Toronto Women Film Festival is dedicated to the promotion, discovery and screening of female talents working in film and TV from all over the globe. The seasonal and annual program of the fest brings together films of all genres directed by women from all over the world competing in various sections of the festival which includes human rights, environmental, experimental, animation and various genres from both drama and documentary.
Every season, the committee of the fest selects and promotes the best of the seasonal edition from hundreds of submissions. The annual festival runs in parallel with TIFF as a hybrid event with both live events and online screenings in September. The finalists of the year are screened in live events while all the nominees and official selections of the fest are offered digital promotion and screening through the fest. Some of the previous finalists of the festival have screened in the past years through Carlton Cinema and Innis Town Hall of the University of Toronto. It is our pleasure to announce the 20th seasonal winners of the Toronto Women Film Festival.
Best Narrative Feature
The Book of Everything
Director: Ineke Houtman
Best Narrative Short
Matterhorn
Director: Anne Madeleine Mancosu
Best Feature Documentary
Legerin, in search of Alina
Director: Maria Laura Vasquez
Co-Director: Dersim Zerevan
Best Short Documentary
Yarishaya Itiumu: Blooming Women
Director: Tatiana Lopez, Danielle Khan Da Silva
Best Experimental
The repose of the 30,000 souls
Director: Solji Yoon
Best Comedy
Sirens
Director: Lucy Willa Burnett
Best Science Fiction
Gemini
Director: Nicole Ice
Best Horror
The Monster Beneath Us
Director: Sophie Osbourne
Best Animation
Two One Two
Director: Shira Avni
Best Web/TV/Pilot
Alicia & Jerome Season II
Director: Diana Atai
Best Music Video
SECRET By Shaliy
Director: Valeria Cappuccino Cocos
Best Student Film
Paragraph 96
Director: Sophie Maresch
Best Actress
Andrea Bogart
Concerto for Abigail
Best Cinematographer
Kathryn Boyd-Batstone
Nova Ovum
Best Scriptwriter
Lorraine Flett
Ode to Violeta
Best Editor
Hillary Carrigan
NANA
Best Director
Keegan Connor Tracy
The Worst Day Ever?
Best Composer
Irine Vela
VIGIL
Best LGBTQ
Parker and the Green Dress
Director: Kristen Wolf
Best Human Rights
The Decree
Director: Nejla Demirci
Best Film About Women
Women's Work
Director: Joseph Duque
Best Environmental
Women at Conservancy
Director: João Marcos Rosa, Paulina Chamorro
Best First-Time Filmmaker
The Wild Onions
Director: Margarita MH
Best thriller
Stages
Director: Claire Haines
Best Unproduced Script
Mad Bad Dangerous to Know
Leonora Pitts, Emily Robinson
Best Historical Film
Death of a Spy
Director: Rebekah Johnson
Best Biographical Film
Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak)
Director: Navalik Tologanak
Best Sport Film
Beyond The Podium: Celebrating Canadian Women Champions
Director: Brenda Whitehall
Best Youth Artist
Dylan Chance
I Love You Like A Rainbow