Monday, October 24, 2011

2012 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival - award winners


The 12th Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival closed its largest festival ever last night with an awards presentation. The ceremony took place at the Mod Club and was hosted by actor Billy Merasty.

The Best Dramatic Feature award went to Australian filmmaker Beck Cole (Luritja Warramungu) for her debut feature Here I Am. It tells of a woman's reconnecting with her estranged family after being released from prison.

An Australian film also captured the Alanis Obomsawin Award for Best Documentary which went to The Tall Man, directed by Tony Krawitz and produced by Darren Dale (Bunjalung). It examines the case of Cameron Doomadgee whose death in an Australian prison cell ignited racial tensions across the country.

The short film Amaqqut Nunaat (The Country of Wolves) by director Neil Christopher and producer Louise Flaherty came away with two awards. It won for Best Canadian Short Drama but also picked up the Cynthia-Lickers Sage Award for Emerging Talent. It was the opening short animated film that played with the opening night film On the Ice.

The Best Short Drama prize was awarded to Nicholas Greene for Salar. Terril Calder's The Gift picked up the Best Experimental Award.

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Complete list of Award winners for the 12th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE presented by Bell Media ($1,500 cash award)
Here I Am, directed by Beck Cole

BEST CANADIAN SHORT DRAMA presented by Isuma TV ($1,000 cash award)
Amaqqut Nunaat (The Country of Wolves), directed by Neil Christopher, produced by Louise Flaherty

HONOURABLE MENTION
Eagle vs. Sparrow, directed by Michelle Derosier

BEST SHORT DRAMA presented by TVO ($1,000 cash award)
Salar, directed by Nicholas Greene

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY presented by CBC ($1,000 cash award)
Spirit of the Bluebird, directed by Jesse Gouchey, co-director Xstine Cook

THE ALANIS OBOMSAWIN BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD presented by Alanis Obomsawin on behalf of the National Film Board ($1,500 cash award)
The Tall Man, directed by Tony Krawitz

BEST EXPERIMENTAL presented by Images Festival ($1,000 cash award)
The Gift, directed by Terril Calder

BEST RADIO presented by Astral ($1,000 cash award)
Bring Your Drum, produced and hosted by Janet Rogers

BEST NEW MEDIA presented by VTape ($1,000 cash award) 
Gold's Lake Narrows, co-created and written by Kevin Lee Burton

THE CYNTHIA-LICKERS SAGE AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT presented by Cynthia-Lickers Sage on behalf of VTape ($1,000 cash award)
Amaqqut Nunaat (The Country of Wolves), directed by Neil Christopher, produced by Louise Flaherty

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE PRODUCTION AWARD presented by the Canada Media Fun ($1,000 cash award)
Samson & Delilah, directed by Warwick Thornton   

BEST MUSIC VIDEO presented by Slaight Music ($1,000 cash award)

I Lost My Shadow, directed by Nanobah Becker

SHAW MEDIA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM 2011 Mentee Introduction by Karen King, Production Executive (mentor)
Zoe Leigh Hopkins   

DRAMA PITCH PRIZE presented by Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN) Supported by William F. White and Technicolor ($5,000 development deal with APTN; $2,000 voucher for services at William F. White; and $500 in services from Technicolor
Jeff Barnhart for his pitch The Flying Man

DOCUMENTARY PITCH PRIZE presented by CBC Network Supported by William F. White and Technicolor ($500 cash prive from CBC; $2,000 voucher for services at William F. White; and $500 in services from Technicolor
Angie Pepper O'bomsawin for her pitch The Wrong Kind of Indian

THE ELLEN MONAGUE AWARD FOR BEST YOUTH WORK presented by RBC ($1,000 cash award)
The Dimming, directed by Ippiksaut Friesen

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