NORMAN MCLAREN AWARD FOR THE OVERALL WINNER OFFERED BY CANON CANADA. The winner receives 5000$ in cash from Canon Canada plus technical and service support, the use of any Canon Cinema EOS camera, including the flagship C500 4K Cinema camera, and a wide variety of Canon Cinema lenses.
DER KANDIDAT by Yosef Baraki (Humber College, Toronto)
AMAZON MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR PRIZE
Amazon.ca encourages the discovery of new cinema talents and started supporting the Canadian Student Film Festival three years ago.
GLORIA by Tamar Baruch (York University, Toronto)
BEST ANIMATION FILM:
TEARS OF INGE by Alisi Telengut (Concordia University, Montréal)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:
JUST AS I REMEMBER by Andrew Moir (Ryerson University, Toronto)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM:
CONCEIVED by Eui Yong Zong (York University, Toronto)
BEST FICTION FILM:
DOWN AND OUT by Adam Simopoulos (University of Windsor)
Special mention:
DENTS DE LAIT by Julie Charette (Concordia University, Montréal)
The members of the Student Film Festival Jury were:
André Bennett, film producer and distributor
Élie Castiel, film critic and cinema professor
Ivan Trujillo-Bolio, director of the Guadalajara Film Festival