The seasonal edition of Montreal Independent Film Festival brings together independent filmmakers and artists from all over the globe. The festival's popularity has grown in the past years, and it has ranked as the top 7 most popular Canadian film festivals, dedicated to international film projects. The winners of the seasonal festival go through another round of programming for the annual festival which happens in late spring of every year as a hybrid event with Cinema du Parc of Montreal in association with MIFF channel and MIFF magazine. Montreal Independent Film Festival is dedicated to the spirit of indie filmmaking and the language of cinema. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the latest seasonal edition of 2022.
Best Feature Film
DREAMS LIVE IN TREES
Director: Marco Della Fonte
Best Independent Film
God's Time
Director: Daniel Antebi
Best Narrative Short
A Love Worth Fighting For
Director: Toby Fountaine
Honorable Mention Documentary
Hidden Wounds
Director: Richard Lui
Honorable Mention Documentary
11 MINUTES
Director: Jeff Zimbalist
Best Short Documentary
Whitewash
Director: Golzar Taravati
Best Feature Documentary
Case for Kindness
Director: Steven Sawalich
Best Horror
The Mistress
Director: Greg Barton
Best Comedy
Vandits
Director: Stu Stone
Honorable Mention Comedy
Hoarder on the Border
Director: Takayuki Kayano
Honorable Mention Comedy
Another Blood Sucker
Director: Drake Dalgleish
Best Animation
My Grumpy Grandpa
Director: Komi Messan Anth
Best Human Rights
Tomorrow We continue
Director: Abdullah Ghanem
Best Science Fiction
The Dark Room
Director: Heesoo Choi
Best Web series of the season
Les Liaisons dangereuses : The lost letters
Director: Karine Ricard
Best Experimental
Sonostalgia
Director: Iñaki Ortiz Villaseñor
Honorable Mention Experimental
SYKO
Director: Raha Euphoria
Best Environmental Docu
Keep Cool: Fortifying British Columbia
Director: Ed Akselrud
Best Environmental Drama
You Never Know One Day You Too Might Become A Refugee
Directors: Teo Nicholas Ormond-Skeaping, Lena Dobrowolska
Honorable Mention Environmental
Rematriation
Director: Alexi Liotti
Best Female Director
For Tomorrow
Director: An Tran
Best First time filmmaker
Stella
Director: Jessica Fox
Honorable Mention First time filmmaker
James the Second
Director: Max Amini
Best LGBTQ
Medium Young
Director: Erin Margurite Carter
Best Student Film
Embrace
Director: Alicia Tremblay
Honorable Mention Student Film
Full Moon
Director: Rongsheng Zhu
Best Thriller
DARKNESS THIS IS MY REVENGE
Director: Giuseppe Di Giorgio
Best Canadian Indie
The Ace and the Scout
Director: Aaron Huggett
Honorable Mention Canadian Indie
Welcome to Kittytown
Director: Douglas James Luciuk
Best Director
TRIO
Director: Battumur Dorj
Best Cinematography
Mik Allen
Dreams live in trees
Best Actor
Eric Gravolin
A Love Worth Fighting For
Best Actress
Kiera Morgan
DREAMS LIVE IN TREES
Best Editor of the season
Juliette Haubois
The Great Means
Best Film Composer
Simon Kolle for Call of the Unseen
Best Feature Screenplay (Unproduced)
Eve's Promise
Writer: Brad Catherman
Best Short Screenplay (Unproduced)
Jimmy Duff and the Modfather
Writer: Craig Warnock
Best Writer of the Season
The Santiago Inheritance
Writer: Kingsley Poole
Best Music Video
Jeff Hilliard - Finger Bang Your Day Directors: Jeff Hilliard, John Orphan
Honorable Mention Music Video
Build a house
Director: Donald McQuade
Best Youth Artist of the Season
Bryce Gheisar
James the Second
