Montreal Independent Film Festival (MIFF) was founded in the spirit of independent filmmaking, creativity, and discovery for international and Canadian shorts and features of all genres. The festival is both monthly and annual. All the award winners of the monthly editions are further considered for the annual festival and screening with cash awards, promotions and bonuses for independent filmmakers and artists from all over the world. All the winners and official selections of the monthly edition also can request for online screening. The festival is known as has become very popular in bringing emerging talents together with well known and established names in film industry.

Baraheni, the artistic director of the festival finalized the decision with the members of jury and the programmers of the festival from Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York and Paris. The MIFF committee consists of filmmakers, critics, distributors, actors and writers from all over the world. The festival is trying to create groundbreaking tools for indie artists to succeed in the film industry. While monthly festivals do not usually offer screenings, the Montreal Independent Film Festival is providing the option to all the official selection and the award winners to promote and screen throughout the month. The festival is a true indie filmmakers festival and it stands with all indie projects from all over the globe. It is with great pleasure to announce the latest winners and the honorable mentions of the festival.
Best Narrative Feature & Best Director:
Downeast
Director: Joe Raffa

Honorable Mention Feature Directing:
FIRES IN THE DARK
Director: Lienhard Dominique

Best Narrative short:
Director: Jordi Funtanet

Honorable Mention Short:
All blood runs red
Director: Paul Mignot

Best Independent Feature:
Director: Jianguo Gao

Honorable Mention Independent Feature:
The Fisherman’s Diary
Director: Enah Johnscott

Honorable Mention Independent Feature:
Director: Manoj Kana

Best Horror:
Here comes the Wolf
Director: Rohart Julie

Best Comedy:
Fourth Grade
Director: Marcelo Galvao

Best Animation:
Clothes on rainy day
Director: Shih Hung Wu

Best Science Fiction
Virtually Happy
Director: Emma Selinski

Best Web Series/TV Pilot:
Rubber Room
Director: Dugan Bridges

Best Experimental:
Familiar Struggle
Director: Wayne Sables

Honorable Mention Experimental:
LOTUS
Director: Angelika Fürstler, Austin Ahlborg

Best Environmental:
Generation Ocean: Sharks
Directors: Kari Rosenberg, Jordan Nowlin

Best Female Director:
Michelle Danner for The Runner

Best Human Rights:
Requiem for Black Love
Director: Eric Almond

Best First Time Filmmaker:
Expedition Ayiti
Director: Richard Serrao

Honorable Mention First Feature:
American Cherry
Director: Marcella Cytrynowicz

Best Student Film:
Another Day
Director: Daniel Topic

Honorable Mention Student Film:
Belief
Director: Carlos Mario Rodriguez

Best LGBTQ:
The Pageant
Director: Kasey O'Brien

Best Music Video:
"Libertà" - Peppe Lana
Director: Gianni Cannizzo

Honorable Mention Music Video:
VILDÁ - Utsjoki disco
Director: Kim Saarinen

Best Thriller:
Mediator
Director: Cas Sigers-Beedles

Best Trailer:
After Party
Director: Alexandros Zarbis

Best Unproduced Script:
Writer: Todd E Wise

Honorable Mention Script:
Writer: Gene Ayres

Honorable Mention Script:
The Last Day of Paradise
Writer: Kiki Denis

Best Producer:
Beijing 120
Producer: Yu Yiping & Yu Yafei

Best Cinematographer:
The Beach
Cinematographer: Dylan River

Best Editor:
Editor: Benedict Kasulis for Touch the Boulder

Best Composer:
The Wanderlust of Apu
Composer: Bickram Ghosh


Feature Documentary:
The Least We Can Do
Director: Moira Simpson

Honorable Mention Feature Documentary:
Director: Gilles Elie Cohen

Best Short Documentary:
Tarcila: Indigenous Solutions to Climate Change from Peru
Director: Sarah Kuck

Honorable Mention Short Documentary:
Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion
Director: Jessica Gould


Best Actor:
Greg Finley for Downeast

Best Actress:
Keara Barnes for A Midwinter Nightmare

Honorable Mention Best Actress & Best Actor:
Teri Polo & William Baldwin for Fourth Grade

Honorable Mention Actress:
Mena Suvari & Ben Begley for Fourth Grade

Honorable Mention Actress:
Minerva Vier for Shevolution


Honorable Mention Canadian Short:
And He Was Gone
Director: Ace McCallum

Honorable Mention Canadian Documentary:
108 Journey
Directors: Hugo Rozon, Mathieu Perrault Lapierre

Best Canadian Script:
The Conclave
Scriptwriter: Edward Hicklin

Honorable Mention Canadian Documentary:
Director: VICTORIA MCFADYEN

Best Short Documentary:
Pressure Baby
TIM RIEDEL, PAUL BETTINGS

Honorable Mention Canadian Script:
Destiny of Tar and Feathers
Writer: Harold L. Brown

Best Enviromental Canadian Short:
Director: Louise Marie Beauchamp

Honorable Mention Short Canadian Indie:
Mommy May
Director: Drew Pollins
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Thank you very much for the selection. I loved your organization and how rigorous you are in keeping in touch with the participating films. Good luck!