2017 AWARDS AND NOMINEES
JURY CHOICE
Best Feature
Best Short
Best Documentary
Best Screenplay (Film)
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Music
Best FX
Best Student
Sprague The Squirrel
Truly Independent
Best Feature
Best Short
Best Documentary
Best Screenplay (Film)
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Music
Best FX
Best Student
Sprague The Squirrel
Truly Independent
2016 AWARDS AND NOMINEES
JURY CHOICE (Selected by Terrance Oddette) - THE OPEN
Hear Me
Nelly
The Open
Vive La Mort
Under The Sun
Whale Valley
Best Feature - SECOND SPRING
Generation Wolf
Hear The Silence
Milton's Secret
Second Spring
Under The Sun
Vive La Mort
Best Short - NELLY
A Bumpy Ride
Footprints
Nelly
No Matter Who
Stir
Whale Valley
Best Documentary - KEN FOSTER
24x36
Calling Occupants
Ken Foster
Pretty Dangerous
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
Restoring Tomorrow
Best Screenplay (Film Submission) - Vive Le Mort (Thomas A. Welte)
Hear Me (Nicolas Coquet)
Just Desserts (Michael Yanny / Adam Baroukh)
No Matter Who (Anne-Claire Jaulin)
The Paper Store (Nicholas Gray)
Second Spring (Francesco Calogero)
Vive Le Mort (Thomas A. Welte)
Best Screenplay (Script Submission)
Affair of the Poisons - #1
The Interlude
The Last Viking
The Nihilistic Mirror #3
Submerged #2
Best Actress - Karen Allen (Year By The Sea)
Antonella Lenauer (Nelly)
Karen Allen (Year By The Sea)
Loise Prévost (Hear Me)
Maia Levasseur-Costil (The Open)
Mia Kirshner (Milton's Secret)
Michaela Spanle(Vive Le Mort)
Best Actor- Adrian Țofei (Be My Cat)
Claudio Botosso (Second Spring)
Jaspal Binning (Occupy Me)
Keigian Umi Tang (The Lockpicker)
Nicols Cazale (Age of Unreason)
Tim Engemann (Vive Le Mort)
Best Cinematography - Hear the Silence (Ludwig Franz)
The Family (Shumin Liu)
Hear the Silence (Ludwig Franz)
Milton's Secret (Ray Dumas)
Nelly (Mario Minichmayr)
Scratch (Demitri Protelli)
Whale Valley (Gunnar Auounn Johannsson)
Best Editing - Under The Sun (Ivan Gorb)
Calling Occupants (Mitch Fillion)
Ken Foster (Josh Laner)
Kryo (Helmar Jungmann)
No Matter Who (Julie Lena)
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever ( Barry Poltermann)
Under The Sun (Ivan Gorb)
Best Music (Film Submission) - Year By The Sea (Alexander Janko)
Sponsored by Blue Pick Media & SOUNDTRACK on 93.3 CFMUAidos (Rhian Sheehan)
A Bumpy Ride (Corey Wallace / Jeff Tinsley)
Hear the Silence (Tim Stanzel / Eike Hosenfeld / Tonburo GmbH)
Nelly (Karwan Marouf)
Scratch (Erica Procunier)
Year By The Sea (Alexander Janko)
Best Music (Music Submission) - The Dragon Apprentice (Andreas Häberlin)
Sponsored by Blue Pick Media & SOUNDTRACK on 93.3 CFMUSync
The Dragon Apprentice (Andreas Häberlin)
Drown or Swim (Aleah Morrison-Basu)
The Keys (Joe Hoster)
Picture
El Mago (Ana Rodriguez)
Three The Movie (Roberto Salvalaio)
My Baba's Kitchen (Lemko Bluegrass Band)
Best Student - A Bumpy Ride
Sponsored by the Hamilton SpectatorArt of a Lost Trade
A Bumpy Ride
If We Must Die
Kryo
Ruth's Great Escape
Toaster
Sparquie the Squirrel - Little Dougie
In honour of the squirrel who blew out the transformer during our Gala in 2011.
