Toronto International Women Film Festival (2021) - IMDb

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Jury Prize

Best Canadian Female Filmmaker

Winner
The Death of Winter
Latonia Hartery

Best Cinematographer

Winner
I Just Wish You Told Me
Allie Schultz
Soul Arts Productions
Winner
I walk on
Bianka Fórmanowska
Rewers Film Crew

Best Editor

Winner
I walk on
Dorota Fórmanowska
Rewers Film Crew

Best Sport Film

Winner
13 Miles
6.0 (27)
Helena Thom(director)
Anthony Epp(director)
10th Edition Winner

Best Youth Award

Winner
OraBella the Oracle - The Last Soljourner
Esabella Anna Karena Strickland

FIlms About Women

Winner
Recipiphany
Eric Cloughley(director/producer)
Anthony E. Cabral(Producer)
Pardee Road Productions
Ace Films
F.E.A.R: Face Everything and Rise
Manny Bains(director)
Annie Koshy(actor)
Serge Velbovets(director)
Velbix Films

Best Unproduced Script

Where the Sweetgrass Grows
Tommy Anderson
Susie Schaefer

Best Short Documentary

Films About Women

Winner
My Tibetan Godchild
Andy Svensson
ASVE Film Productions
Deliverance: A Women's Revolt
7.4 (8)
Ziad Haggag

Best Narrative Short

Best LGBTQ

Winner
The Pageant

Best Female Scriptwriter

Winner
The Imbalance
Naomi Lisner
DFUA Productions Australia
Winner
Selma & Clarice
Yennis Cheung
Shin-Fei Chen
MO
Career Shift
Yasmine Wadi(Scriptwriter)
Linda Gets Justice
Evan Elise Owens

Best Female Scriptwriter

Before It All Happened
Nicole Teh(writer)
Sunderland University

Best Narrative Feature

Best Female Cinematographer

Winner
Oklahoma Mon Amour
7.3 (52)
Carolina Rueda

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Chronicles of Her
8.4 (18)
Maysoon Khaled
Emna Najjar
Farah Shaer
Taghrid Abouelhassan
Rim Mejdi

Best Female Director

Best Female Director

Winner
Maysoon Khaled
Chronicles of Her
Winner
Maria Gobetti
Pie in the Sky
Winner
Sophie Lévy
Méduse
Winner
Karee Von(director)
Angel Mountain
Third Edition
Paula Vergara(director)
Bella Rosa - Dead Lies
Half and Half Agency

Winner
Her Coming
Christie Will Wolf
Christie Will Films
Winner
Along Came Wanda
5.7 (738)
Jan Miller Corran
Winner
Three Corners of Deception
7.7 (70)
Meleeka Clary
Career Shift
Yasmine Wadi(director)
El viaje
Lucero Pasarán

Best Actress

Best Actress

Winner
Vanessa Mghames
Chronicles of Her
Winner
Helen Kennedy
Wasted Seed
Mansfield Road
Winner
Cooper Shaw
Hallways and Doors
Winner
K Callan
Pie in the Sky
Winner
Aimee Baruah
Semkhor
Traei Tsai
Infinite 8
GrandMuse Pictures

Best Poster

Short Film

Winner
Butterfly
Ariela Rozentul
Butterfly

Best Biographical Film

Winner
David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars
9.0 (9)
Anselmo Martini(producer)
Marcela Mariz(producer)
Stone Horus Media
Shorebird Productions

Best Female Producer

Winner
True West: The John Scott Story
Victoria McFadyen
Winner
The Ravine
4.5 (2.2K)
Kelly Pascuzzi
Only Love Matters
9.1 (33)
Iram Qureshi
KQ Movies

Best Female Producer

Hallways and Doors
8.2 (5)
Kia Kiso
Obvious Pictures
Zaza Productions
Squint Pictures
Timing Dragons Content

Best Feature Documentary

(Documetary)

Tahi - The Human Journey
8.9 (44)
Karina J. Duffy(director)
Mindstorm Creative.

Welcome to Monterey
Lauren Ray
JoLo Productions

Best First Time Female Filmmaker

Best First Time Female Filmmaker

Winner
The Chased
Emily Isaacs
Scriptworks Productions
Winner
Kalliope's from Fear to Freedom
Kalliope
Career Shift
Yasmine Wadi
Anima
9.1 (11)
Pany Konstantinidou
What Happened at the Veterans Home?
8.5 (12)
Laura Wetzler

Winner
Thirty Minutes
Claire Elizabeth Terry
American Cherry
4.7 (189)
Taryn Sims(producer)
Hanna Griffiths(producer)

