Award Winners

2024 Jury Awards

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2025 Jury Awards

Best Live Action Short
A Bear Remembers

Director: Zhang + Knight UK
20-mins

The Alan (Cooke) Award for Best LUNCHBOX™ Short My Name is Edgar and I Have a Cow

Director: Filip Diviak
Czech Republic
8-mins

Best Documentary Short
Van Pianist

Director: Hetong Zhang
China
15-mins

The Bobby (Riddell) Award for Best Cinematograpy Where The Old Man Lives

Director: Sonya O Donoghue Ireland
21-mins

Best Animated Short
The Wolf

Director: Theodore Uschev
Canada
11-mins

The Brian (Hendricks) Award for Innovation The Saint & The Bear

Director: Dallas R Soonias Calgary
7-mins

Best Dramatic Feature Mother Father Sister Brother Frank

Director: Caden Douglas USA
86-mins

Michael Hamm/Frame 30 Award for Best Director Rebirth: A Short FIlm

Director: Ejazz Shiraz Allibhai
Edmonton
15-mins

Best Documentary Feature Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

Directors: Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
Canada
96-mins

The Wedgie Award for Best Comedy Rochelle

Director: Tom Furniss
New Zealand
21-mins