Sparquie didn't make it but lives on through this electrifying award! Beat Around the Bush
First Round Down
Kaddish
Little Dougie
Orange You Gonna Dance With Me
Peelers
Hear Me
Nelly
The Open
Vive La Mort
Under The Sun
Whale Valley
Best Feature - SECOND SPRING
Generation Wolf
Hear The Silence
Milton's Secret
Second Spring
Under The Sun
Vive La Mort
Best Short - NELLY
A Bumpy Ride
Footprints
Nelly
No Matter Who
Stir
Whale Valley
Best Documentary - KEN FOSTER
24x36
Calling Occupants
Ken Foster
Pretty Dangerous
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
Restoring Tomorrow
Best Screenplay (Film Submission) - Vive Le Mort (Thomas A. Welte)
Hear Me (Nicolas Coquet)
Just Desserts (Michael Yanny / Adam Baroukh)
No Matter Who (Anne-Claire Jaulin)
The Paper Store (Nicholas Gray)
Second Spring (Francesco Calogero)
Vive Le Mort (Thomas A. Welte)
Best Screenplay (Script Submission)
Affair of the Poisons - #1
The Interlude
The Last Viking
The Nihilistic Mirror #3
Submerged #2
Best Actress - Karen Allen (Year By The Sea)
Antonella Lenauer (Nelly)
Karen Allen (Year By The Sea)
Loise Prévost (Hear Me)
Maia Levasseur-Costil (The Open)
Mia Kirshner (Milton's Secret)
Michaela Spanle(Vive Le Mort)
Best Actor- Adrian Țofei (Be My Cat)
Claudio Botosso (Second Spring)
Jaspal Binning (Occupy Me)
Keigian Umi Tang (The Lockpicker)
Nicols Cazale (Age of Unreason)
Tim Engemann (Vive Le Mort)
Best Cinematography - Hear the Silence (Ludwig Franz)
The Family (Shumin Liu)
Hear the Silence (Ludwig Franz)
Milton's Secret (Ray Dumas)
Nelly (Mario Minichmayr)
Scratch (Demitri Protelli)
Whale Valley (Gunnar Auounn Johannsson)
Best Editing - Under The Sun (Ivan Gorb)
Calling Occupants (Mitch Fillion)
Ken Foster (Josh Laner)
Kryo (Helmar Jungmann)
No Matter Who (Julie Lena)
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever ( Barry Poltermann)
Under The Sun (Ivan Gorb)
Best Music (Film Submission) - Year By The Sea (Alexander Janko)
Sponsored by Blue Pick Media & SOUNDTRACK on 93.3 CFMUAidos (Rhian Sheehan)
A Bumpy Ride (Corey Wallace / Jeff Tinsley)
Hear the Silence (Tim Stanzel / Eike Hosenfeld / Tonburo GmbH)
Nelly (Karwan Marouf)
Scratch (Erica Procunier)
Year By The Sea (Alexander Janko)
Best Music (Music Submission) - The Dragon Apprentice (Andreas Häberlin)
Sponsored by Blue Pick Media & SOUNDTRACK on 93.3 CFMUSync
The Dragon Apprentice (Andreas Häberlin)
Drown or Swim (Aleah Morrison-Basu)
The Keys (Joe Hoster)
Picture
El Mago (Ana Rodriguez)
Three The Movie (Roberto Salvalaio)
My Baba's Kitchen (Lemko Bluegrass Band)
Best Student - A Bumpy Ride
Sponsored by the Hamilton SpectatorArt of a Lost Trade
A Bumpy Ride
If We Must Die
Kryo
Ruth's Great Escape
Toaster
Sparquie the Squirrel - Little Dougie
In honour of the squirrel who blew out the transformer during our Gala in 2011.
Sparquie didn't make it but lives on through this electrifying award! Beat Around the Bush
First Round Down
Kaddish
Little Dougie
Orange You Gonna Dance With Me
Peelers
Truly Independent 2016 Recipients: Kathy Garneau, Hugh MacLeod and Colette Kendall A.K.A. The Staircase Theatre!
