Montreal Independent Film Festival (MIFF) was founded in the spirit of independent filmmaking, creativity, and discovery for international and Canadian shorts and features of all genres. The festival is both monthly and annual. All the award winners of the monthly editions are further considered for the annual festival and screening with cash awards, promotions and bonuses for independent filmmakers and artists from all over the world. All the winners and official selections of the monthly edition also can request for online screening. The festival is known as has become very popular in bringing emerging talents together with well known and established names in film industry.
Baraheni, the artistic director of the festival finalized the decision with the members of jury and the programmers of the festival from Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York and Paris. The MIFF committee consists of filmmakers, critics, distributors, actors and writers from all over the world. The festival is trying to create groundbreaking tools for indie artists to succeed in the film industry. While monthly festivals do not usually offer screenings, the Montreal Independent Film Festival is providing the option to all the official selection and the award winners to promote and screen throughout the month. The festival is a true indie filmmakers festival and it stands with all indie projects from all over the globe. It is with great pleasure to announce the latest winners and the honorable mentions of the festival.
Best Narrative Feature & Best Director:
Downeast
Director: Joe Raffa
Honorable Mention Feature Directing:
FIRES IN THE DARK
Director: Lienhard Dominique
Best Narrative short:
Director: Jordi Funtanet
Honorable Mention Short:
All blood runs red
Director: Paul Mignot
Best Independent Feature:
Director: Jianguo Gao
Honorable Mention Independent Feature:
The Fisherman’s Diary
Director: Enah Johnscott
Honorable Mention Independent Feature:
Director: Manoj Kana
Best Horror:
Here comes the Wolf
Director: Rohart Julie
Best Comedy:
Fourth Grade
Director: Marcelo Galvao
Best Animation:
Clothes on rainy day
Director: Shih Hung Wu
Best Science Fiction
Virtually Happy
Director: Emma Selinski
Best Web Series/TV Pilot:
Rubber Room
Director: Dugan Bridges
Best Experimental:
Familiar Struggle
Director: Wayne Sables
Honorable Mention Experimental:
LOTUS
Director: Angelika Fürstler, Austin Ahlborg
Best Environmental:
Generation Ocean: Sharks
Directors: Kari Rosenberg, Jordan Nowlin
Best Female Director:
Michelle Danner for The Runner
Best Human Rights:
Requiem for Black Love
Director: Eric Almond
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Expedition Ayiti
Director: Richard Serrao
Honorable Mention First Feature:
American Cherry
Director: Marcella Cytrynowicz
Best Student Film:
Another Day
Director: Daniel Topic
Honorable Mention Student Film:
Belief
Director: Carlos Mario Rodriguez
Best LGBTQ:
The Pageant
Director: Kasey O'Brien
Best Music Video:
"Libertà" - Peppe Lana
Director: Gianni Cannizzo
Honorable Mention Music Video:
VILDÁ - Utsjoki disco
Director: Kim Saarinen
Best Thriller:
Mediator
Director: Cas Sigers-Beedles
Best Trailer:
After Party
Director: Alexandros Zarbis
Best Unproduced Script:
Writer: Todd E Wise
Honorable Mention Script:
Writer: Gene Ayres
Honorable Mention Script:
The Last Day of Paradise
Writer: Kiki Denis
Best Producer:
Beijing 120
Producer: Yu Yiping & Yu Yafei
Best Cinematographer:
The Beach
Cinematographer: Dylan River
Best Editor:
Editor: Benedict Kasulis for Touch the Boulder
Best Composer:
The Wanderlust of Apu
Composer: Bickram Ghosh
Feature Documentary:
The Least We Can Do
Director: Moira Simpson
Honorable Mention Feature Documentary:
Director: Gilles Elie Cohen
Best Short Documentary:
Tarcila: Indigenous Solutions to Climate Change from Peru
Director: Sarah Kuck
Honorable Mention Short Documentary:
Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion
Director: Jessica Gould
Best Actor:
Greg Finley for Downeast
Best Actress:
Keara Barnes for A Midwinter Nightmare
Honorable Mention Best Actress & Best Actor:
Teri Polo & William Baldwin for Fourth Grade
Honorable Mention Actress:
Mena Suvari & Ben Begley for Fourth Grade
Honorable Mention Actress:
Minerva Vier for Shevolution
Honorable Mention Canadian Short:
And He Was Gone
Director: Ace McCallum
Honorable Mention Canadian Documentary:
108 Journey
Directors: Hugo Rozon, Mathieu Perrault Lapierre
Best Canadian Script:
The Conclave
Scriptwriter: Edward Hicklin
Honorable Mention Canadian Documentary:
Director: VICTORIA MCFADYEN
Best Short Documentary:
Pressure Baby
TIM RIEDEL, PAUL BETTINGS
Honorable Mention Canadian Script:
Destiny of Tar and Feathers
Writer: Harold L. Brown
Best Enviromental Canadian Short:
Director: Louise Marie Beauchamp
Honorable Mention Short Canadian Indie:
Mommy May
Director: Drew Pollins