Montreal Independent Film Festival (MIFF) was founded with the spirit of indie filmmaking, creativity, discovery and support for international and Canadian shorts and features of all genres.
The festival is both monthly and annual. MIFF selects and awards films from all over the globe every month and promotes the award winners in order to create further publicity for indie films.
Award winners are also credited on IMDb and have the option to promote and screen their films throughout the month on Toronto Film Channel. MIFF also bestows honorable mentions in various categories to some of the finalists who have shown creativity and talent.
The Annual festival selects its films from the award winners of the monthly editions and screens the films in its weekly annual event.
It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Montreal Independent Film Festival (MIFF) in Toronto Film Magazine.
Best Narrative Feature Adam
Directed by: MARIO ŠULINA
Best Short Narrative Le dernier mot
Directed by: Lucas Warin
Best Feature Documentary Stove Directed by: Jad Andari
Best Short Documentary I Like Dirt
Directed by: Shannon Lee Dawdy, Daniel Zox
Best Horror Sonant
Directed by: Vik Ramen
Best Comedy Fortissimo
Directed by: Janine Piguet
Best Animation Origin of Man
Directed by: Pjotr Sapegin
Best Feature Science Fiction
TRANS
Directed by: Naeri Do
Best Short Science Fiction
Invasion 2040
Directed by: Cesar Alejandro Turturro
Best Series/Pilot/Web NOC - Non-Official Cover
Directed by: Ian Voglesong
Best Experimental
Cult
Directed by: Tianzhen Huang
Best Canadian Film
Moments in Spacetime
Directed by: Christopher Cowden
Best Canadian Director:
Paul Andrew Kimball For The Colour of Spring
Best Female Director On a Whim
Directed by: Asya Nikolaeva
Best First Time Filmmaker Lit
Directed by: Brock Burnett
Best Independent Film Night Sweats
Directed by: Andrew Lyman-Clarke
Best Student Film A Score in the Vinyl
Directed by: Errol Sullivan, Atticus Fehr
Best LGBTQ WAS I NEXT? THE SEAN CRIBBIN STORY
Directed by: Craig Huckerby
Best Thriller & Trailer LIT
Directed by: Brock Burnett
Best Unproduced Script
Homebound Written by: Joud AlAmri
Best Actor
Elijah Boothe For Pink Opaque
Best Actress
Alexa Morden for The Colour of Spring
Best Edit FAUNA
Edited by: Davide Fiore
Best Composer
Nicolas Bianco for Jiyan
Best Cinematography
Driven
DOP: Alec Schultz
Best Script & Best Directing
Pink Opaque
Written and Directed by: Derrick Perry
Best Music Video
2 Down
Directed by: Sam Farage
Honorable Mention in Short Film Directing
The Sleepless
Directed by: Kami Sadraei
Respect
Directed by: Aaron Rothermund
Best Laid Schemes
Directed by: Marc Webb
Honorable Mention in Series
WHITE CROW: Episode 1, Lake of Spies.
Directed by: George Threadgold
Middle of Nowhere
Directed by: Michele Palermo
Honorable Mention in Animation
Dystopia
Directed by: Bellopropello
Crowded
Directed by: Nathania Rubin
Honorable Mention in Experimental The Mechanics of Intimacy
Directed by: Benjamin Filinson
Under The Surface
Directed by: Kai Z Feng, James Rockford
Honorable Mention in Documentary
RUN
Directed by: Richard Bullock
Elders' Room
Directed by: Shirley Steinberg
Vaka
Directed by: Kelly Moneymaker
Honorable Mention in Music Video
All I Ever Had
Directed by: Jeffrey Price
Insomniac
Directed by: Cristian Balint
Congratulations to all the award winners. Thanks to you all at Montreal for letting us be a part of your journey. Best in 2021 from the cast and crew of 'April 9th'.