jonas Moberg by Jason Robinson, Chris Hooper
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Best Animation
Witchfairy (Belgium) by Cedric Igodt, David Van de Weyer
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Best Documentary
Unbroken: A Story of Resistance by Katharine Lake Berz
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Best Experimental
Looking Forward (USA) by Steven Ascher
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Best Sci-Fi
(Dis)connected by (USA) Karl Stelter
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Best Horror
Rainy Season (Canada) by Jason Wan Lim, R. Trevor Griffiths
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2022 WINNERS
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Best of the Fest
Missing Person by David Cartwright
Best International
Little Bear by Nicolas Birkenstock
Best Drama
Les Câlins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs) by Sarah Baskin
Best Comedy
Funny Animals: Honey Bear by James Nadler
Best Animation
Hardboiled by Peter Sluszka
Best Documentary
The Sunny Side by Samuel Kilpatrick
Best Experimental
Idol by Kris Fleerackers
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Best Sci-Fi
Monster Mayhem by Paul Constantakis
Best Horror
In The Shadow Of God by Brian Sepanzyk
Best Music Video
Dead Dreams Falling by Craig Murray
Best of Toronto
Underpaint by Anna Hopkins
$1,000 Cash Prize
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Best Actor
Daniel Christian Jones - Missing Person
Best Actress
Pamela Jayne Morgan - The Principal's Assembly
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2021 WINNERS
Best of Fest
First Night (Denmark) Director Darshika Karunahara
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Best International
A.R.P.U. (United Kingdom) Director Phil Spencer
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Best Drama
The Perfect Game (Canada) Director David Cartwright
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Best Comedy
Silent Treatment (Canada) Director JD Smith
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Best Animation
FreeBird (Canada) Director Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm
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Best Documentary
They Call Me Dax (Canada) Director Patrick Alcedo
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Best Experimental
Shadows of the World (Greece) Director Marios P. Papageorgiou
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Best Sci-Fi
Moore's Void (Canada) Director Brad Bangsboll
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Best Horror
Storage Room B (Canada) Director Scott Dion Brown
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Best of Canada
Color Me Jane (Canada) Director Mary Darling
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2020 WINNERS
Best of Fest
Naap (India) Director Harshit Acharya
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Best International Film
Snitch (Croatia) Director Rino Barbir
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Best Drama
In Hope Of Nothing (United Kingdom) Director: Peter Hamblin
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Best Comedy
A Better You (Ireland) Director Eamonn Murphy
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Best Animation
The Ghastly Fowl (United Kingdom) Director Shruti Veeramachineni
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Best Documentary
Pride of Katanga (Uganda) Director SJ Finlay
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Best Experimental
The Wireman (USA) Director Noah Brown
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Best Web Series
Difficult Conversations (USA) Director Shannon Phipps
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