WINNERS ANNOUNCED SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10th - 7PM
STAIRCASE THEATRE, 27 DUNDURN ST. N

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TRULY INDEPENDENT AWARD
CHER OBEDIAH

Cher Obediah in an HFF Alumni filmmaker, and a teacher in the Kids Can Film camps. She participates with so much enthusiasm and has been so gracious with her time, helping to promote and spread the word about the Hamilton Film Festival. We are honoured to name you as the TRULY INDEPENDENT award winner! 

Previous recipients: Steve Parton, Sharon Borbill, (Colette Kendall, Hugh McLeod, Kathy Garneau), Eves Raja, Craig F. Watkins, Ken Turner, Robert Ezergailis, Katie and Joanne Uhlmann 

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2019 FILM AWARD WINNERS
Truly Independent
CHER OBEDIAH
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Sparquie The Squirrel
FILTH
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Emerging
DIRT ASH MEAT
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best SFX
BARNEY BURMAN’S WILD BOAR
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Sound
THOMAS RYDER PAYNE - 7A
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Music
ADRIAN ELLIS - THE MUSIC OF MADNESS
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Editing
MICHAEL PIERRO - THE LAST PORNO SHOW
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Cinematography
SETH WESSEL-ESTES, LAST CALL
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Actor
TONY BURGESS - TO HELL WITH HARVEY
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Actress
SARAH BOOTH - LAST CALL
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Screenplay
WHO YOU KNOW
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Documentary
KAMALI
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Short
TWO BALLOONS
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Best Feature
LAST CALL
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

Jury Choice
Forêt noire
14th Annual Hamilton Film Festival

WINNING SCRIPTS
Sponsored by InkTip
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1st Place - For a Good Life
by Natalia Maslin 

2nd  Place - Incarnations
by Albert M. Chan 

3rd Place - Urraca
by Eva Everett Irving 

SEMI FINALISTS
August
by Matthew Charof 

Erased
by Camille & Ambrealys Huot-Petonnet-Vincent 

The Script
by Mitchell Sullivan 

Shutdown
by Joel Cousins 

Skinned
by Carlos Perez 

Stalker Friends
by Andrea Holz 

Urraca
by Eva Everett Irving 

FILM CHALLENGE FILMS
​Sponsored by Picture Perfect Package and Hamilton Film Studios

1st place - Beat Nick
Michael Penny

2nd place - The Genie
Paul Maxwell

3rd place - Christopher Smith
A Pumpkin Take

CONTESTANTS
Backstreet

A Pumpkin Tale

The Genie

Beat Nick

The Getaway

Simple Life

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FILM NOMINEES

BEST FEATURE
Last Call
The Last Porno Show
Who You Know

BEST SHORT
Two Balloons
7A
Flight of the Dodo

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Kamali
The Mayor of Comedy
MSd with the Wrong Girl

BEST SCREENPLAY
Who You Know - Jake Horowitz
Speak Your Mind - Cyrus Baetz
The Last Porno Show - Kire Paputts

BEST ACTRESS
Sarah Booth - Last Call
Pascale Montpetit - Forêt noire
Niamh Wilson - Who You Know

BEST ACTOR
Tony  Burgess - To Hell With Harvey
Nathanael Chadwick - The Last Porno Show
Daved Wilkins - Last Call

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Last Call - Seth Wessel-Estes
The Last Porno Show - James Klopko
Erin - Dylan Chapgier

BEST EDITING
Such A Small Thing - Nancy Gidman-LaTorraca
The Last Porno Show - Michael Pierro
Theo and Celeste - Stewart Arnott 

BEST MUSIC
The Music of Madness - Adrian Ellis
Last Call - Adrian Ellis
The Last Porno Show - Devon Goldberg

BEST SOUND
7A - THOMAS RYDER PAYNE
Foret noire - Christian Rivest
Wild Boar - Bill Holmes Jr.

BEST SFX
Barney Burman’s Wild Boar
Two Balloons
Theo and Celeste
Robot Attack

BEST EMERGING or STUDENT
Dirt Ash Meat
Two Balloons
Father By Law

SPARQUIE THE SQUIRREL AWARD
Filth
Your Last Day On Earth
Cold Storage