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BORSOS AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | Before the Streets (Avant Les Rues) | Chloé Leriche | Canada (QC) |
2015 | River | Jamie M. Dagg | Canada (ON) |
2014 | Félix & Meira | Maxime Giroux | Canada (QC) |
2013 | The Husband | Bruce McDonald | Canada (ON) |
2012 | Picture Day | Kate Melville | Canada (ON) |
2011 | Keyhole | Guy Maddin | Canada (MB) |
2010 | The Whistleblower | Larysa Kondracki | Canada (ON) |
2009 | Les Signes Vitaux (Vital Signs) | Sophie Deraspe | Canada (QC) |
2008 | 3 Seasons | Jim Donovan | Canada (QC) |
2007 | Continental, a Film Without Guns | Stéphane Lafleur | Canada (QC) |
2006 | The Secret Life of Happy People | Stephanie Lapointe | Canada (QC) |
2005 | Exiles in Lotus Land | Ilan Saragosti | Canada (QC) |
2004 | Papal Chase | Kenny Hotz | Canada (ON) |
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A BORSOS FILM AWARD
Year | Title | Actor | Country |
2016 | The Sun at Midnight | Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs | Canada (ON) |
2015 | The Diary of an Old Man | Paul Savoie | Canada (QC) |
2014 | Félix & Meira | Hadas Yaron | Canada (QC) |
2013 | Cas & Dylan | Tatiana Maslany | Canada (ON/AB) |
2012 | Picture Day | Tatiana Maslany | Canada (ON) |
2012 | Special Jury Prize: Fair Sex | Marie-Evelyne Lessard | Canada (QC) |
BEST DIRECTOR OF A BORSOS COMPETITION FILM AWARD
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | Before the Streets (Avant Les Rues) | Chloé Leriche | Canada (QC) |
2015 | River | Jamie M. Dagg | Canada (ON) |
2014 | Félix & Meira | Maxime Giroux | Canada (QC) |
BEST SCREENPLAY OF A BORSOS COMPETITION FILM AWARD
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | The Cyclotron | Olivier Asselin | Canada (QC) |
2015 | River | Jamie M. Dagg | Canada (ON) |
2014 | Félix & Meira | Maxime Giroux | Canada (QC) |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A BORSOS COMPETITION FILM AWARD
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | The Cyclotron | Olivier Asselin | Canada (QC) |
2015 | He Hated Pigeons | Ingrid Veninger | Canada (ON) |
BORSOS COMPETITION, BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS AWARD
Year | Title | Actor/Actress | Country |
2010 | Jo Pour Jonathan | Rafael Lacaille | Canada (QC) |
2010 | Small Town Murder Songs | Martha Plimpton | Canada (ON) |
2009 | Defendor | Woody Harrelson | Canada/USA |
2009 | Les Signes Vitaux (Vital Signs) | Marie-Helene Bellavance | Canada (QC) |
2008 | Nurse.Fighter.Boy | Clark Johnson | Canada (ON) |
2008 | 3 Seasons | Carinne Leduc | Canada (QC) |
2007 | Amal | Rupinder Nagra | Canada (ON) |
2007 | River | Maya Batten-Young | Canada (SK) |
2006 | Steel Toes | Andrew W. Walker | Canada (QC) |
NEW VOICES AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2011 | Machete Language | Kyzza Terrazas | Mexico |
2010 | Attenberg | Athina Rachel Tsangari | Greece |
DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | The Will to Fly (Tie) | Katie Bender and Leo Baker | Australia (VIC) |
2016 | Sled Dogs (Tie) | Fern Levitt | Canada (ON) |
2015 | Last Harvest | Hui (Jane) Wang | Canada (ON) |
2014 | The Backwards Class | Madeleine Grant | Canada (BC) |
2013 | Jingle Bell Rocks! | Mitchell Kezin | Canada (BC) |
2012 | Status Quo? | Karen Cho | Canada (QC) |
2011 | Kivalina V. Exxon | Ben Addelman | Canada (QC) |
2010 | Marwencol | Jeff Malmberg | USA |
2009 | Pax Americana/Last Train Home | Denis Delestrac/Lixin Fan | Canada/France Canada/China |
2008 | Art Star & The Sudanese Twins | Pietra Brettkelly | New Zealand |
2007 | We Are Together (Thina Simunye) | Paul Taylor | UK |
2006 | Air Guitar Nation | Alexandra Lipsitz | USA |
2005 | The Best of Sector & The Rest of Secter | Joel Secter | Canada (ON) |
2004 | SacredSacred | Velcrow Ripper | Canada (BC) |
2003 | Baghdad or Bust | Matt Frame | Canada (NWT) |
2002 | Fix: The Story of an Addicted City | Nettie Wilde | Canada (BC) |
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM AT THE WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | La La Land | Damien Chazelle | USA |
2015 | Carol | Todd Haynes | USA |
