This year featured a great mix of in person screenings, on-demand content online, a special celebration of German films, and even a couple VR films in the theater lobby!
We had a great time being part of this festival with our doc, Sensei! The organizers were enthusiastic and fun and there were lots of options for getting involved. Thank you to the OFF for putting on such a great festival!
– Jill Roberts, 2022
Excellent festival – great communication and very nice people. Also very respectful to filmmakers.
– Jenna Bailey, 2022
Award Winners

Time to Vote
Best Picture
Santiago Requejo Lopez-Mateos

Almost Unreal
Best Animation
Eve de Montbrial, Léa Vasselle-Bossy, Margaux Kempff, Grégoire Deranville, Ambre Jacques, Eléonore Chaumont, Alexis Descamps

The Handyman
Audience Choice
Director: Nicholas Clifford

One Seven Nine
Documentary
Sam Bechtel, Alexa Gilker, Erik Johnson, Jessica Janzen Olstad, and Cody Giles

Bad News
Best Screenplay
Santiago Cardelús Ruiz-Alberdi, Pablo Manchado Cascón

CATARINA
Best Editing
Denis Camelin

Cuckoo!
Best Art Direction
Lotte Loos

Golden Minutes
Best Cinematography
Vytautas Katkus

The Handyman
Best Performance
Alison Whyte

Shark
Visual Effects
Paul Katte + Vick Nicolaou Make Up Effects Group, Studio Blackbird, and Double Barrel

Hunger
Best Overall Sound
Lex Ortega, Lex Ortega
2022 Feature Films

One Seven Nine
Okotoks, Alberta
Director: Sam Bechtel
Nomination: Best Documentary

SWEET DISASTER
Germany
Director: Laura Lehmus
Nomination: Best Editing, Best Art Direction

Abducted
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: Daniel Foreman

Jim Button and the Wild 13
Germany
Director: Dennis Gansel
Country Highlight: Germany

Reise nach Nirgendwo
Germany
Director: Thomas Scherer

Interstate 8
Germany
Director: Anne Thieme

Endless Pain
Germany
Director: Natalie Lehnart

CTRL_R
Germany
Director: Maria Kobzeva

Searching for the Perfect Gentleman (Sub Eng)
Germany
Director: Lena Windisch

THE THIRD KING
Germany
Director: CHRISTOPH OLIVER STRUNCK
Nomination: Best Art Direction
General Reels

Memory Makers
Canada
Director: Mark Pagliaroli
Nomination: Best Animation

CUCKOO!
Netherlands
Director: JÖRGEN SCHOLTENS
Nomination: Best Art Direction

Work it Class!
Spain
Director: Pol Diggler
Nomination: Best Overall Sound

The Best Orchestra in the World
Austria
Director: Henning Backhaus
Nomination: Best Overall Sound

SWÄN SØNG
Norway
Director: Daniel Christophersen

THE YELLOW DRESS
Ireland
Director: DEBORAH GRIMES

All the Days of Summer are Sad
Spain
Director: Estefania Ortiz

Rerouted
Canada
Director: Kelsey Andries, Noah Fallis

Go! Capitaine
France
Director: Pierre-Loup Docteur

The Guardian | The Orbs' Archive
Canada
Director: Aaron Glanfield
Nomination: Best Special and Visual Effects

Pain
New Zeland
Director: Anna Rose Duckworth

Almost Unreal
France
Director: Eve de Montbrial, Léa Vasselle-Bossy, Margaux Kempff, Grégoire Deranville, Ambre Jacques, Eléonore Chaumont, Alexis Descamps
Nomination: Best Animation

WHITE EYE
Israel
Director: TOMER SHUSHAN
Nomination: Best Picture and Best Cinematography

The Handyman
Australia
Director: Nicholas Clifford
Nomination: Best Picture and Best Performance

TIME TO VOTE
Spain
Director: SANTIAGO REQUEJO LOPEZ-MATEOS
Nomination: Best Picture and Best Screenplay

The Renters
Calgary/Okotoks, Alberta
Director: David Elder

The Statue (Peykareh)
Iran
Director: Mohsen Salehi Fard

Open Mic at the Comedy Cabaret
Alberta
Director: Gianna Isabella

SHARK
Australia
Director: Nash Edgerton
Nomination: Best Visual and Special Effects

Golden Minutes
Lithuania
Director: Saulius Baradinskas
Nomination: Best Cinematography
TwistedReels

Hunger
Mexico
Director: Carlos Meléndez
Nomination: Best Overall Sound

A conversation with E
Canada
Director: Esabella Anna Karena Strickland, Taylor Mitchell, Skylar A

PERSONAE
France
Director: Rémy Rondeau
Nomination: Best Performance

Hunter's Cabin
Canada
Director: N’cee van Heerden

Part Forever
Tiawan
Director: Alan Chung-An, Ou
Nomination: Best Cinematography

Giraffe
Canada
Director: Dan Nicholls

The Taxi Dead
Germany
Director: Simon Lahm
Nomination: Best Visual and Special Effects
KinderReels

Early Birds
Alberta
Director: Cole Stevenson

Sumpter
Australia
Director: Alice Jao
Nomination: Best Animation

Georgina
Brazil
Director: Carolina Batista

Cooking with Kyssara
Edmonton, Alberta
Director: Anne Mueller
Documentaries

Sensei
Calgary, Alberta
Director: Jill Roberts
Nomination: Best Documentary

The Nightwalk
France
Director: Adriano Valerio

Black Lives in Alberta: Over a Century of Racial Injustice Continues
Canada
Director: Jenna Bailey

Pacing the Pool
Australia
Director: Radheya Jegatheva

Spirit of A Nation: The Places we Belong
Canada
Director: Brandon Wilson

In the Jumpseat with Jacqueline
Canada
Director: Jacqueline Clements, Bill Clements
On Demand

On Demand Feature - Shoveling Pixie Dust: a Memoir
United States
Director: Tim Landry
Nomination: Best Documentary

Cabbages & Kings
Director: Tim Landry

CATARINA
France
Director: Pierre AMSTUTZ ROCH
Nomination: Best Editing

A Unicorn in Tel Aviv
Israel
Director: Zohar Ballas
Nomination: Best Screenplay

Shutter Gun
Iran
Director: Ramin Rastad
Nomination: Best Editing

Solitude
Brazil
Director: Tami Martins, Aron Miranda

Frames
Canada
Director: Farhad Pakdel

Babaou
France
Director: Alexandra Mignien

Bad News
Spain
Director: Santiago Cardelús Ruiz-Alberdi, Pablo Manchado Cascón
Nomination: Best Screenplay and Best Performance

And In My Dream
Israel
Director: Matan Portnoy
Virtual Reality

Chasing Dreams - 360
Alberta
Director: Maciej Hatta

Space Chase with Spot!
United States
Director: Ryan Rogers