Winners – Montreal Independent Film Festival
The Montreal Film Festival has not slowed down despite the COVID pandemic. The emerging festival has continued to screen various shorts and features virtually, and in doing so it has shed a light on some of the most talented names in the independent film scene. The festival is screening the best feature comedy today on Toronto Film Channel which has screened about 300 shorts and features in the last year for MIFF.
The award winners for the latest edition of the Montreal Independent Film Festival were announced on April 29th, and were selected by the festival’s esteemed panel of filmmakers, distributors, and artists from around the world. Read on to find out which titles and filmmakers took home the most prestigious awards.
Best Narrative Feature
The Seeker
Director: Bernardo Barreto
Best Narrative Short & Best Edit:
The Great Artist
Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Best Canadian Narrative Short:
Reflection
Director: Elbina Oulmacheva
Best Documentary Feature:
Tajamul’s Words
Director: Dominique Choisy
Best Documentary Short:
Resilience
Director: Andres Bronnimann
Best Canadian Indie Film:
The Seventh Man
Director: Shane Colin Mountain
Best Horror & Best Director:
Presage
Director: Felipe Cunha
Best Feature Comedy & Best Producer:
Introducing Jodea
Director: J.D Cohen
Producer: Chloe Traicos
Best Short Comedy:
The Affair
Director: Victor Leonidis
Best Short Canadian Comedy:
Toxic Shock
Director: Jamie Norrie
Best Animation & Best Trailer:
Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate
Directors: Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan
Best Science Fiction:
Remembrance
Director: Shane Joseph Willis
Honorable Mention Science Fiction:
Anomaly
Director: Michael Jeanpert
Best Series/Web/Pilot:
Hudson Falls
Director: Elias Plagianos
Best Experimental Film:
Ghost Dance for America, 1890
Director: Karl Nussbaum
Best Experimental Canadian Film:
Cuerpo Universal
Director: Liana Carbone
Best Human Rights Documentary:
Operation Camanducaia
Director: Tiago Rezende
Best Human Rights Drama:
Ten Thousand Camels
Director: Kent Flaagan
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Navigate
Director: Kimberly Drake
Honorable Mention Canadian Short:
Sanction
Director: Logan Charron
Best Student Film:
The Past Will Last
Director: Sara Del barba
Best Canadian Student Film:
The Delivery
Director: Maxim-Olivier Lavallée
Best Feature LGBTQ:
To Decadence with Love, Thanks for Everything!
Director: Stuart Sox
Best Short LGBTQ:
It’s Just Our Family
Director: Ameya
Best Music Video:
Highland Home
Director: Zach Stevens
Best Canadian Music Video:
Saintfield: “Into the World”
Director: Adrian Smith
Honorable Mention Canadian Music Video:
“Your Smile”
Director: Sly Furino
Best Thriller:
Belle
Director: Alejandro Trigos
Best Cinematography & Best Poster:
Dying Of The Light
Director: David Newton
Producer: Annie Peet
Best Actor:
Matthew Postlethwaite for The Great Artist
Best Actress:
Lydie Misiek for Against My Will
Best Composer:
The Dance
Director: A.J. Ciccotelli
Best Screenplay:
I Don’t Know
Writer: Arthur Tiersky
Best Canadian Screenplay:
20/20: Search for Independence
Writer: Harold L. Brown
Best Photographer:
Colin Zhg
Best Female Director:
El Pas de Sant Joan
Director: Ana Ortiz
Best Environmental:
The Tree Of Hope
Director: Michel Hellas
