2022
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Emily Ryder for Alfie
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Joy Xing for And Still, We Thrive
Achievement in Animation
Benjamin Feischi-Rose for The Lost Seahorse
Cultural Relevancy Award
Jeremy James Fukuoh for The English Teacher
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Retrospection by Brayden Morin
Audience Choice Award
The Sunny Side by Sam Kilpatrick
2021
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Jevon Boreland for To Kill a Secret
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Carol Nguyen for No Crying at the Dinner Table
Achievement in Animation
Oh Deer Studios for Prey
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Max Shoham for Sophie and Jacob
Cultural Relevancy Award
Sage Petahtegoose for Biskawbiyung: The Return
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Waste Away by Elly Stern
2019
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Paul-Daniel Torres for Do Turtles Swim In Maple Syrup?
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Nicholas Facchini for Life In Bathrooms
Achievement in Animation
Hat on Wolf Productions for Porkstrips
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Majd Al Sheblaq for One Out of Millions
Cultural Relevancy Award
Jonathan Elliott for Taken Home
International Jury Award
Clean Ice directed by March Mercanti
Industry Choice Awards
Landed Citizen - Lara Cordiano and Robert Ryan Reyes
Life in Bathrooms - Nicholas Facchini
Porkstrips - Hat on Wolf Productions
Tundra - Carol Nguyen
Turning Tables - Chrisann Hessing
Your Mileage May Vary - Hollie Olenik and Stephanie de Bem
Audience Choice Awards
What I See In You - Megan Lawless
Cranberry Flirt - Marianna Phung
Devil's Advokid - Blood Sisters Studios
A Noise That Carries - Guillermo de la Rosa
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Private-Parts directed by Ava D Harness
2018
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Spencer Ryerson for Peaches
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Isabella Salinas for Departed
Achievement in Animation
Youp Zondag and Mariana Ospina for The Magic Lantern
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Camden Abdull for HIStory
Cultural Relevancy Award
Reel Youth and ReGeneration (Parissa Naeem, Vanessa Eap, Sara Zaidi, Raquel Solomon) for The Story of Glenda King
International Jury Award
Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls - Julianna Notten
Industry Choice Awards
A Voice For Change: The Laura Hillier Story - Sarah Gonyea
Departed - Isabella Salinas
Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls - Julianna Notten
Quanto Basta - Nicole Zimmer
The Curious Tale of Aunt Binks - Gentle Giants
The Magic Lantern - Youp Zondag and Mariana Ospina
Audience Choice Awards
Time Child - Jordan Davies
Departed - Isabella Salinas
Game - Joy Webster
Un Piece - Kennedy Salloum
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
The Curious Tale of Aunt Binks - Gentle Giants
2017
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Astrid Harrison for Ariana
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Maisie Jacobson for Billsville
Achievement in Animation
Victoria Aldis, Irin Byun, Mike Chen, Sujin Kim, Seung-Ju Lee, Victoria Mietus, Anastasiia Platoshyna, and Grace Yoo for Alkonost
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Maximum Brauch and Raine Akiyama-Chen for These Familiar Faces
Cultural Relevancy Award
Haaris Qadri for Goree
International Jury Award
But Wait, There’s More - Mike Mildon
Industry Choice Awards
Alkonost - Anastasiia Platoshyna
Billsville - Maisie Jacobson
Erika - Hanna Jovin
Love Stinks - Alicia Harris
Nana - Ali Kellner
Project: CNY - Sean Kung
Audience Choice Awards
Zo’s Code directed by Stefan Hicks-Rubel
Blindsided by Jackie Droujko and Antonio Caggiano
Happy face Hill directed by Samantha Chalmers
The Talk directed by Tyler Boyco
Ariana directed by Astrid Harrison
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Why Do Flowers Die? - Annie Amaya
2016
Achievement in Directing: Fiction
Harold West and His Journey to the Stars - Jacqueline Andrade
