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WINTER 2025 EDITION

Best of the Festival Finalists (Judges' Favourites)

These were the 10 titles screened at our Dec 30 event

BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL: Eshana's Trial dir Idowu Okeniyi (Canada)

1st RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Guilty Pleasures dir Aidan Grossman, Abhinay Jakhar (Canada)

2nd RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Men Who Fish dir Rachel Siegel (Canada)

BEST DIRECTOR of the FESTIVAL: Jon Osei - Stay Awhile (Canada)

BEST WRITER of the FESTIVAL: Damian Overton - Anomaly (USA, Australia)

BEST ACTOR of the FESTIVAL: TJ Cheslea - Fractures (Canada)

BEST ACTRESS of the FESTIVAL: Jess Blackwell -  Maybe Tomorrow (Canada)

BEST CAST of the FESTIVAL: Erin Morgan, Amir Zeino - Subtext (Canada)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY of the FESTIVAL: Gary Anthony Rogers - The Yard (UK)

BEST EDITING of the FESTIVAL: Jackson Ford - Brampton Batman (Canada)

AUDIENCE CHOICE: Men Who Fish dir Rachel Siegel (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: Dec 25 - Poster & Ultra Short Categories, Dec 26 - Super Short Category, Dec 27 - Short Category, Dec 28 - Long Short & Feature Categories