Montreal Independent Film Festival has built a strong foundation of respect amongst indie filmmakers and the festival just announced the winners of its latest edition. The monthly program recognizes and awards artists in various categories of the festival from all over the world. The festival is international in nature but it also has a Canadian section for local and homegrown talents. The artistic director of the festival and the members of the jury finalized the exciting lineup of the winners on November 10th. The festival also recognized the finalists of various categories with honorable mentions in animation, documentary, experimental and short filmmaking.
Here is the full list of the winners:
Best Narrative Feature
Vagabonds
Directed by:
Philippe DAJOUX
Best Feature Documentary
Happy Princes
Directed by:
Panos Deligiannis
Best Narrative Short
Mia
Directed by:
Matteo Mascotto
Best Short Documentary
Devil's Gold
Directed by:
Alexander Sworik, Daniel Agre
Best Comedy
Hard work
Directed by:
Julie Pacino
Best Horror
Nature Crawls
Directed by:
Vseant Nath
Best Animation
Burning Bright
Directed by:
Aaron Bierman
Best Experimental
Time Bascule
Directed by:
Di Mainstone
Best Environmental
Planted in 2020
Directed by:
Santiago Bessai
Best Student Film:
Chinatown: Keep Out
Directed by:
Tye Liu
Best LGBT:
Surviving the Silence
Directed by:
Cindy L. Abel
Best Series
Band Ladies
Directed by:
Molly Flood
Best Science Fiction
Roam
Directed by:
David Jung
Best Thriller
The Fixer
Directed by:
Michael Schilf
Best Spiritual Film
Stay Connected
Directed by:
Natasha Krishnan
Best Music Video
Ghosted
Directed by:
Michelle Rose
Best Female Director
Starfish
Directed by:
Alicia Buckner
Best Directing
Love is not Love
Directed by:
Stephen Keep Mills
Best Script
Home Away
Written by: Oliver Yan
Best Producer
The Cove
Produced by:
Robert Enriquez
Garrett barghash
Phillip Cook
Best Cinematography
Red Snow
Directed by:
Atalay Tasdiken
Best Actor
Flush
Starring: Nicolas Prattes
Best Actress
Rosie's Rescue
Starring: Tia Link
Best First Time Filmmaker, Best Canadian film & Best Trailer
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