Achievement in Directing: Nonfiction
Don't Shoot the Dog - Jessie Posthumus
Achievement in Animation
Uncle Antlers - Carla Veldman
Youth Emerging Artist Award
This Home Is Not Empty - Carol Nguyen
Cultural Relevancy Award
My Cradle and Tomb - Lina Evans
Industry Choice: Fiction
Flush
Harold West and His Journey to the Stars
Tidal Waves
Industry Choice: Nonfiction
My Cradle and Tomb
Salamander
Wisdom Teeth
Audience Choice
Ember - Pierre Wanderweerd
Tidal Waves - Kristina Wong
Don't Shoot the Dog - Jessie Posthumus
Scout & Cash - Caitlin English, Jacqueline Costa, Chris Boyle, and Eric Frank
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Damsels in Distress - Raine Bracken
2015
Achievement in Directing: Fiction
Bosniak - Kejd Kuqo
Achievement in Directing: NonFiction
White Lines - Jessie Posthumus
Achievement in Animation
MINE! - Patricia Ayu Lestari
Cultural Relevancy Award
White Lines - Jessie Posthumus, Hannah Jovin
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Mia's Milky Misadventures - Stephanie Ronald
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
The Sixx - Rebecca Whitaker, Dillon Taylor
Industry Choice Awards
Asteroid - Kristina Mileska
Bookends - Pia Abrahams, Maddy Falle
Bosniak - Kejd Kuqo, Brittany Sheahan
Footprints - Kevin Saychareun, Jenn Paul
Jesse - Adam Goldhammer
Audience Choice
Footprints - Kevin Saychareun, Jenn Paul
Bosniak - Kejd Kuqo, Brittany Sheahan
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Hunger's Core - Salwa Majoka and Christine Chung
2014
Achievement in Directing: Fiction
Shepherdess - Jill LeFaive
Achievement in Directing: NonFiction
Rogue in Real Life - Kevin Shak
Achievement in Animation
Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love - Amika Cooper
Cultural Relevancy Award
To the Moon and Back - Kalia Lenaghan
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Glow - Nate Wilson
Critics' Choice Awards
Dear Rwanda - Christian Wallace
Florence and the Fish - Kristina Mileska
Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love - Amika Cooper
Mechanical Memories - Matt Bendo
Parked - Myles Milne
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
Peaches - Greg Fox, Gorjan Veletic, Adrian Gentili
Audience Choice
Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love - Amika Cooper
Salvage Man - Ana Cronkite
Florence and the Fish - Kristina Mileska
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Florence and the Fish - Kristina Mileska
2013
Achievement in Film Direction: Fiction
I Love Rhonda - Tyler Schrieder
Achievement in Film Direction: Non-Fiction
Don't Get Mad, Just Get Used To It - March Mercanti
Achievement in Animation
Hooba Jooba - Max Swiecki
Cultural Relevancy Award
These are the People in Your Neighbourhood - Nicole Bazuin
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Dog Vlog - Becca Williams
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
The Forbidden Room - Kristina Mileska
Critics' Choice Awards
In Art We Trust - Rebekah Reiko
Ragen - Dan Sprogis
The Ties Between Us - Christer Harris
Tim - Andy Kloske
Weight - Zach Silverstein
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
The Flying Game - Dillon Taylor, Rebecca Whitaker, Lewis Springs, Patrick Collins
Audience Choice
TGIF - Christian Lapid
The Ties Between Us - Christer Harris
The Forbidden Room - Kristina Mileska
Hyperquench - Dani Alon & Nikolai Efimov
I Love Rhonda - Tyler Schrieder
2012
Achievement in Film Direction: Fiction
Open Invitation - Jae Woo Park
Achievement in Film Direction: Non-Fiction
Backwards Rider - Chris Barnard
Achievement in Animation
Vernal Equinox - Haiwei Hou
Cultural Relevancy Award
Tainted - Ben Brommell
Critics' Choice Award
Tainted - Ben Brommell
Bad Movie - Trevor Chartrand
Breaking Over Me - Luise Docherty
Jordans or Justice - U Shift Film Program
Open Invitation - Jae Woo Park
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Ostrichcized - Benjamin Brook
Festival Director's Merit Award
Breaking Over Me - Luise Docherty
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
Face the Strain - Alex Kingsmill
Audience Choice
Our Best Friends - Aidan Jeans
Mile Zero - Roop Gill and Jean Francois Taylor
Breaking Over Me - Luise Docherty
