Every season, the Toronto Women Film Festival focuses on female driven stories, independent female directors, producers, writers, actresses, cinematographers, editors, and all female artists contributing to the language of cinema as women in film. Toronto Women has become one of the most popular festivals dedicated to female talents in the film industry. The seasonal festival aims to discover, promote, screen and award female filmmakers and stories dealing with women in societies around the world. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the season.
Best Narrative Feature
Because We're Family
Director: Angela Teresa Stern, Christine Nyhart
Best Narrative Short
The Last Picture
Director: Ally May
Best Feature Documentary
Where I Became
Director: Kate Geis
Best Short Documentary
To stir the heart .25
Director: Melissa Elizondo
Best Experimental
Tree Buried in the Name of Forest
Director: Siyeon KIM
Best Comedy
Now You See Us
Director: Romina Schwedler
Best Science Fiction
Byron & Shelley: Illuminati Detectives
Director: Leah Hennessey, Emily Allan
Best Horror
The Urn
Director: Ash Gray
Best Animation
ArtMinute1 – The perfect selfie
Director: Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen
Best Web/TV/Pilot
Go Fetch Club
Director: Pilar ADARA
Best Music Video
Tragedy Strikes
Director Morgan Gullett
Best Student Film
For Magda
Director: Carla Larrea Sánchez
Best Actress
Batya G Cruz
Blood Dust
Best Female Cinematographer
Teresa Alden
Dangerous Creation
Best Female Scriptwriter
Writer: Melanie Sovran Wolfe
He's Just A Boy
Best Female Producer
Jasmine Kaplan
Yasmeen
Best Female Editor
Mina Petrović
An Apple and Two Cherries
Best Female Director
Director: Mireille Fiévet
Best Female Composer
Juliet Palmer
Visiting Ben Shemen
Best LGBTQ
Angel
Director: Skylar Schanen
Best Human Rights
Seeds of Life
Director: Paige Mckenna grube
Best Poster
BRIDE & ZOOM
Director: AR Nicholas
Best Film About Women
Unflinching Grace
Director: Bill Frakes
Best Canadian Female Filmmaker
Reflections: When It's No Longer
Director: Wanda Reinholdt
Best Environmental
in love with a problem
Director: Julie Kim
Best First Time Female Filmmaker
Us Two Or Nothing
Director: Karina Beuthe Orr
Best thriller
The Obscured
Director: Dianna Ippolito
Best Unproduced Script
THE REDEMPTION OF MRS. SATAN
JULIE DANIELS
Best Historical Film
Leveling Lincoln
Director: Arden Teresa Lewis
Best Biographical Film
THE LADY ANATOMIST
Director: Iris Fegerl
Best Sport Film
Women in the Front Seat
Director: Indy Saini
Best Youth Artist
Actress: Nayanmoni Mura
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