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
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
Riley