2011
Achievement in Film Direction - Fiction
Diaspora - Aadhi Vive
Achievement in Film Direction - Non-Fiction
Oil and Water - Ben Brommell
Cultural Relevancy Award
My Brother's Keeper - Alison Rheaume
Achievement in Screenwriting
Bad Luke - Matthew Yipchuck
Achievement in Production
Possession - Daegan McNeaney
Achievement in Post-Production
Marianne - Alex Kingsmill
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
S2 - Philbert Lui
Festival Director's Merit of Recognition
Unwind - Anne Douris
Audience Choice Awards
The Want - Chris Laxton
Diaspora - Aadhi Vive
Damien - Daegan McNeaney
Possession - Daegan McNeaney
My Brother's Keeper - Alison Rheaume
2010
Excellence in Film Direction - Fiction
How to Properly Watch Television - Joshua Ary
Excellence in Film Direction - Non Fiction
The Human Project: Scars - Bert McKinley and Erin Sproule
Toronto Youth Shorts Cultural Relevancy Award
How to Properly Watch Television - Joshua Ary
Excellence in Screenwriting
Memories - Joel George
Excellence in Cinematography
Uprooted - Jessica Adams (cinematographer)
Excellence in Art Direction
Toyzilla - Ashley Bowes and Davide Finelli
Excellence in Film Editing
The Human Project: Scars - Bert McKinley and Erin Sproule
Excellence in Sound Design
The Human Project: Scars - Stefan Babcock (sound designer)
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
05:00AM - Orhan Sumen
Audience Choice Award
Expert.Ordinary - Philbert Lui
Peel Me - Philbert Lui
Straight and Narrow - James Vorstenbosch and Kyle Steffler
Wade's World - Matthew Yipchuck
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Straight and Narrow, James Vorstenbosch and Kyle Steffler
2009
Excellence in Film Direction
Along the Lines of Connectivity - Karen Forhan
Excellence in Art Direction
The Highwayman - Jessica Adams
Excellence in Editing
Along the Lines of Connectivity (Editor: Ashley Bowes)
Excellence in Cinematography
An Encounter - Sean Braune
Excellence in Screenwriting
Ext. 5683 (L-O-V-E) - Elaine Poon
Audience Choice
Ext. 5683 (L-O-V-E) - Elaine Poon
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Stand by Ashley Bowes
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Emily Ryder for Alfie
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Joy Xing for And Still, We Thrive
Achievement in Animation
Benjamin Feischi-Rose for The Lost Seahorse
Cultural Relevancy Award
Jeremy James Fukuoh for The English Teacher
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Retrospection by Brayden Morin
Audience Choice Award
The Sunny Side by Sam Kilpatrick
2021
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Jevon Boreland for To Kill a Secret
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Carol Nguyen for No Crying at the Dinner Table
Achievement in Animation
Oh Deer Studios for Prey
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Max Shoham for Sophie and Jacob
Cultural Relevancy Award
Sage Petahtegoose for Biskawbiyung: The Return
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Waste Away by Elly Stern
2019
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Paul-Daniel Torres for Do Turtles Swim In Maple Syrup?
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Nicholas Facchini for Life In Bathrooms
Achievement in Animation
Hat on Wolf Productions for Porkstrips
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Majd Al Sheblaq for One Out of Millions
Cultural Relevancy Award
Jonathan Elliott for Taken Home
International Jury Award
Clean Ice directed by March Mercanti
Industry Choice Awards
Landed Citizen - Lara Cordiano and Robert Ryan Reyes
Life in Bathrooms - Nicholas Facchini
Porkstrips - Hat on Wolf Productions
Tundra - Carol Nguyen
Turning Tables - Chrisann Hessing
Your Mileage May Vary - Hollie Olenik and Stephanie de Bem
Audience Choice Awards
What I See In You - Megan Lawless
Cranberry Flirt - Marianna Phung
Devil's Advokid - Blood Sisters Studios
A Noise That Carries - Guillermo de la Rosa
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Private-Parts directed by Ava D Harness
2018
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Spencer Ryerson for Peaches
