On Saturday, October 25, 2014 at imagineNATIVE's Awards Show and Reception at The Revival, the esteemed Sun Jury and Moon Jury considered film, video, audio, and new media works from Canadian and international Indigenous artists to select winners in 18 categories with over $27,000 in cash and $7,500 of in-kind services.
imagineNATIVE will also offer FREE screenings of The Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary winning film, My Legacy, on Sunday, October 26 at 8:30pm and a collection of the Best Shorts winning films at 9pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
The 2014 Award Winners are:
SHAW MEDIA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Recipient: Stephanie Brown
Presented by Shaw Media
DRAMA PITCH PRIZE
Project: Indie and Julez Auto Repair
Recipient: Andy Fallon
Presented by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
DOCUMENTARY PITCH PRIZE
Project: Passages
Recipient: Katsitsionni Fox
Presented by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Haid Raid 3: Save Our Waters
Director: Amanda Strong
Presented by Slaight Music - $500 cash award to Indigenous Creative, $500 to musician
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Covered
Director: Tara (Beier) Browne
Presented by Images Festival and imagineNATIVE - $1,000 cash award
BEST SHORT CANADIAN DRAMA - HONOURABLE MENTION
The Orphan and the Polar Bear
Producer: Louise Flaherty
BEST SHORT DRAMA
The Underground
Director: Michelle Latimer
Producer: Kerry Swanson and Tara Woodbury
Presented by SuperChannel - $1,000 cash award
THE CYNTHIA LICKERS-SAGE AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
Sumé - Mumisitsinerup Nipaa (Sume - The Sound of a Revolution)
Director: Inuk Silis Høegh Producer: Emile Hertling Peronard
Presented by VTape - $1,000 cash award
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE PRODUCTION AWARD
This May Be the Last Time
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Presented by imagineNATIVE - $1,000 cash award
THE ELLEN MONAGUE AWARD FOR BEST YOUTH WORK
#nightslikethese
Directors: Amber Midthunder, Shay Eyre and Hannah Macpherson
Presented by RBC Royal Bank - $1,000 cash award
THE ELLEN MONAGUE AWARD FOR BEST YOUTH WORK - HONOURABLE MENTION
Áigin
Director: Jouni West
THE ALANIS OBOMSAWIN BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
My Legacy
Director: Helen Haig-Brown
Presented by Serendipity Point Films - $2,000 cash award
BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE
A White Day
Director: Mikhail Lukachevskyi
Presented by Bell Media - $2,000 cash awar
THE MILESTONE AWARD
Recipient: Warwick Thornton
A selection of the award winning films will play on Sunday, October 26th for FREE.
Sunday, October 26 @ 8:30pm, Cinema 6
My Legacy - THE ALANIS OBOMSAWIN BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Director: Helen Haig-Brown
Award Winners II - Shorts
Sunday, October 26 @ 9:00pm, Cinema 4
The Orphan and the Polar Bear - BEST SHORT CANADIAN DRAMA - HONOURABLE MENTION
Producer: Louise Flaherty
Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Director: Amanda Strong
Covered - BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Director: Tara (Beier) Browne
Indigo - BEST CANADIAN SHORT DRAMA
Director: Amanda Strong
The Underground - BEST SHORT DRAMA
Director: Michelle Latimer
Producer: Kerry Swanson and Tara Woodbury
#nightslikethese - THE ELLEN MONAGUE AWARD FOR BEST YOUTH WORK
Directors: Amber Midthunder, Shay Eyre and Hannah Macpherson
The 15th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival presented the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe, October 22-26, 2014, in several downtown Toronto venues.
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