Withough the Staircase Theatre, there would be no Hamilton Film Festival. From the moment Kathy helped load in a Puppet Show in the early Millennium right up until the last day of the festival this year, The Staircase has had a massive influence on how this event is run. They give so much to the arts community and ask for very little in return. They are truly independent and are incredibly deserving of this award!
Withough the Staircase Theatre, there would be no Hamilton Film Festival. From the moment Kathy helped load in a Puppet Show in the early Millennium right up until the last day of the festival this year, The Staircase has had a massive influence on how this event is run. They give so much to the arts community and ask for very little in return. They are truly independent and are incredibly deserving of this award!
TRULY INDEPENDENT AWARD 2015
Katie & Joanne Uhlmann
Katie and Joanne Uhlmann: The 10th Annual Hamilton Film Festival is honoured to present the Truly Independent 2015 Award to Katie & Joanne Uhlmann. Covering the festival since 2010 through the interview shows TTN-HD and Katie Chats, their interview coverage and tireless social media promotion has boosted the profile of the festival and they have celebrated our filmmakers like no other news reporters in Canada. We are also very pleased to showcase Katie’s short work PYRAMID SCREAM, Friday Nov 6th at 7pm. A well deserved award for an amazing Mother-Daughter team! We are very proud of all your accomplishments and look forward to what the future holds for you both!
Pictured (Left, Joanne Uhlmann - Right, Katie Uhlmann)
Past recipients include Eves Raja(2011), Craig F Watkins(2012), Ken Turner(2013), Bob Ezergailis(2014)
The Truly Independent Award is an award given to someone who truly celebrates the spirit of the Hamilton Film Festival through a body of unique work on our screens, who act as independent champions of the festival and for those who encourage others to participate in our annual event.
Katie and Joanne Uhlmann: The 10th Annual Hamilton Film Festival is honoured to present the Truly Independent 2015 Award to Katie & Joanne Uhlmann. Covering the festival since 2010 through the interview shows TTN-HD and Katie Chats, their interview coverage and tireless social media promotion has boosted the profile of the festival and they have celebrated our filmmakers like no other news reporters in Canada. We are also very pleased to showcase Katie’s short work PYRAMID SCREAM, Friday Nov 6th at 7pm. A well deserved award for an amazing Mother-Daughter team! We are very proud of all your accomplishments and look forward to what the future holds for you both!
Pictured (Left, Joanne Uhlmann - Right, Katie Uhlmann)
Past recipients include Eves Raja(2011), Craig F Watkins(2012), Ken Turner(2013), Bob Ezergailis(2014)
The Truly Independent Award is an award given to someone who truly celebrates the spirit of the Hamilton Film Festival through a body of unique work on our screens, who act as independent champions of the festival and for those who encourage others to participate in our annual event.
2015 NOMINEES & RECIPIENTS
JURY CHOICE - THERE SHOULD BE RULES
TRULY INDEPENDENT
Recipient - Katie and Joanne Uhlmann
Sponsored by Picture Perfect Package
BEST FEATURE - THE RAINBOW KID
The Bad Mother
Fall
Project-M
The Rainbow Kid
There Should Be Rules
Sponsored by Mountain Hyundai
BEST SHORT - LETTERBOX
End Of Season Sale
Lashes
Letterbox
Parklife
The Rooster
BEST DOCUMENTARY - CIRCUS WITHOUT BORDERS
7 Days in Syria
Circus Without Borders
Dark Horse Candidate
The Guy With The Knife
Spyk
BEST SCREENPLAY - PROJECT-M
Eli Glazer - End of Season Sale
Terrance Odette - Fall
Brian vonSchmidt - The Incredible Adventures of Jojo
Julien Deschamps Jolin, Eric Piccolo, Mario J. Ramos - Project-M
