2019 Festival

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

Aquarium

Best Picture

Director: Lorenzo Puntoni

 Alternative Math

Alternative Math

Audience Choice

Director: David Maddox

 Sea at Night

Sea at Night

Best Performance

Nominees: Sisak, CC, Sea at Night

 Irsendwer (Someone)

Irsendwer (Someone)

Best Cinematography

Nominees: Irsendwer (Someone), Sisak, Aquarium

 Kein Problem (No Problem)

Kein Problem (No Problem)

Best Editing

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

 A Typical Fairytale

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

Death-in-Training

Best Animation

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

 Paris You Got Me

Paris You Got Me

Best Overall Sound

Nominees: Paris You Got Me, Voice, Pulled Strings

 In Your Place

In Your Place

Best Screenplay

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

 Paris You Got Me

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

Break on Through

Alberta

Director: Dustin Clark
Nomination: Best Picture

Occupants

Occupants

Director: Russ Emanuel

 A Girl, a Boy, a Penny and a Very, Very, Very Long Road

A Girl, a Boy, a Penny and a Very, Very, Very Long Road

Director: Julia Beney


General Reels

Paris You Got Me

Paris You Got Me

Germany

Director: Julie Boehm
Nomination: Best Visual/Special Effects—Marc Zimmermann

In Your Place

In Your Place

Italy

Director: Giuseppe Carleo
Nomination: Best Screenplay—Giuseppe Carleo and Riccardo Cannella

Sisak

Sisak

India

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

iRony

iRony

Australia

Director: Radheya Jegatheva

Pulled Strings

Pulled Strings

Calgary, Alberta

Director: Vicki Van Chau
Nomination: Best Overall Sound—Rachel Soong, Valerie Siu

Abracadavers

Abracadavers

Calgary, Alberta

Director: Morgan Ermter

Boxed

Boxed

United States

Director: Wanjiru Njendu

CC

CC

Vancouver, BC

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

Cold Storage

Cold Storage

Finland

Director: Thomas Freundlich

Aquarium

Aquarium

Italy

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

Monuments

Monuments

Calgary, Alberta

Director: Lincoln Constable

The Traffic Separating Device

The Traffic Separating Device

Sweden

Director: Johan Palmgren

Trapped

Trapped

Edmonton, Alberta

Director: Adriel Rosenfeldt

Burqa City

Burqa City

France

Director: Bracq Fabrice

The Moustache

The Moustache

Edmonton, Alberta

Director: Michael Schaar-Ney

Are You Volleyball?!

Are You Volleyball?!

Iran

Director: Mohammad Bakhshi
Nomainations: Best Picture and Best Screenplay—Mohammad Bakhshi

Love

Love

Okotoks, Alberta

Director: Chantal Kapiniak

Outpost

Outpost

United States

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

Voice

Voice

Japan

Director: Takeshi Kushida
Nomination: Best Overall Sound—Murakamix

Live, Learn, Dance

Live, Learn, Dance

Calgary, Alberta

Director: Chengis Javeri

Irsendwer (Someone)

Irsendwer (Someone)

Germany

Director: Marco Gadge
Nominations: Best Cinematography—Niklas J Hoffmann and Best Editing—Rene Jacob

I Am Rare

I Am Rare

Edmonton, Alberta

Director: Dianne Mahoney

Alternative Math

Alternative Math

United States

Director: David Maddox
Nomination: Best Screenplay—David Maddox, Malcolm Morrison

Sea at Night

Sea at Night

Germany

Director: Kim Fabienne Hertinger
Nomination: Best Performance—Peter Kotthaus

Jackrabbit

Jackrabbit

Australia

Director: Alex Feggans
Nomination: Best Editing

The Holy Tank

The Holy Tank

Ontario

Director: Thomas Rodrigue


TwistedReels

Nepenthes

Nepenthes

Vancouver

Director: Ariel Hansen

The Last Drop

The Last Drop

Germany

Director: Sascha Zimmermann

Five Course Meal

Five Course Meal

Edmonton, Alberta

Director: James Cadden
Nomination: Best Special/ Visual Effects—Brendan James Boyd

The Woodsmen

The Woodsmen

Belleville, Ontario

Director: Victor Cooper and Jodi Cooper

Samantha

Samantha

Toronto, Ontario

Director: Sebastian Ponton

Good Morning World

Good Morning World

Austria

Director: Alexander Weber

Little White Lies

Little White Lies

Okotoks, Alberta

Director: Dave Elder and Craig Nolin

The Photographer

The Photographer

France

Director: Bertrand Normand

Bagheera

Bagheera

India

Director: Christopher Watson


KinderReels

The Girl Who Talked to the Moon

The Girl Who Talked to the Moon

Edmonton, Alberta

Director: Neil Grahn

Big Booom

Big Booom

Russia

Director: Marat Narimanov

A Typical Fairytale

A Typical Fairytale

Vancouver, BC

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

No Gravity

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

The Metamorphosis of a Bottle Cap

Canada

Director: Kathryn Jankowski
Nomination: Art Direction—Kathryn Jankowski

William's Words

William's Words

United States

Directors: Donna Guthrie, Colin W. Guthrie

Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Edmonton, Alberta

Director: Justin Kueber

Tailored

Tailored

France

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

Pinchpot

Pinchpot

Australia

Director: Greg Holfeld

Death-in-Training

Death-in-Training

Okotoks, Alberta

Director: Shawna Koski
Nomination: Best Animation