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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
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