Linda Maria Birbeck - There Should Be Rules
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - ON THE HORIZON
Pascal Payant - On The Horizon
Kostas Gikas - Between Black and White
Adam Suschitzky - Counting Backwards
Semyon Yakovlev - The Rooster
Cedric Martinez - Project M
BEST EDITING - PROJECT-M
Ian Holliday - Backward Fall
Andrew Kukura - Circus Without Borders
Joel Miller - Counting Backwards
Brian S. - The Incredible Adventures of Jojo
Eric Piccoli, Mario J. Ramos - Project-M
BEST MUSIC - PROJECT-M
Guillaume Fortin - Project-M
Christine Bougie - The Rainbow Kid
Sela Alexander - Stealth
frank et le cosmos - Jupiter Applause
tokyosexwhale - Haiku 7:Pulse
Sponsored by Blue Pick Media & SOUNDTRACK on CFMU
BEST ACTRESS - SOPHIE LOWE
Sophie Lowe - Autumn Blood
Sarah Kapoor - The Bad Mother
Hetti Bywater - Counting Backwards
Charlie Lewington - Lashes
Anna Haggling - There Should Be Rules
BEST ACTOR - DYLAN HARMAN
Dylan Harman - The Rainbow Kid
Jean-Nicolas Verreault - Project-M
Nassim Si Ahmed - Night is Meant For Sleeping
Ran Danker - Underwater
Israel Gurion & Gedalia Besser - End of Season Sale
BEST STUDENT FILM - STEALTH
Backward Fall
Lashes
Pinky
Stealth
Studies on Hysteria
Sponsored by The Factory Media Centre
SPARQUIE THE SQUIRREL* - A WIZARD STOLE MY BABY
All You Do Is Shag
Disco Temple
Feeling Like Eric
That Bitch Becky
A Wizard Stole My Baby
*Awarded to the most electrifying film in the festival! In honour of the squirrel who ran over a transformer sending sparks everywhere, and knocking out the power during our Gala. The power came back on. Sparquie did not.
TRULY INDEPENDENT
Recipient - Katie and Joanne Uhlmann
Sponsored by Picture Perfect Package
BEST FEATURE - THE RAINBOW KID
The Bad Mother
Fall
Project-M
The Rainbow Kid
There Should Be Rules
Sponsored by Mountain Hyundai
BEST SHORT - LETTERBOX
End Of Season Sale
Lashes
Letterbox
Parklife
The Rooster
BEST DOCUMENTARY - CIRCUS WITHOUT BORDERS
7 Days in Syria
Circus Without Borders
Dark Horse Candidate
The Guy With The Knife
Spyk
BEST SCREENPLAY - PROJECT-M
Eli Glazer - End of Season Sale
Terrance Odette - Fall
Brian vonSchmidt - The Incredible Adventures of Jojo
Julien Deschamps Jolin, Eric Piccolo, Mario J. Ramos - Project-M
Linda Maria Birbeck - There Should Be Rules
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - ON THE HORIZON
Pascal Payant - On The Horizon
Kostas Gikas - Between Black and White
Adam Suschitzky - Counting Backwards
Semyon Yakovlev - The Rooster
Cedric Martinez - Project M
BEST EDITING - PROJECT-M
Ian Holliday - Backward Fall
Andrew Kukura - Circus Without Borders
Joel Miller - Counting Backwards
Brian S. - The Incredible Adventures of Jojo
Eric Piccoli, Mario J. Ramos - Project-M
BEST MUSIC - PROJECT-M
Guillaume Fortin - Project-M
Christine Bougie - The Rainbow Kid
Sela Alexander - Stealth
frank et le cosmos - Jupiter Applause
tokyosexwhale - Haiku 7:Pulse
Sponsored by Blue Pick Media & SOUNDTRACK on CFMU
BEST ACTRESS - SOPHIE LOWE
Sophie Lowe - Autumn Blood
Sarah Kapoor - The Bad Mother
Hetti Bywater - Counting Backwards
Charlie Lewington - Lashes
Anna Haggling - There Should Be Rules
BEST ACTOR - DYLAN HARMAN
Dylan Harman - The Rainbow Kid
Jean-Nicolas Verreault - Project-M
Nassim Si Ahmed - Night is Meant For Sleeping
Ran Danker - Underwater
Israel Gurion & Gedalia Besser - End of Season Sale
BEST STUDENT FILM - STEALTH
Backward Fall
Lashes
Pinky
Stealth
Studies on Hysteria
Sponsored by The Factory Media Centre
SPARQUIE THE SQUIRREL* - A WIZARD STOLE MY BABY
All You Do Is Shag
Disco Temple
Feeling Like Eric
That Bitch Becky
A Wizard Stole My Baby
*Awarded to the most electrifying film in the festival! In honour of the squirrel who ran over a transformer sending sparks everywhere, and knocking out the power during our Gala. The power came back on. Sparquie did not.
