2022 Awards and Competitions

Riceboy Sleeps (Anthony Shim)

$15,000 award presented by

Special Mention
Queens of the Qing Dynasty (Ashley McKenzie)

Jury:
Hannah Cheesman, Filmmaker
Andrew Huculiak, Filmmaker/Composer
Kaveh Nabatian, Filmmaker

Geographies of Solitude (Jacquelyn Mills)

$15,000 award presented by

Special Mention:
Ever Deadly (Tanya Tagaq, Chelsea McMullan)

Jury:
Andrew Connors, Programmer, Available Light Film Festival
Carmen Pollard, Filmmaker
Chloe Trayner, Artistic Director, True/False

Other Cannibals (Francesco Sossai)

$5,000 award presented by

Special Mention
Tortoise Under the Earth (Shishir Jha)

Jury:
Chelsea Birks, Learning and Outreach Director, The Cinematheque
Wendy Chamberlain, Senior Manager, Content Programming, Kanopy
Kazik Radwanski, Filmmaker

Charlotte Le Bon (Falcon Lake)

$3,000 award presented by

Special Mention
Sophie Jarvis (Until Branches Bend)

Jury:
Kyle Armstrong, Filmmaker
Karen Lam, Filmmaker
Nya Lewis, Curator/Programmer Out on Screen

Until Branches Bend (Sophie Jarvis)

Presented by

$10,000 award from Creative BC and $15,000 in post-production services credit supplied by Company 3

Special Mention:
The Klabona Keepers (Tamo Campos, Jasper Snow-Rosen)

Jury:
Sarah Ouazzani, Programming Manager, DOXA
Thyrone Tommy, Filmmaker
Sam Wiebe, Journalist

Baba (Meran Ismailsoy, Anya Chirkova)

Presented by

$2,000 award from VIFF and $5,000 equipment credit supplied by William F. White International

Special Mentions:
Heartbeat of a Nation (Eric Janvier)
Agony (Arnaud Beaudoux)

Jury:
Lukas Maier, Filmmaker
Lindsay McIntyre, Filmmaker
Phillip Thomas, Filmmaker