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Isabella Salinas for Departed
Achievement in Animation
Youp Zondag and Mariana Ospina for The Magic Lantern
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Camden Abdull for HIStory
Cultural Relevancy Award
Reel Youth and ReGeneration (Parissa Naeem, Vanessa Eap, Sara Zaidi, Raquel Solomon) for The Story of Glenda King
International Jury Award
Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls - Julianna Notten
Industry Choice Awards
A Voice For Change: The Laura Hillier Story - Sarah Gonyea
Departed - Isabella Salinas
Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls - Julianna Notten
Quanto Basta - Nicole Zimmer
The Curious Tale of Aunt Binks - Gentle Giants
The Magic Lantern - Youp Zondag and Mariana Ospina
Audience Choice Awards
Time Child - Jordan Davies
Departed - Isabella Salinas
Game - Joy Webster
Un Piece - Kennedy Salloum
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
The Curious Tale of Aunt Binks - Gentle Giants
2017
Achievement in Film Directing: Fiction
Astrid Harrison for Ariana
Achievement in Film Directing: Nonfiction
Maisie Jacobson for Billsville
Achievement in Animation
Victoria Aldis, Irin Byun, Mike Chen, Sujin Kim, Seung-Ju Lee, Victoria Mietus, Anastasiia Platoshyna, and Grace Yoo for Alkonost
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Maximum Brauch and Raine Akiyama-Chen for These Familiar Faces
Cultural Relevancy Award
Haaris Qadri for Goree
International Jury Award
But Wait, There’s More - Mike Mildon
Industry Choice Awards
Alkonost - Anastasiia Platoshyna
Billsville - Maisie Jacobson
Erika - Hanna Jovin
Love Stinks - Alicia Harris
Nana - Ali Kellner
Project: CNY - Sean Kung
Audience Choice Awards
Zo’s Code directed by Stefan Hicks-Rubel
Blindsided by Jackie Droujko and Antonio Caggiano
Happy face Hill directed by Samantha Chalmers
The Talk directed by Tyler Boyco
Ariana directed by Astrid Harrison
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Why Do Flowers Die? - Annie Amaya
2016
Achievement in Directing: Fiction
Harold West and His Journey to the Stars - Jacqueline Andrade
Achievement in Directing: Nonfiction
Don't Shoot the Dog - Jessie Posthumus
Achievement in Animation
Uncle Antlers - Carla Veldman
Youth Emerging Artist Award
This Home Is Not Empty - Carol Nguyen
Cultural Relevancy Award
My Cradle and Tomb - Lina Evans
Industry Choice: Fiction
Flush
Harold West and His Journey to the Stars
Tidal Waves
Industry Choice: Nonfiction
My Cradle and Tomb
Salamander
Wisdom Teeth
Audience Choice
Ember - Pierre Wanderweerd
Tidal Waves - Kristina Wong
Don't Shoot the Dog - Jessie Posthumus
Scout & Cash - Caitlin English, Jacqueline Costa, Chris Boyle, and Eric Frank
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Damsels in Distress - Raine Bracken
2015
Achievement in Directing: Fiction
Bosniak - Kejd Kuqo
Achievement in Directing: NonFiction
White Lines - Jessie Posthumus
Achievement in Animation
MINE! - Patricia Ayu Lestari
Cultural Relevancy Award
White Lines - Jessie Posthumus, Hannah Jovin
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Mia's Milky Misadventures - Stephanie Ronald
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
The Sixx - Rebecca Whitaker, Dillon Taylor
Industry Choice Awards
Asteroid - Kristina Mileska
Bookends - Pia Abrahams, Maddy Falle
Bosniak - Kejd Kuqo, Brittany Sheahan
Footprints - Kevin Saychareun, Jenn Paul
Jesse - Adam Goldhammer
Audience Choice
Footprints - Kevin Saychareun, Jenn Paul
Bosniak - Kejd Kuqo, Brittany Sheahan
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Hunger's Core - Salwa Majoka and Christine Chung
2014
Achievement in Directing: Fiction
Shepherdess - Jill LeFaive
Achievement in Directing: NonFiction
Rogue in Real Life - Kevin Shak
Achievement in Animation
Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love - Amika Cooper
Cultural Relevancy Award
To the Moon and Back - Kalia Lenaghan
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Glow - Nate Wilson
Critics' Choice Awards
Dear Rwanda - Christian Wallace
Florence and the Fish - Kristina Mileska
Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love - Amika Cooper
Mechanical Memories - Matt Bendo
