2025 Awards and Competitions

The Things You Kill (Alireza Khatami)

Presented to the director of an outstanding narrative feature by an established Canadian or Indigenous filmmaker.

$15,000 award presented by

Jury: Gillian McKercher, Melanie Miller & Amar Wala

Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari)

Presented to the director of an outstanding first or second narrative feature by a Canadian or Indigenous filmmaker.

$3,000 award presented by

Jury: Karen Chapman, Mike Johnston & Sung Moon

The Track (Ryan Sidhoo)

Presented to the director of an outstanding documentary feature by a Canadian or Indigenous filmmaker.

$15,000 award presented by

Jury: Anja Block, Igor Drljača & Asia Youngman

Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari)

Presented to the director of an outstanding feature film production in British Columbia.

$10,000 award presented by

$15,000 in post-production services credit provided by

Jury: Sabrina Furminger, Thea Loo & Tarique Qayumi

No Skate! (Guil Sela)

All official selections in the Short Forum are eligible for this award.

$5,000 award presented by

Jury: Özgün Gündüz, Asher Penn & Devan Scott

Wind, Talk to Me (Stefan Djordjevic)

All feature films in our competitive Vanguard section are eligible for this award.

$5,000 award presented by

Jury: Antoine Bourges, Ryan Ermacora & Sanja Živković