2014 WINNERS
JURY CHOICE The Caged Swallow
AUDIENCE CHOICE Massacre at Femur Creek
TRULY INDEPENDENT Robert Ezergailis
BEST FEATURE Homages
BEST SHORT Dead Hearts
BEST DOCUMENTARY Davids and Goliath
BEST ACTRESS Ewa Kustusz (The Caged Swallow)
BEST ACTOR Brandon Sim (Homages)
BEST SCREENPLAY Bryan Nagle (Homages)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Ernest Wilczyński (The Caged Swallow)
BEST EDITING Cecylia Pacura and Edyta Zajdlic (The Caged Swallow)
BEST MUSIC Russell Soares (Attack of the Gorilla)
BEST STUDENT The Cheater Day
SPARQUIE THE SQUIRREL Attack of the Gorilla
2013 WINNERS
JURY CHOICE Johnny Ghost
AUDIENCE CHOICE Guest House
TRULY INDEPENDENT Ken Turner
BEST FILM Bunker 6
BEST SHORT The Umbrella of Damocles
BEST DOCUMENTARY Alias
BEST ACTRESS Ashley Tredenick (Panic)
BEST ACTOR Erwin Van Cotthem(Umbrella of Damocles)
BEST SCREENPLAY Katie Boland (Sweetieface)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Peter O’Hara (Somnium)
BEST EDITING Jeffery Scott Fowler (Shelter)
BEST MUSIC Greg Moverley (Fisher Price Town)
BEST STUDENT Steven Myerschmidt Bites the Big One
SPARQUIE THE SQUIRREL Mr. Spontaneous
2012 AWARDS
JURY CHOICE "KARA" by Traolach O'Murchu
AUDIENCE CHOICE "PATHWAYS" by Dusty Mancinelli
TRULY INDEPENDENT Craig F. Watkins
BEST COMEDY "The Immigrant" by Josh and Robi Levy
BEST DRAMA "Waiting for Summer" by Senthil Vinu
BEST DOCUMENTARY "Broken Mike" by Michael Agostini
BEST MUSIC "Samuel Laflamme"
BEST ACTOR "Robert Nolan" The Devil Walks Among You
BEST ACTRESS "Virginia Leigh" Waiting for Summer
BEST ANIMATION "The Lady of Names" by Adam Ciolfi
BEST EXPERIMENTAL "Roachfar" by Steven Cerritos
BEST SCI-FI "Rewire" by David-James Fernandes
BEST STUDENT "What Happens Next" by Jenna Elzein
SPARQUIE the SQUIRREL "GUM" by Noam Sussman
2011 AWARDS
JURY CHOICE "ASYLUM" by Viki Posidis
AUDIENCE CHOICE "LUCKY 7"by Stephen Hayes
TRULY INDEPENDENT "Eves Raja"
BEST FEATURE "The Second Times of Troubles" by Erik Anderson
BEST DRAMA "The Bartender" by Adriano Valentini
BEST DOCUMENTARY "If I Should Fall" by Sean & Paul Culliton
BEST COMEDY "Behind the Camera" by Darryl Gold
BEST MUSIC “Rita Chiarelli” Music From the Big Houseby Rita Chiarelli
BEST EXPERIMENTAL "The Clone of Carl Jung" by Eves Raja
HAMMER SHORTS "Ubby: The Movie" by Mitch Theriault
BEST STUDENT "Det. Mark Waters" by Michael Laicini
2010 AWARDS JURY CHOICE "BEWARE PICKPOCKET" by Michael Laicini & David Amito
AUDIENCE CHOICE "SKINNING THE CAT" by Joseph Santa Barbara & Matthew Willson
2009 AWARDS JURY CHOICE "OMNIVAC" by J. Joly
AUDIENCE CHOICE "YARD SALE" by Ken Turner & Paul J. Boresky