Parked - Myles Milne
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
Peaches - Greg Fox, Gorjan Veletic, Adrian Gentili
Audience Choice
Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love - Amika Cooper
Salvage Man - Ana Cronkite
Florence and the Fish - Kristina Mileska
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Florence and the Fish - Kristina Mileska
2013
Achievement in Film Direction: Fiction
I Love Rhonda - Tyler Schrieder
Achievement in Film Direction: Non-Fiction
Don't Get Mad, Just Get Used To It - March Mercanti
Achievement in Animation
Hooba Jooba - Max Swiecki
Cultural Relevancy Award
These are the People in Your Neighbourhood - Nicole Bazuin
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Dog Vlog - Becca Williams
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
The Forbidden Room - Kristina Mileska
Critics' Choice Awards
In Art We Trust - Rebekah Reiko
Ragen - Dan Sprogis
The Ties Between Us - Christer Harris
Tim - Andy Kloske
Weight - Zach Silverstein
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
The Flying Game - Dillon Taylor, Rebecca Whitaker, Lewis Springs, Patrick Collins
Audience Choice
TGIF - Christian Lapid
The Ties Between Us - Christer Harris
The Forbidden Room - Kristina Mileska
Hyperquench - Dani Alon & Nikolai Efimov
I Love Rhonda - Tyler Schrieder
2012
Achievement in Film Direction: Fiction
Open Invitation - Jae Woo Park
Achievement in Film Direction: Non-Fiction
Backwards Rider - Chris Barnard
Achievement in Animation
Vernal Equinox - Haiwei Hou
Cultural Relevancy Award
Tainted - Ben Brommell
Critics' Choice Award
Tainted - Ben Brommell
Bad Movie - Trevor Chartrand
Breaking Over Me - Luise Docherty
Jordans or Justice - U Shift Film Program
Open Invitation - Jae Woo Park
Youth Emerging Artist Award
Ostrichcized - Benjamin Brook
Festival Director's Merit Award
Breaking Over Me - Luise Docherty
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
Face the Strain - Alex Kingsmill
Audience Choice
Our Best Friends - Aidan Jeans
Mile Zero - Roop Gill and Jean Francois Taylor
Breaking Over Me - Luise Docherty
2011
Achievement in Film Direction - Fiction
Diaspora - Aadhi Vive
Achievement in Film Direction - Non-Fiction
Oil and Water - Ben Brommell
Cultural Relevancy Award
My Brother's Keeper - Alison Rheaume
Achievement in Screenwriting
Bad Luke - Matthew Yipchuck
Achievement in Production
Possession - Daegan McNeaney
Achievement in Post-Production
Marianne - Alex Kingsmill
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
S2 - Philbert Lui
Festival Director's Merit of Recognition
Unwind - Anne Douris
Audience Choice Awards
The Want - Chris Laxton
Diaspora - Aadhi Vive
Damien - Daegan McNeaney
Possession - Daegan McNeaney
My Brother's Keeper - Alison Rheaume
2010
Excellence in Film Direction - Fiction
How to Properly Watch Television - Joshua Ary
Excellence in Film Direction - Non Fiction
The Human Project: Scars - Bert McKinley and Erin Sproule
Toronto Youth Shorts Cultural Relevancy Award
How to Properly Watch Television - Joshua Ary
Excellence in Screenwriting
Memories - Joel George
Excellence in Cinematography
Uprooted - Jessica Adams (cinematographer)
Excellence in Art Direction
Toyzilla - Ashley Bowes and Davide Finelli
Excellence in Film Editing
The Human Project: Scars - Bert McKinley and Erin Sproule
Excellence in Sound Design
The Human Project: Scars - Stefan Babcock (sound designer)
T24 Project Visual Thesis Award
05:00AM - Orhan Sumen
Audience Choice Award
Expert.Ordinary - Philbert Lui
Peel Me - Philbert Lui
Straight and Narrow - James Vorstenbosch and Kyle Steffler
Wade's World - Matthew Yipchuck
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Straight and Narrow, James Vorstenbosch and Kyle Steffler
2009
Excellence in Film Direction
Along the Lines of Connectivity - Karen Forhan
Excellence in Art Direction
The Highwayman - Jessica Adams
Excellence in Editing
Along the Lines of Connectivity (Editor: Ashley Bowes)
Excellence in Cinematography
An Encounter - Sean Braune
Excellence in Screenwriting
Ext. 5683 (L-O-V-E) - Elaine Poon
Audience Choice
Ext. 5683 (L-O-V-E) - Elaine Poon
Festival Director's Award of Recognition
Stand by Ashley Bowes