Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2011 Awards

The Award Winners have been announced for the 2011 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, and I again have a strikingly odd luck of going to see all the films *but* the award winners. Well, there is still a possibility in the Audience Award which will be announced soon. Until then, let's look at the results:

2011 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Award Winners

Reel Asian Audience Award
Winner Announced: JUMP ASHIN!

Animasian Award
Winner: In a Pig's Eye, (Dir: Atsushi Wada)

Fasken Martineau Best Feature or Video Award
Winner: Buddha Mountain (Dir: Li Yu)

National Bank Best First Feature Film Award
Winner: The Journals of Musan (Dir: Park Jungbum)

Movieola Best Short Film or Video Award
Winner: A Winter Song / Une chanson d'hiver (Dir: Aonan Yang)

NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award
Winner: Muybridge Strings / Les cordes de muybridge (dir: Koji Yamamura)

WIFT-T Award
Winner: The Sugarbowl (Dirs: Shasha Nakhai & Rich Williamson)

So You Think You Can Pitch? Emerging
Winner: Stephanie Law, LITTLE MISS JIHAD

So You Think You Can Pitch? Established
Winner: Keith Lock, THE MAGIC CHARM

The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2011 ran from November 5 - 13, 2011 in Toronto and also November 18-19, 2011 in Richmond Hill in Ontario, Canada.

TIFF 2011: Award Winners

The ballots are tallied and the juries have spoken now the 2011 TIFF Award Winners including People's Choice and Fipresci Prizes have been announced:

The People's Choice Award went to Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now?
First runner up is Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation and Ken Scott’s Starbuck

The People's Choice for Midnight Madness went to Gareth Evans for The Raid
1st Runner Up: You’re Next
2nd Runner Up: God Bless America

The People's Choice Award for Documentary went to Jon Shenk for The Island President
1st Runner Up: First Position
2nd Runner Up: Pearl Jam Twenty

The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery went to Axel Petersén for Avalon

The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentation to Gianni Amelio for The First Man /Le Premier Homme

The Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film went to Nathan Morlando for Edwin Boyd
Special citation to Anne Émond’s Nuit #1

The Award for Best Canadian Feature Film went to Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar

The Award for Best Canadian Short Film went to Ian Harnarine for Doubles With Slight Pepper
Honourable mentions: Mathieu Tremblay’s Of events (D'aléas), Ryan Flowers & Lisa Pham’s No Words Came Down.

In a bizarre yearly tradition, I've seen almost none of the award winners, but I'm thrilled to see The Raid win for The People's Choice for Midnight Madness as it was easily my favourite film of the festival.

The Toronto International Film Festival 2011 ran from September 8 - 18, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

TIFF 2011: Award Winners

The ballots are tallied and the juries have spoken now the 2011 TIFF Award Winners including People's Choice and Fipresci Prizes have been announced:

The People's Choice Award went to Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now?
First runner up is Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation and Ken Scott’s Starbuck

The People's Choice for Midnight Madness went to Gareth Evans for The Raid
1st Runner Up: You’re Next
2nd Runner Up: God Bless America

The People's Choice Award for Documentary went to Jon Shenk for The Island President
1st Runner Up: First Position
2nd Runner Up: Pearl Jam Twenty

The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery went to Axel Petersén for Avalon

The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentation to Gianni Amelio for The First Man /Le Premier Homme

The Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film went to Nathan Morlando for Edwin Boyd
Special citation to Anne Émond’s Nuit #1

The Award for Best Canadian Feature Film went to Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar

The Award for Best Canadian Short Film went to Ian Harnarine for Doubles With Slight Pepper
Honourable mentions: Mathieu Tremblay’s Of events (D'aléas), Ryan Flowers & Lisa Pham’s No Words Came Down.

In a bizarre yearly tradition, I've seen almost none of the award winners, but I'm thrilled to see The Raid win for The People's Choice for Midnight Madness as it was easily my favourite film of the festival.

The Toronto International Film Festival 2011 ran from September 8 - 18, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Fantasia Awards 2011

The Fantasia International Film Festival finished up it's 15th festival this weekend in Montreal. Every year I hear amazing stories about the films and the festival experience, and looking at the film list blows my mind. The festival features fantasy, horror and extreme titles from around the world as well as premieres for upcoming big titles on many a genre fans must-see list. Yep, it sounds like an awesome. I also am always astounded and impressed by the endurance of the festival and the people who run it and attend, given it's mega-length of 3 weeks long. That easily makes Fantasia one of the festivals I most want to go to and grants it a spot on my Mega-List. How can you not love a festival that has an audience awarded prize for Guru Prize for the Most Energetic Feature? I mean, seriously. That's amazing.



