Award Winners 2025

BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL: Mr. Windibank Finds a Thing dir Tom Shiner (UK)
1st RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Ladyfingers dir Nadine Charleson (Canada)
2nd RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: The Final Catch dir Marc De Vinci (Canada)
3rd RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: #GloryForGary dir Tyler Hodkinson (Canada)
BEST TORONTO FILM:  Ladyfingers dir Nadine Charleson (Canada)
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD: Breach dir Ross Langill (Canada)

BEST ACTOR: James Harrison - Mr. Windibank Finds a Thing (UK)
BEST ACTRESS: Jess Blackwell - Happy Anniversary (Canada)
BEST CAST:  Katherine Halievski, Andrew Gorax, Rotem Fenichel - We Were On A Break (Canada)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Rhys Cropper - Wander (Australia, Ireland)
BEST WRITER: Barbara Dupont - Madeleine's Water Bombs (France)
BEST DIRECTOR: Ross Langill - Breach (Canada)

BEST ANIMATION: Baseball Blues dir Sadie Coelho (Canada)
BEST COMEDY: Most Special Hostage dir Ryan Starfire, Tyler Hodkinson, Andrew Blair (Canada)
BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Bright Stone dir Gareth Leah (USA)
BEST DRAMA: Revolte dir Julia Klawonn, Alexander Resch (Germany)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL: 6 Minutes Per Kilometer dir Catherine Boivin (Canada)
​BEST HORROR: A Boy Opens the Door dir Dragan Jovićević (Serbia)
BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER: The Final Cut dir Scott Wilson (UK) 
​BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY: Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake dir Javier Badillo (Canada) 
BEST 15-SECOND STORY: I Hear a Monster Under the Bed dir Lucas Subirats (Argentina) 

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