Art Film Spirit Awards is an international competition dedicated to the spirit of indie filmmaking, arts and cinema. The festival devotes itself to the language of cinema and arthouse filmmaking from all over the globe.
Every edition, the committee selects jury members from the previous award winning artists and various film graduates and film scholars from York University and Ryerson University in Toronto. The members vote for the best of each category. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of Art Film Spirit Awards.
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Best Narrative Feature
Director: Zsolt Pozsgai
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Best Documentary Film
A love letter to Léopold L. Foulem
Director: Renée Blanchar
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Best Narrative Short
Homing Instinct
Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher
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Best Director:
The Return
Director: Shelagh McLeod
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Best Short Comedy
Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad
Director: Christine Lakin
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Best Short Science Fiction
V838
Director: Oliver Kane
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Best Short Animation
My Dear Son
Director: Lilian Fu
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Best Experimental Documentary
Mirror Sky
Director: Sara Siegel
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Best Experimental
FOG
Director: Bill Jackson
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Best Short Cinematography
Sword
JUYEOL HAN
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Best Student Film
Interpretive Dance
Director: Anne Brashier
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Best Series-Web-Pilot
Chateau Laurier -Season 2
Director: James Stewart
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Best Actor
Trevor Cothren
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Best Actress
Ellida
Katrina Syran
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Best Editor
Lawla
Guillaume Simonin
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Best Composer
Julia
Víctor Muñoz
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Best Indie Film
MARIPOSA Y SU FLOR
Director: Elena Mozzhelina
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Best Screenplay
Diary After Death
Nadine Weathersby
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