JURY CHOICE The Caged Swallow
AUDIENCE CHOICE Massacre at Femur Creek
TRULY INDEPENDENT Robert Ezergailis
BEST FEATURE Homages
BEST SHORT Dead Hearts
BEST DOCUMENTARY Davids and Goliath
BEST ACTRESS Ewa Kustusz (The Caged Swallow)
BEST ACTOR Brandon Sim (Homages)
BEST SCREENPLAY Bryan Nagle (Homages)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Ernest Wilczyński (The Caged Swallow)
BEST EDITING Cecylia Pacura and Edyta Zajdlic (The Caged Swallow)
BEST MUSIC Russell Soares (Attack of the Gorilla)
BEST STUDENT The Cheater Day
SPARQUIE THE SQUIRREL Attack of the Gorilla
2013 WINNERS
JURY CHOICE Johnny Ghost
AUDIENCE CHOICE Guest House
TRULY INDEPENDENT Ken Turner
BEST FILM Bunker 6
BEST SHORT The Umbrella of Damocles
BEST DOCUMENTARY Alias
BEST ACTRESS Ashley Tredenick (Panic)
BEST ACTOR Erwin Van Cotthem(Umbrella of Damocles)
BEST SCREENPLAY Katie Boland (Sweetieface)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Peter O’Hara (Somnium)
BEST EDITING Jeffery Scott Fowler (Shelter)
BEST MUSIC Greg Moverley (Fisher Price Town)
BEST STUDENT Steven Myerschmidt Bites the Big One
SPARQUIE THE SQUIRREL Mr. Spontaneous
2012 AWARDS
JURY CHOICE "KARA" by Traolach O'Murchu
AUDIENCE CHOICE "PATHWAYS" by Dusty Mancinelli
TRULY INDEPENDENT Craig F. Watkins
BEST COMEDY "The Immigrant" by Josh and Robi Levy
BEST DRAMA "Waiting for Summer" by Senthil Vinu
BEST DOCUMENTARY "Broken Mike" by Michael Agostini
BEST MUSIC "Samuel Laflamme"
BEST ACTOR "Robert Nolan" The Devil Walks Among You
BEST ACTRESS "Virginia Leigh" Waiting for Summer
BEST ANIMATION "The Lady of Names" by Adam Ciolfi
BEST EXPERIMENTAL "Roachfar" by Steven Cerritos
BEST SCI-FI "Rewire" by David-James Fernandes
BEST STUDENT "What Happens Next" by Jenna Elzein
SPARQUIE the SQUIRREL "GUM" by Noam Sussman
2011 AWARDS
JURY CHOICE "ASYLUM" by Viki Posidis
AUDIENCE CHOICE "LUCKY 7"by Stephen Hayes
TRULY INDEPENDENT "Eves Raja"
BEST FEATURE "The Second Times of Troubles" by Erik Anderson
BEST DRAMA "The Bartender" by Adriano Valentini
BEST DOCUMENTARY "If I Should Fall" by Sean & Paul Culliton
BEST COMEDY "Behind the Camera" by Darryl Gold
BEST MUSIC “Rita Chiarelli” Music From the Big Houseby Rita Chiarelli
BEST EXPERIMENTAL "The Clone of Carl Jung" by Eves Raja
HAMMER SHORTS "Ubby: The Movie" by Mitch Theriault
BEST STUDENT "Det. Mark Waters" by Michael Laicini
2010 AWARDS JURY CHOICE "BEWARE PICKPOCKET" by Michael Laicini & David Amito
AUDIENCE CHOICE "SKINNING THE CAT" by Joseph Santa Barbara & Matthew Willson
2009 AWARDS JURY CHOICE "OMNIVAC" by J. Joly
AUDIENCE CHOICE "YARD SALE" by Ken Turner & Paul J. Boresky