It is an important task for the Toronto Women Film Festival to continue promoting and recognizing female artists in various sections of the festival. It is with great pleasure to announce the winners of the monthly edition. The annual event of Toronto Women Film Festival will be a hybrid event with online screenings of finalists and an award ceremony and live screening of the best films of the year in TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Best Narative Feature: Sunflower Dir: Elmira Gilma
Best Narrative Short: Boundless Dir: Kate Campbell
Best Feature Documentary: Abbas 36 Dir: Marwa Jbara Tibi & Nidal Rafa
Honorable mention Feature Documentary:
A Letter to A’ma Dir: Hui-Ling CHEN
Best Short Documentary: Women of Resilience Dir: Roselyn Kelada-Sedra
Best Experimental: In Her Image Dir: Yael Solomonovich
Honorable mention Best Experimental: : Possible Fragments Dir: Gabriela Mellao
Best Comedy: Beach Cops Dir: Laura Flakowski
Best Science Fiction : Skylight Dir; Michelle Godoy Priske
Best Horror: The Going Dir: Mairin O'Hagan
Best Animation: On the inside Dir: Anna Luisa Schmid
Best Web/TV/Pilot : PRISONER Dir: Ingrid FRANCHI
Best Music Video: Bella Rosa - Dead Lies Dir: Paula Vergara
Best Student Film: Dedication Dir: Selina Sondermann
Best Actress: Astrid Van Wieren THE RIVER YOU STEP IN
Best Female Cinematographer Victoria Bridges Roberta on the Road
Best Female Scriptwriter: Sandra Tingalay A Road to Freedom of Myanmar
Best Female Producer: Tara Donovan Guide On
Best Female Director: Yoshino Takemoto Left of Chopin
Best Female Composer: Yifeng Yuan Time to Dream
Best LGBTQ: JULKA AND JULIE Dir: Gloria Stern
Best Human Rights: Three Corners of Deception Dir: Dr. Meleeka Clary
Best Poster: Alma Dir: Lorraine Jones Molina
Best Films About Women: My Tibetan Godchild Dir: Andy Svensson
Best Canadian Female Filmmaker: Ana Carrizales A Pregnant Woman
Best Environmental: Ama'ara - the Song of the Whales Dir: Sebastian Jobst
Honorable mention Best Environmental: Returning to Strength Lessons about development from Tlamacazapa, Mexico
Dir: Susan Smith Best First Time Female Filmmaker The Chased Dir: Emily Isaacs, Gino Isaacs
Best Thriller: The Things in Between Dir: Rosario Rieger
Best Unproduced Script: There Were Signs Writer: Dr. Anne Watson
Best Historical Film: Votes for Women: The History of Women’s Suffrage Through Song
Dir: Barbara Cray
Honorable mention Best Historical:
A Tale of Three Chinatowns Dir: Lisa Mao, Penny Lee
Best Biographical Film: DECODING SHANKAR Dir: DEEPTI PILLAY SIVAN