2014 | A Most Violent Year | J.C. Chandor | USA |
2013 | Cas & Dylan | Jason Priestley | Canada (ON/AB) |
2012 | My Awkward Sexual Adventure | Sean Garrity | Canada (ON) |
2011 | Monsieur Lahzar | Phillippe Falardeau | Canada (QC) |
2010 | The Whistleblower | Larysa Kondracki | Canada (ON) |
2009 | SUCK | Rob Stefaniuk | Canada (ON) |
2008 | RIP: A Remixer’s Manifesto | Brett Gaylor | Canada (ON) |
2007 | Amal | Ritchie Metha | Canada (ON) |
2006 | Mystic Ball | Greg Hamilton | USA |
2005 | Love is Work | Johnny Kalangis | Canada (ON) |
2004 | Crazy Canucks | Randy Bradshaw | Canada (AB) |
2003 | In the Shadow of the Chief | Ivan Hughes | Canada (BC) |
2002 | Flower & Garnet | Keith Behrman | Canada (BC) |
MOUNTAIN CULTURE AWARD
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | The Will to Fly | Katie Bender & Leo Baker | Australia (VIC) |
2015 | Eclipse | Anthony Bonello | Canada (BC) |
2014 | Snowman | Mike Douglas | Canada (BC) |
2013 | The Crash Reel | Lucy Walker | USA |
2012 | Ready To Fly | William Kerig | USA |
2011 | Rainforest: The Limit of Splendor | Richard Boyce | Canada (BC) |
2010 | Frogs in the West | Dany Papineau | Canada (QC) |
2009 | Mount St. Elias | Gerald Salmina | Austria/USA |
2008 | Journey of a Red Fridge | Lucien Muntean & Natasa Stankovic | Serbia |
2007 | Steep | Mark Obenhaus | USA |
2006 | Let It Ride | Jacques Russo | Canada (QC) |
2005 | Off the Road to Athens | Jason Berry | USA |
2004 | Call It Karma | Geoff Browne | Canada (BC) |
SHORTWORK AWARD
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | CANADIAN: Mutants | Alexandre Dostie | Canada (QC) |
2016 | INTERNATIONAL: Timecode | Juanjo Giménez | France |
2015 | CANADIAN: Withheld | Jonathan Sousa | Canada (BC) |
2015 | INTERNATIONAL: Dissonance | Till NOwak | Germany |
2014 | CANADIAN: Running Season | Grayson Moore | Canada (ON) |
2014 | INTERNATIONAL: The Tide Keeper | Alyx Duncan | New Zealand |
2013 | CANADIAN: Anxious Oswald Greene | Marshall Axani | Canada (BC) |
2013 | INTERNATIONAL: A Grand Canada | Johnny Ma | China/Canada (BC) |
2012 | CANADIAN: Requiem for Romance | Jonathan Ng | Canada |
2012 | INTERNATIONAL: Drawn From Memory | Marcin Bortkiewicz | Poland |
2011 | The Paris Quintet In Practice Makes Perfect | Benny Schuetze | Canada (BC) |
2010 | Via Gori | George Barbakadze | Georgia/Australia |
2009 | La Vie Commence (Life Begins) | Emile Proulx-Cloutier | Canada (QC) |
2008 | Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve | Canada (QC) |
2007 | The Colony | Jeff Barnaby | Canada (ON) |
2006 | Love Seat | Kris Elgstrand | Canada (BC) |
2005 | Noise | Greg Spottiswood | Canada (ON) |
2004 | Man Feel Pain | Dylan Akio Smith | Canada (BC) |
2004 | A Russian Wave | Becky Bristow | Canada (AB) |
2003 | The Watchers | Kevin Shortt | Canada (BC) |
2002 | Death’s Dream | David Massar | Canada (BC) |
CANADIAN SHORTWORK AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | The Head Vanishes | Franck Dion | Canada (QC) |
2015 | The Wolf Who Came To Dinner | Jem Garrard | Canada (BC) |
BC STUDENT SHORTWORK AWARD
Year | Title | Director | School |
2016 | Bombing | Gloria Mercer | Simon Fraser University |
2015 | The Blue Jet | Lawrence Lam | Emily Carr University of Art and Design |
2014 | Godhead | Connor Gaston | University of Victoria |
2013 | Backward Fall | Andrew Pollins | University of British Columbia |
2012 | Plating | Jon Thomas | Simon Fraser University |
2011 | No Words Came Down | Ryan Flowers & Lisa Pham | Simon Fraser University |
2010 | Irradiate | Julia Hutchings | Simon Fraser University |
MPPIA SHORT FILM AWARD
Year | Title | Director | Country |
2016 | Good Girls Don’t | Ana De Lara | Canada (BC) |
2015 | Hoods | Maja Aro | Canada (BC) |
2014 | Vehicular Romanticide | Andrew Rowe | Canada (BC) |
2013 | The Future Perfect | Nick Clitton | Canada (BC) |
2012 | True Love Waits | Jon Ornoy | Canada (BC) |
2011 | Beauty Mark | Mark Ratzlaff | Canada (BC) |
2010 | Joanna Makes a Friend | Jeremy Lutter | Canada (BC) |
2009 | Move Out Clean | Kelly-Ruth Mercier | Canada (BC) |
2008 | The Gray Matter | Steven Denault | Canada (BC) |
2007 | The Light of the Family Burnham | Marshall Axani | Canada (BC) |