Female talents of the summer 2022 Toronto Women Festival

The seasonal and annual Toronto Women Film Festival promotes and screens about 300 projects every year from all over the globe. Features, shorts and screenplays of all genres compete together in various sections of the festival which has dedicated itself to female talents in media. The hybrid festival is a unique event which focuses on the identity of female cinema and independent artists working on all genres from Canada and abroad.

The jury members are selected from award winning artists, film critics, agents and producers working in media. The 13th edition of the seasonal Toronto Women Film Festival is excited to announce the best of each category for the summers season of 2022. The IMDb qualifying event has turned into a very popular film festival and an institution which stands with female voices and artists who have dealt with women in societies in their films. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Summer 2022 seasonal festival.

Best Narrative Feature

The Crossing

Director: Irene TASSEMBEDO

Best Narrative Short

Bertie Wrote Me A Poem

Director: Vittoria Rizzardi Penalosa

Best Feature Documentary

ALICES BOOK - HOW THE NAZIS STOLE MY GRANDMOTHER’S COOKBOOK

Director: Andrea Oster

Best Short Documentary

Daughters of the Sea

Director: Laura Esteban

Best Experimental

TERATOMA

Director: Pauline Beauchamps, Théo Delarche

Best Comedy

Could This Have Been An Email

Directors: Nicole Kemper, Sarah Alison Hodges

Best Science Fiction

Superstition

Director: Nicol Eilers

Best Horror

River of Ghosts

Director: Jules East

Best Animation

Belonging: NIGHT

Director: Cory Williams, Jacqueline Cooper

Best Web/TV/Pilot

Girl Unscripted

Director: Tara Veneruso

Best Music Video

P.E.R.I.O.D.

Director: Monika Kozub

Best Student Film

AmoriDolori

Director: Valeria Recman

Best Actress

Frida Sérbulo Cruz

STRANGE WORLD

Best Female Cinematographer

Alice Millar

Riley

Best Female Scriptwriter

Writer: Julie-Anne McDowell

The Hive

Best Female Producer

Ursula Merzeder

Every Day Counts

Best Female Editor

Lisa Ekberg & Liselotte Wajstedt

Sire and the last summer

Best Female Director

Lauren Himmelvo

FAULT LINE

Best Female Composer

Gemma Bulos

Christmas Freak

Best LGBTQ

Jelly Bean

Director: Nessa Norich

Best Human Rights

The Neighborhood Storyteller

Director: Alejandra Alcala

Best Film About Women

DANI'S TWINS

Director: Brad Allgood, Steve Dorst

Best Canadian Female Filmmaker

Director: Irina Volkova

EXPELLED FROM THE TOP: A STORY OF TIBETAN REFUGEES

Best Environmental

This Mortal Plastik

Director: Jess Irish

Best First-Time Female Filmmaker

Hanka Brulinska

Flickering Fireflies

Best Thriller

Another Night Out

Director: Jameson Connors

Best Unproduced Script

The Recital

Writer: Helen Louise Taylor

Best Historical Film

Don’t Fence Me In

Director: Mary Elaine Evans

Best Biographical Film

AAAMC Speaks: Teresa Hairston: The Unstoppable Game-Changer

Director: Haley Semian, Ethan Gill

Best Sport Film

BIGGER THAN ME

Director: Claire Gorman

Best Youth Artist

Actress: Madelyn McHugh

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