Another great year, featuring 3 feature length films, 46 shorts, and some great panels with our best filmmaker attendance yet!
“The team at Okotoks are so welcoming, kind, and hard working – a group of super stars for sure! They put together some valuable panel talks, and provided filmmakers with multiple networking opportunities. The Q&A’s after the screenings allowed filmmakers to connect with audiences, and Katie asked some really insightful questions. I will definitely submit to this festival again, and look forward to returning one day!”
– Julia Beney – A Girl, A Boy, A Penny and a Very, Very, Very Long Road
Award Winners

Aquarium
Best Picture
Director: Lorenzo Puntoni

Alternative Math
Audience Choice
Director: David Maddox

Sea at Night
Best Performance
Nominees: Sisak, CC, Sea at Night

Irsendwer (Someone)
Best Cinematography
Nominees: Irsendwer (Someone), Sisak, Aquarium

Kein Problem (No Problem)
Best Editing
Nominees: Kein Problem (No Problem), Irsendwer (Someone), Jackrabbit

A Typical Fairytale
Best Art Direction
Nominees: A Typical Fairytale, “A Girl, A Boy, A Penny and a Very, Very, Very Long Road”, The Metamorphosis of a Bottle Cap

Death-in-Training
Best Animation
Nominees: Tailored, Death-in-Training, No Gravity

Paris You Got Me
Best Overall Sound
Nominees: Paris You Got Me, Voice, Pulled Strings

In Your Place
Best Screenplay
Nominees: Alternative Math, Are You Volleyball?!, In Your Place

Paris You Got Me
Best Visual Effects
Nominees: Outpost, Paris you got me, Five Course Meal
48-Hour Challenge Winners
The Final Cut
Audience Choice
Team: Team Eagle
The Final Cut
Best Picture
Team: Team Eagle
Kicking the Hornets Nest
Best Use of Prop
Team: Good Boy Productions
Best Use of Line
A Night With Jared
Team: Finale Films
Doubting Star Wars
Best Use of Genre
Team: OFF Productions
Feature Films

Break on Through
Alberta
Director: Dustin Clark
Nomination: Best Picture

Occupants
Director: Russ Emanuel

A Girl, a Boy, a Penny and a Very, Very, Very Long Road
Director: Julia Beney
General Reels

Paris You Got Me
Germany
Director: Julie Boehm
Nomination: Best Visual/Special Effects—Marc Zimmermann

In Your Place
Italy
Director: Giuseppe Carleo
Nomination: Best Screenplay—Giuseppe Carleo and Riccardo Cannella

Sisak
India
Director: Faraz Arif Ansari
Nominations: Best Cinematography—Saurabh Goswami and Best Performance—Jitin Gulati, Dhruv Singhal

iRony
Australia
Director: Radheya Jegatheva

Pulled Strings
Calgary, Alberta
Director: Vicki Van Chau
Nomination: Best Overall Sound—Rachel Soong, Valerie Siu

Abracadavers
Calgary, Alberta
Director: Morgan Ermter

Boxed
United States
Director: Wanjiru Njendu

CC
Vancouver, BC
Director: Kailey Spear, Sam Spear
Nomination: Best Performance—Jewel Staite

Cold Storage
Finland
Director: Thomas Freundlich

Aquarium
Italy
Director: Lorenzo Puntoni
Nomination: Best Picture and Best Cinematography—Juri Fantigrossi

Monuments
Calgary, Alberta
Director: Lincoln Constable

The Traffic Separating Device
Sweden
Director: Johan Palmgren

Trapped
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: Adriel Rosenfeldt

Burqa City
France
Director: Bracq Fabrice

The Moustache
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: Michael Schaar-Ney

Are You Volleyball?!
Iran
Director: Mohammad Bakhshi
Nomainations: Best Picture and Best Screenplay—Mohammad Bakhshi

Love
Okotoks, Alberta
Director: Chantal Kapiniak

Outpost
United States
Director: Justin Giddings, Ryan Welsh
Nomination: Best Visual/ Special Effects—Paul Lada

Voice
Japan
Director: Takeshi Kushida
Nomination: Best Overall Sound—Murakamix

Live, Learn, Dance
Calgary, Alberta
Director: Chengis Javeri

Irsendwer (Someone)
Germany
Director: Marco Gadge
Nominations: Best Cinematography—Niklas J Hoffmann and Best Editing—Rene Jacob

I Am Rare
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: Dianne Mahoney

Alternative Math
United States
Director: David Maddox
Nomination: Best Screenplay—David Maddox, Malcolm Morrison

Sea at Night
Germany
Director: Kim Fabienne Hertinger
Nomination: Best Performance—Peter Kotthaus

Jackrabbit
Australia
Director: Alex Feggans
Nomination: Best Editing

The Holy Tank
Ontario
Director: Thomas Rodrigue
TwistedReels

Nepenthes
Vancouver
Director: Ariel Hansen

The Last Drop
Germany
Director: Sascha Zimmermann

Five Course Meal
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: James Cadden
Nomination: Best Special/ Visual Effects—Brendan James Boyd

The Woodsmen
Belleville, Ontario
Director: Victor Cooper and Jodi Cooper

Samantha
Toronto, Ontario
Director: Sebastian Ponton

Good Morning World
Austria
Director: Alexander Weber

Little White Lies
Okotoks, Alberta
Director: Dave Elder and Craig Nolin

The Photographer
France
Director: Bertrand Normand

Bagheera
India
Director: Christopher Watson
KinderReels

The Girl Who Talked to the Moon
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: Neil Grahn

Big Booom
Russia
Director: Marat Narimanov

A Typical Fairytale
Vancouver, BC
Director: Annette Reilly
Nomination: Best Art Direction—Moe Curtin, Greg Delmage, Brandon MacKay, Brendan Taylor, Mia Johnson

No Gravity
France
Directors: Charline Parisot, Jérémy Cissé, Fioretta Caterina Cosmidis, Flore Allier-Estrada, Maud Lemaître-Blanchart, Ludovic Abraham
Nomination: Best Animation

The Metamorphosis of a Bottle Cap
Canada
Director: Kathryn Jankowski
Nomination: Art Direction—Kathryn Jankowski

William's Words
United States
Directors: Donna Guthrie, Colin W. Guthrie

Black and Blue
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: Justin Kueber

Tailored
France
Directors: Léa Cousty, Chloé Astier, Raphaël Guez, Mélanie Fourgeaud, Hugo Bourriez, Victoire Le Dourner
Nomination: Best Animation

Pinchpot
Australia
Director: Greg Holfeld

Death-in-Training
Okotoks, Alberta
Director: Shawna Koski
Nomination: Best Animation