Let's look at all of the festival awards, as I'm sure many will be added to my own must-see list. I've been lucky enough to see some of the winners already from other festivals like Superheroes at Hot Docs and Legend of Beaver Dam at the Worldwide Short Film Festival but at first glance I know I'll be hoping to see at the very least Milocrorze: A Love Story, Vampire, Monster Brawl and of course Bangkok Knockout sometimes soon.



2011 Fantasia International Film Festival Winners:



Feature Film Awards

Juried by: Alexandre Franchi (President), with Gilles Esposito, Lee Joon-ik, George Mihalka, Steven Schneider and Tom Vick



Cheval Noir Award for Best Film: Clown by Mikkel Nørgaard

Best Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi for Milocrorze: A Love Story

Best Screenplay: Park Hoon-jung for The Unjust

Best Actors: Hwang Jeong-min and Ryoo Seung-beom for The Unjust

Best Actress: Norie Yasui for Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano

Special Mention to Vampire

Special Mention to the short film I LOVE YOU in THE THEATRE BIZARRE



First Feature Awards

Juried by: Jason Eisener (President), with Jephté Bastien, Alexandre Fontaine-Rousseau and Greg Newman



New Flesh Award for Best First Feature: Bullhead by Michaël R. Roskam

Special Mention to Love



Animation Awards

Juried by: Marcel Jean (President), with Jean-François Lévesque and Heidi Taillefer



Best Animated Feature Film: Surviving Life

Best Animated Short Film: Bobby Yeah

Special Mention to Crépuscule



International Animated Short Film Awards

Juried by: Buddy Giovinazzo (President), with John Fallon, Sylvain Houde and Charlotte Selb



Best International Short: The Suicide Tapes

Special Mention to The Unliving



Quebecois Short Film Awards

Juried by: Catherine Beauchamp, Dino Tavarone, Caroline Morin



Best Director: Alexandre Richard for Bonne Journée

Best Film: Carolyne Rhéaume for La Barricade

Best Actress: Charlotte Laurier for Coup Sauvage

Best Actor: Mathieu Dufresne for Bonne Journée

Best Screenplay: Caroline Renaud for Maternal

Jury’s Choice: Kim St-Pierre for Vodka Canneberge

Best Photo: Eric Morin for Opasatika



Quebecois DIY Short Film Awards

Juried by: Julie Brisson, Karl Filion, Géraldine Charbonneau



Best Film: Fuck That, Lawrence Côté-Collins

Best Screenplay: Corte, Radnath Gagnon

Best Director: Emanuel St-Pierre Beaulieu for Un film avec Brigitte Bardot

Best Actor (Male & Female): Maxime Desjardins for Gueule de Bois

Jury’s Choice: Vivre a 35 Milles a l'heure, Jean Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné, Dominic Leclerc



AQCC Prize – International Section Awards

Martin Gignac, Claudia Hébert, Nicolas Krief



AQCC Prize: (TIE) Super and Superheroes



Séquences Prize – Asian Section Awards

Pascal Grenier (President), with Pierre-Alexandre Fradet and Christina Stojanova



Séquences Prize: Heaven's Story



L’Écran Fantastique Prize

Yves Rivard



L’Écran Fantastique Prize: Detention



Audience Awards



Best Asian Feature:

GOLD (TIE): 13 Assassins and Cold Fish

SILVER: Milocrorze: A Love Story

BRONZE: Don't Go Breaking My Heart



Best European or American Feature:

GOLD: Attack the Block

SILVER: (TIE) Burke and Hare and Bellflower

BRONZE: Innkeepers



Best Canadian or Quebecois Feature:

GOLD: The Corridor

SILVER: Vampire

BRONZE: (TIE) Monster Brawl and The Divide



Best Animation Feature:

GOLD: Redline

SILVER: Legend of the Millenium Dragon

BRONZE: El SOl



Best Documentary:

GOLD: Art/Crime

SILVER: Superheroes

BRONZE: Last Days Here



Most Innovative Feature:

GOLD: Milocrorze: A Love Story

SILVER: The Woman

BRONZE: Love



Guru Prize for the Most Energetic Feature:

GOLD: Bangkok Knockout

SILVER (TIE): Milocrorze: A Love Story and Detention

BRONZE: The FP



Best Short Film:

GOLD: Legend of Beaver Dam

SILVER: Night Fishing

BRONZE: Bobby Yeah



The Fantasia International Film Festival ran from July 14 - Aug 7, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Fantasia Awards 2011

The Fantasia International Film Festival finished up it's 15th festival this weekend in Montreal. Every year I hear amazing stories about the films and the festival experience, and looking at the film list blows my mind. The festival features fantasy, horror and extreme titles from around the world as well as premieres for upcoming big titles on many a genre fans must-see list. Yep, it sounds like an awesome. I also am always astounded and impressed by the endurance of the festival and the people who run it and attend, given it's mega-length of 3 weeks long. That easily makes Fantasia one of the festivals I most want to go to and grants it a spot on my Mega-List. How can you not love a festival that has an audience awarded prize for Guru Prize for the Most Energetic Feature? I mean, seriously. That's amazing.



Let's look at all of the festival awards, as I'm sure many will be added to my own must-see list. I've been lucky enough to see some of the winners already from other festivals like Superheroes at Hot Docs and Legend of Beaver Dam at the Worldwide Short Film Festival but at first glance I know I'll be hoping to see at the very least Milocrorze: A Love Story, Vampire, Monster Brawl and of course Bangkok Knockout sometimes soon.



2011 Fantasia International Film Festival Winners:



Feature Film Awards

Juried by: Alexandre Franchi (President), with Gilles Esposito, Lee Joon-ik, George Mihalka, Steven Schneider and Tom Vick



Cheval Noir Award for Best Film: Clown by Mikkel Nørgaard

Best Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi for Milocrorze: A Love Story

Best Screenplay: Park Hoon-jung for The Unjust

Best Actors: Hwang Jeong-min and Ryoo Seung-beom for The Unjust

Best Actress: Norie Yasui for Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano

Special Mention to Vampire

Special Mention to the short film I LOVE YOU in THE THEATRE BIZARRE



First Feature Awards

Juried by: Jason Eisener (President), with Jephté Bastien, Alexandre Fontaine-Rousseau and Greg Newman



New Flesh Award for Best First Feature: Bullhead by Michaël R. Roskam

Special Mention to Love



Animation Awards

Juried by: Marcel Jean (President), with Jean-François Lévesque and Heidi Taillefer



Best Animated Feature Film: Surviving Life

Best Animated Short Film: Bobby Yeah

Special Mention to Crépuscule



International Animated Short Film Awards

Juried by: Buddy Giovinazzo (President), with John Fallon, Sylvain Houde and Charlotte Selb



Best International Short: The Suicide Tapes

Special Mention to The Unliving



Quebecois Short Film Awards

Juried by: Catherine Beauchamp, Dino Tavarone, Caroline Morin



Best Director: Alexandre Richard for Bonne Journée

Best Film: Carolyne Rhéaume for La Barricade

Best Actress: Charlotte Laurier for Coup Sauvage

Best Actor: Mathieu Dufresne for Bonne Journée

Best Screenplay: Caroline Renaud for Maternal

Jury’s Choice: Kim St-Pierre for Vodka Canneberge

Best Photo: Eric Morin for Opasatika



Quebecois DIY Short Film Awards

Juried by: Julie Brisson, Karl Filion, Géraldine Charbonneau



Best Film: Fuck That, Lawrence Côté-Collins

Best Screenplay: Corte, Radnath Gagnon

Best Director: Emanuel St-Pierre Beaulieu for Un film avec Brigitte Bardot

Best Actor (Male & Female): Maxime Desjardins for Gueule de Bois

Jury’s Choice: Vivre a 35 Milles a l'heure, Jean Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné, Dominic Leclerc



AQCC Prize – International Section Awards

Martin Gignac, Claudia Hébert, Nicolas Krief



AQCC Prize: (TIE) Super and Superheroes



Séquences Prize – Asian Section Awards

Pascal Grenier (President), with Pierre-Alexandre Fradet and Christina Stojanova



Séquences Prize: Heaven's Story



L’Écran Fantastique Prize

Yves Rivard



L’Écran Fantastique Prize: Detention



Audience Awards



Best Asian Feature:

GOLD (TIE): 13 Assassins and Cold Fish

SILVER: Milocrorze: A Love Story

BRONZE: Don't Go Breaking My Heart



Best European or American Feature:

GOLD: Attack the Block

SILVER: (TIE) Burke and Hare and Bellflower

BRONZE: Innkeepers



Best Canadian or Quebecois Feature:

GOLD: The Corridor

SILVER: Vampire

BRONZE: (TIE) Monster Brawl and The Divide



Best Animation Feature:

GOLD: Redline

SILVER: Legend of the Millenium Dragon

BRONZE: El SOl



Best Documentary:

GOLD: Art/Crime

SILVER: Superheroes

BRONZE: Last Days Here



Most Innovative Feature:

GOLD: Milocrorze: A Love Story

SILVER: The Woman

BRONZE: Love



Guru Prize for the Most Energetic Feature:

GOLD: Bangkok Knockout

SILVER (TIE): Milocrorze: A Love Story and Detention

BRONZE: The FP



Best Short Film:

GOLD: Legend of Beaver Dam

SILVER: Night Fishing

BRONZE: Bobby Yeah



The Fantasia International Film Festival ran from July 14 - Aug 7, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Worldwide Short Film Festival Award 2011 Winners

It's time to check out the winners for the The Worldwide Short Film Festival for 2011. These awards hold particular weight as the Canadian award winners become eligible for Genie Awards and the winners of the Best Live-Action Short and Best Animated Short are eligible for the Academy Awards. That means we may be seeing some of these names again during the 2012 awards season. Exciting! Although as chance would have it I didn't actually see any of the winners this year. I have dreadful luck with that. Congratulations to all the winners!

The Bravo!FACT Award for Best Canadian Short
Cold Blood / Sang froid, directed by Martin Thibaudeau (Canada)

The Deluxe Award for Best Live Action Short
Aglaée, directed by Rudi Rosenberg (France)
Honourable Mention: Sleepless Night / Nuit blance, directed by Samuel Tilman (Belgium)

The Deluxe Award for Best Performance in a Live-Action Short
Aline Kolditz and Lea Kolditz as Mieke in Fathermotherchild / Vatermutterkind, directed by Daniel Karl Krause (Germany)

The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short
Cinematographer Ian Lagarde for Nowhere Elsewhere / Au milieu de nulle part ailleurs, directed by Annick Blanc (Canada)

The Panasonic Award For Best Documentary Short
I Am A Girl!, directed by Susan Koenen (Netherlands)

Best Animated Short
The Tannery, directed by Iain Gardner (UK)
Honourable Mention: The Gallery / Galeria, directed by Robert Proch (Poland)

The Best Experimental Short
The Death of An Insect / ERÄÄN HYÖNTEISEN TUHO, directed by Kiitos, Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen (Finland)

Screenplay Giveaway Prize
David Widdicombe for Wake
Runner Up: Jason Hreno for Sam and Rea's Fault

TELUS Audience Choice Award
The Gruffalo, directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang (UK, Germany)

The Worldwide Short Film Festival ran from May 31 - June 5, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Worldwide Short Film Festival Award 2011 Winners

It's time to check out the winners for the The Worldwide Short Film Festival for 2011. These awards hold particular weight as the Canadian award winners become eligible for Genie Awards and the winners of the Best Live-Action Short and Best Animated Short are eligible for the Academy Awards. That means we may be seeing some of these names again during the 2012 awards season. Exciting! Although as chance would have it I didn't actually see any of the winners this year. I have dreadful luck with that. Congratulations to all the winners!

The Bravo!FACT Award for Best Canadian Short
Cold Blood / Sang froid, directed by Martin Thibaudeau (Canada)

The Deluxe Award for Best Live Action Short
Aglaée, directed by Rudi Rosenberg (France)
Honourable Mention: Sleepless Night / Nuit blance, directed by Samuel Tilman (Belgium)

The Deluxe Award for Best Performance in a Live-Action Short
Aline Kolditz and Lea Kolditz as Mieke in Fathermotherchild / Vatermutterkind, directed by Daniel Karl Krause (Germany)

The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short
Cinematographer Ian Lagarde for Nowhere Elsewhere / Au milieu de nulle part ailleurs, directed by Annick Blanc (Canada)

The Panasonic Award For Best Documentary Short
I Am A Girl!, directed by Susan Koenen (Netherlands)

Best Animated Short
The Tannery, directed by Iain Gardner (UK)
Honourable Mention: The Gallery / Galeria, directed by Robert Proch (Poland)