Best Animation

Animation

Winner
The Cat
7.1 (14)
Mary Apick

Best Student Film

Winner
The Summer of Snakes
7.6 (7)
Winner
Isot Tissit
Elise Byman

Best Student Film

Faceless
Abril Arnauda
Marco Zodio(producer)
Gabriella Reyes(writer)
France Maurice(actor)
Jake Cameron(actor)
Jennifer Shirley(actor)
Raye Pan(cinematographer)
Aya Kameda(production designer)
Andres Garza Escobar(editor)
Wanzheng Jasmin Lyu(line producer)
Nelda Marcela Almaguer(assistant director)
Reed Robertson(second assistant director)
Graham Marek Stepniewski(script supervisor)
Jorge Preisser Romero(gaffer)
Frederik Dyreborg Melhede(camera operator)
Yiwen An(first assistant camera)
Marvin Amin(second assistant camera)
Aleck Campbell(key grip)
Sushant Desai
Megan Melville(art director)
Yashodan Mugdal(art assistant)
Cam Liardi
Juan Pablo Betancurth
Devin Baril(on set mixer/ boom operator)
Nakesha Chong(hair & makeup artist)
Derek L'Hirondelle(re-recording mixer)
Curtis McClelland(dialogue editor)
Andre Nowak(sound effects editor)
David Roberto Arce SanJuan(music mixing)
Bára Ying Halldórsdóttir(concept art/poster)
Katherine Kadler(intimacy coordinator)
Daniela Jijon
Sofia Orozco
Yolihuani Curiel(original score)
Fernando Arias(original score)
Rose Alexander George(original score)
Vancouver Film School

Honorable Mention

Best Feature Documentary

Winner
Woodgirls - A Duet for a Dream
6.2 (23)
Azadeh Bizargiti
Europe Media Nest
Mise En Scène: A Artesania Do Artista
Manuh Fontes(director)

Best First Time Female Filmmaker

Winner
Mute
Constance Hilton
Tahi - The Human Journey
8.9 (44)
Karina J. Duffy
Mindstorm Creative.

Documentary Short

Winner
High Flying Jade
Katherine Sweetman
Jade White
Jayjit DasGupta
Katherine Sweetman Content

Best Canadian Female Filmmaker

Best Canadian Female Filmmaker

Winner
A Cradle Falls
Nicole Benoit
Triben Entertainment

Nowhere Land
Parisa Pajoohandeh

Best Unproduced Script

Best Unproduced Script

Winner
The Six Sides of Truth
Janet Walker(writer)

Fled
Meg Keneally(writer)
Paul G. Andrews(producer)
GlobalWatch Films
The Imbalance 2
Naomi Lisner
DFUA Productions Australia

Best Environmental

Environmental Film

Winner
VAKA
Kelly Moneymaker
Jessica George
Rebekah Curtis Motley
Ben Dickens
Kehan Miller
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Winner
Ama'ara: The Song of the Whales
8.2 (11)
Sebastian Jobst
Munakuy Productions

Best Historical Short Film

The Wolf
Leah Loftin

Best Comedy

Winner
Red Sky
Winner
The Drive-Thru Therapist
Mariah Marasco(Writer, Director, Creator)
India McKinney(Producer)
Winner
Now You See Us
8.9 (8)
Romina Schwedler

Best Human Rights

Best Human Rights Film

Winner
Caged
7.8 (6)
Leeza Ann Mathew
Winner
Untold Secrets Documentary
6.3 (13)
Teresa Lavina
Nova Productions.
Winner
Untold Secrets Documentary
6.3 (13)
Teresa Lavina
Nova Productions.

Best Female Cinematography

Best Female Cinematographer

Winner
Andetaget
Gunilla Hellgren(director of photography)
Vendela Brännborn Production
Winner
Oklahoma Mon Amour
7.3 (52)
Carolina Rueda
OMA Films
Left Hand Side - Samsara
Emma Johnston
Bear and the Owl Productions

Winner
Sacrilege
3.6 (544)
Sarah Smither
Bad Blood Films Limited
Winner
Roberta on the Road
Victoria Bridges

Best Horror

Short Film

Winner
Processing
7.1 (13)
Renetta G. Amador(director)
Mexecutioner Productions

Best Female Editor

Best Female Editor

Winner
Caged
7.8 (6)
Katherine Dudley
Winner
Box of Rain
8.1 (52)
Elizabeth Kopetka

Best Experimental

Best Experimental

Heiopei
Susanne Deeken

Best Youth Artist

Winner
Eve Angel

Best Music Video

Best Music Video

Winner
Bella Rosa - Dead Lies
Paula Vergara(director)
Half and Half Agency

Best Thriller

Best Thriller

Winner
The Maid
Kristin Goodman(director)
Frog Pond Productions

Best Female Composer

Best Female Composer

As It Is
Arema Arega(composer)
The Two Kingdoms - soundtrack of the short Animation "As it is"

Best LGBTQ Short Film

Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Blue Moon
Emily Ruhl
PUBLIC SCHOOL PICTURES

Best Film about Women

Films about Women

Winner
Cold Service
Peter Strupp
Sonoran Cross Press

Best Film about Women

Celebrate Asian Joy
Shiori Saito
Riza Takahashi

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