Award Winners 2023

Audience Choice 
Artist’s Alley by Jenna DeFacendis (Canada)

Best Film of the Festival 
Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad by Christine Lakin (USA)
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1st Runner Up for Best Film 
Wicked Plans by Lee Chambers (Canada)

2nd Runner Up for Best Film
Stakeout Gone Wrong by Brian Drolet (USA)

3rd Runner Up for Best Film
Mrs. Ellroy by India-Inés Levy (UK)

Best Toronto Film
The Pest by Jungwoo Choi

Best Actress Canada
Emily Fry - Psycle

Best Actor Canada
Steve Kasan - Sunflower

Best Cast Canada
Any British Gangster Film by Sean Williams

Best Cinematography Canada
Jordan Meli - Messy Messiah

Best Writer Canada
Zane, Rosie Komadina, Lenny Iozzo - Tapped Out

Best Director Canada
Lee Chambers - Wicked Plans

Best Actress International
Jennifer Martin - Mrs. Ellroy (UK)

Best Actor International
Jérémy Zocca - The Author (France)

Best Cast International
Stakeout Gone Wrong by Brian Drolet (USA)

Best Cinematography International
Dustin James Leighton - Lostless (USA)

Best Writer International
Florent Sabatier, Marie Coustaury, Loic Bartolini - Duel (France)

Best Director International
Christine Lakin - Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad (USA)

Best Animation Canada
Jello Shot by Apollo Avery

Best Comedy Canada
$kim Milk: The 1% by Ioana Cheptea

Best Drama Canada
Dance For Two by Matthew Gaines

Best Documentary Canada
Mysterious Lines by Bryan Coocoo

Best Experimental Canada
Nothing to See Here by Marc Ignacio

Best Horror Canada
Little Red by Savanna Oliver

Best Thriller Canada
Messy Messiah by Jacob Luke

Best Animation International
Robots Don't Tell Jokes by Kelli Caldwell (USA)

Best Comedy International
The Interrogation by Brady Jacquin (USA)

Best Drama International
The Author by Anna Davydova (France)

Best Documentary International
Armor at the Arnold by Steve K. Oldfield (USA)

Best Experimental International
Supreme Claws of Justice by Mariah Klapatch (USA)

Best Horror International
The Pocong Shroud Ghost by Isaac Rodriguez (USA)

Best Thriller International
The Wych Tree by Daniel Dunn (UK)

Best 15-Second Story
Nice to Meat You by Thomas Keplinger (Austria)

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