The Best Experimental Short
The Death of An Insect / ERÄÄN HYÖNTEISEN TUHO, directed by Kiitos, Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen (Finland)

Screenplay Giveaway Prize
David Widdicombe for Wake
Runner Up: Jason Hreno for Sam and Rea's Fault

TELUS Audience Choice Award
The Gruffalo, directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang (UK, Germany)

The Worldwide Short Film Festival ran from May 31 - June 5, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Inside Out Winners 2011

Jurries have deliberated and audience ballots have been counted. Here are the results! The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival Awards 2011 are:

Canadian Jury Awards

Entertainment Partners Canada/ Canada Film Capitol Award for Best Canadian Film or Video
Home of the Buffalo by Rémy Huberdeau

Entertainment Partners Canada/ Canada Film Capitol Award for Emerging Canadian Artist
Swim by Jordan Tannahill

Charles Street Video Award for Best Up-and-Coming Toronto Film or Video Maker, presented to a local first-time filmmaker
A Dragged Out Affair By Sonia Hong

HARDtv Hot Shorts Award
Dance to Miss Chief by Kent Monkman

International Jury Awards

Bill Sherwood Award for Best First Feature
Black Field by Vardis Marinakis

Audience Awards

RBC Royal Bank Award for Best Feature Film or Video
Weekend by Andrew Haigh

Elle Flanders Award for Best Documentary Film or Video
We Were Here by David Weissman

Mikey/Schmikey Award for Best Short Film or Video
Change by Melissa Osborne and Jeff McCutcheon

The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival 2011 ran from May 19-29, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Inside Out Winners 2011

Jurries have deliberated and audience ballots have been counted. Here are the results! The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival Awards 2011 are:

Canadian Jury Awards

Entertainment Partners Canada/ Canada Film Capitol Award for Best Canadian Film or Video
Home of the Buffalo by Rémy Huberdeau

Entertainment Partners Canada/ Canada Film Capitol Award for Emerging Canadian Artist
Swim by Jordan Tannahill

Charles Street Video Award for Best Up-and-Coming Toronto Film or Video Maker, presented to a local first-time filmmaker
A Dragged Out Affair By Sonia Hong

HARDtv Hot Shorts Award
Dance to Miss Chief by Kent Monkman

International Jury Awards

Bill Sherwood Award for Best First Feature
Black Field by Vardis Marinakis

Audience Awards

RBC Royal Bank Award for Best Feature Film or Video
Weekend by Andrew Haigh

Elle Flanders Award for Best Documentary Film or Video
We Were Here by David Weissman

Mikey/Schmikey Award for Best Short Film or Video
Change by Melissa Osborne and Jeff McCutcheon

The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival 2011 ran from May 19-29, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Hot Docs 2011 Awards

Ballots have been counted and juries have decided and the Hot Docs Awards for 2011 have been announced. Here are the results:

Sundance Channel People's Choice Award winner is Somewhere Between (Dir: Linda Goldstein Knowlton)

The top ten audience favourites as determined by audience vote are:
Somewhere Between (Dir: Linda Goldstein Knowlton)
Give Up Tomorrow (Dir: Michael Collins)
How to Die in Oregon (Dir: Peter D. Richardson)
Wild Horse, Wild Ride (Dir: Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus)
Senna (Dir: Asif Kapadia)
Buck (Dir: Cindy Meehl)
Jig (Dir: Sue Bourne)
Eco Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson (Dir: Trish Dolman)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Dir: Constance Marks, Philip Shane (Co-Director))
Koran by Heart (Dir: Greg Barker)

Best Canadian Feature: Family Portrait in Black and White (Dir: Julia Ivanova; P: Boris Ivanov, Mike Jackson)

Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature (tie): At Night, They Dance (Dir: Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault; P: Lucie Lambert) and The Guantanamo Trap (Dir: Thomas Selim Wallner; P: Thomas Kufus, Amit Breuer, Marcel Hoehn, Christoph Jorg)
Honourable Mention: Wiebo's War (Dir: David York, P: David York, Nick Hector, Bryn Hughes, Bonnie Thompson; EP: David York, David Christensen)

Best International Feature: Dragonslayer (Dir: Tristan Patterson; P: John Baker, EP: Christine Vachon)

Special Jury Prize – International Feature: The Castle (Dir:Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti; P: Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti; EP: Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti)
Honourable Mentions: Grande Hotel (Dir: Lotte Stoops; P: Ellen De Waele, Co-Producer Denis Vaslin, Volya Films; EP: Ellen De Waele) and Hell and Back Again (Dir: Danfung Dennis; P: Mike Lerner, Martin Herring; EP: Dan Cogan, Karol Martesko Fenster, Gernot Schaffler, Thomas Brunner, Maxyne Franklin)

Best Mid-Length Documentary: Our Newspaper (Dir: Eline Flipse; P: Eline Flipse; EP: Eline Flipse)
Honourable Mention: People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am (Dir: Boris Gerrets; P: Pieter van Huystee)

Best Short Documentary: Flying Anne (Dir: Catherine van Campen; P: Joost Seelen)
Honourable Mention: Something to Tell You (Dir: Pete Gleeson; P: Pete Gleeson; EP: Yvette Coyne)

HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award: Michal Marczak for the film At the Edge of Russia (P: Marianna Rowinska)

documentary’s Don Haig Award: Rama Rau

Lindalee Tracey Award: Alexandre Hamel

Also, the festival itself has been nominated for an award! The 2011 Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts which "recognizes the outstanding achievements of artists and arts organizations and their contributions to arts and culture in Ontario over a significant period of time". The winners will be announced on Thursday June 9, 2011. I'll be thinking happy Hot Docs thoughts for the festival and keep my fingers crossed for them. Good luck!

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs from April 28 - May 8, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hot Docs 2011 Awards

Ballots have been counted and juries have decided and the Hot Docs Awards for 2011 have been announced. Here are the results:

Sundance Channel People's Choice Award winner is Somewhere Between (Dir: Linda Goldstein Knowlton)

The top ten audience favourites as determined by audience vote are:
Somewhere Between (Dir: Linda Goldstein Knowlton)
Give Up Tomorrow (Dir: Michael Collins)
How to Die in Oregon (Dir: Peter D. Richardson)
Wild Horse, Wild Ride (Dir: Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus)
Senna (Dir: Asif Kapadia)
Buck (Dir: Cindy Meehl)
Jig (Dir: Sue Bourne)
Eco Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson (Dir: Trish Dolman)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Dir: Constance Marks, Philip Shane (Co-Director))
Koran by Heart (Dir: Greg Barker)

Best Canadian Feature: Family Portrait in Black and White (Dir: Julia Ivanova; P: Boris Ivanov, Mike Jackson)

Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature (tie): At Night, They Dance (Dir: Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault; P: Lucie Lambert) and The Guantanamo Trap (Dir: Thomas Selim Wallner; P: Thomas Kufus, Amit Breuer, Marcel Hoehn, Christoph Jorg)
Honourable Mention: Wiebo's War (Dir: David York, P: David York, Nick Hector, Bryn Hughes, Bonnie Thompson; EP: David York, David Christensen)

Best International Feature: Dragonslayer (Dir: Tristan Patterson; P: John Baker, EP: Christine Vachon)

Special Jury Prize – International Feature: The Castle (Dir:Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti; P: Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti; EP: Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti)
Honourable Mentions: Grande Hotel (Dir: Lotte Stoops; P: Ellen De Waele, Co-Producer Denis Vaslin, Volya Films; EP: Ellen De Waele) and Hell and Back Again (Dir: Danfung Dennis; P: Mike Lerner, Martin Herring; EP: Dan Cogan, Karol Martesko Fenster, Gernot Schaffler, Thomas Brunner, Maxyne Franklin)

Best Mid-Length Documentary: Our Newspaper (Dir: Eline Flipse; P: Eline Flipse; EP: Eline Flipse)
Honourable Mention: People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am (Dir: Boris Gerrets; P: Pieter van Huystee)

Best Short Documentary: Flying Anne (Dir: Catherine van Campen; P: Joost Seelen)
Honourable Mention: Something to Tell You (Dir: Pete Gleeson; P: Pete Gleeson; EP: Yvette Coyne)

HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award: Michal Marczak for the film At the Edge of Russia (P: Marianna Rowinska)

documentary’s Don Haig Award: Rama Rau

Lindalee Tracey Award: Alexandre Hamel

Also, the festival itself has been nominated for an award! The 2011 Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts which "recognizes the outstanding achievements of artists and arts organizations and their contributions to arts and culture in Ontario over a significant period of time". The winners will be announced on Thursday June 9, 2011. I'll be thinking happy Hot Docs thoughts for the festival and keep my fingers crossed for them. Good luck!

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs from April 28 - May 8, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada