2015 Awards

Sunday December 6th 2015 Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street 8:30 pm FREE ADMISSION At the end of the festival, awards will be given in 8 different categories at a special closing ceremony. ARLINGTON FIVE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD  – A gift certificate for $50 at Arlington Five Coffee House Nominees:  – Studies on Hysteria – Tentative d’épuisement d’un lieu parisien – A Day in the Sun – The Five Minute Museum – The Seagull – The Last Resort Winner: The Last Resort lastresort4
DAWG FM BEST MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM AWARD  – A DAWG FM t-shirt – A SAW Video t-shirt – A copy of the Video Handbook, courtesy of SAW Video – A Cultural Engineering tote bag by SAW Video featuring a poem by Vera Wabegijig – A ticket to Artengine’s “Future Making,” a symposium on fine craft and digital fabrication technologies (May 2016) Nominees:  – Tashi and the Monk – Abgehauen – The Dum Dum Capitol of the World – Forever Professor Winner: Forever Professor foreverprof 1-edit
WILF & ADA’S BEST FEATURE FILM AWARD  – A gift certificate for $100 at Wilf & Ada’s Scratch Diner Winner: – Lost Conquest lostconquest-edit
THE POMEROY HOUSE BEST DIRECTOR AWARD  – A gift certificate for $75 at The Pomeroy House Nominees:  – M. Louis Gordon (Girl in the Chair) – Alysha Seriani (Soak) – Ali Aschman (Elsewhere, the Survivors) – Matthieu Hallé (Imitation) – Shelley Dodson (Animal Landscape) – Raquel Claudino (Sing the Sand Into Pearls) Winner:  Alysha Seriani (Soak) Soak still alt
CHUO BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD  – A large-format limited edition CHUO poster – Hearing protection by EarPeace – A pair of CHUO sunglasses – A CHUO hand-screened t-shirt – A selection of music Nominees:  – Studies on Hysteria – Abgehauen – The Last Resort – Tracing Blood – Bedtime Stories – Une bonne affaire Winner: Tracing Blood Tracing Blood Still 4 - clocks
GALERIE SAW GALLERY BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD  – Limited edition tote bag by Annie Pootoogook – Limited edition t-shirt by Greg Hill – Signed limited edition print by Michael DeForge – A selection of art publications Nominees:  – Daphne Shum (Thought Jams) – Sharon Mansur (Variation on Residue) – Heide Simon (The Late Bird) – Catherine Steadman (The Pig Child) – Lucas Brouillard (The Seagull) – Katrina Bray (Joan) Winner: Sharon Mansur (Variation on Residue) residue-screen2
THE SHALLOWBROOK GROUP BEST LOCAL FILM AWARD  – A gift certificate for $50 at Muckelston & Brockwell Fine Butchery – A gift certificate for $50 at ZaZaZa Pizza Nominees:  – Bedtime Stories – The Routes – Radical Face – We All Go the Same – Joan – Henny’s Opus in B minor – The Lion Winner: Joan Joan_CU
OTTAWA RICKSHAWS AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD  – A voucher for an hour-long rickshaw tour for up to 3 people – 1 free night of accommodation at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Ottawa The Audience Choice Award lets you cast your vote for your favourite film of the festival! Winner: Jurassic Park IV (According to an Eight-Year-Old) jpivstill1  

At the end of the festival, awards will be given in 8 different categories at a special closing ceremony.

ARLINGTON FIVE BEST SHORT FILM

Nominees: 
– Studies on Hysteria
– Tentative d’épuisement d’un lieu parisien
– A Day in the Sun
– The Five Minute Museum
– The Seagull
– The Last Resort

 

Prizes:
– A gift certificate for $50 at Arlington Five Coffee House

Winner:
The Last Resort

 

DAWG FM BEST MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM

Winner:
Forever Professor

 

Nominees: 
– Tashi and the Monk
– Abgehauen
– The Dum Dum Capitol of the World
– Forever Professor

 

Prizes:
– A DAWG FM t-shirt
– A SAW Video t-shirt
– A copy of the Video Handbook, courtesy of SAW Video
– A Cultural Engineering tote bag by SAW Video featuring a poem by Vera Wabegijig
– A ticket to Artengine’s “Future Making,” a symposium on fine craft and digital fabrication technologies (May 2016)

WILF & ADA’S BEST FEATURE FILM

Prizes:
– A gift certificate for $100 at Wilf & Ada’s Scratch Diner

Winner:
Lost Conquest

 

THE POMEROY HOUSE BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: 
Alysha Seriani (Soak)

 

Nominees: 
– M. Louis Gordon (Girl in the Chair)
– Alysha Seriani (Soak)
– Ali Aschman (Elsewhere, the Survivors)
– Matthieu Hallé (Imitation)
– Shelley Dodson (Animal Landscape)
– Raquel Claudino (Sing the Sand Into Pearls)

 

Prizes:
– A gift certificate for $75 at The Pomeroy House

CHUO BEST SCREENPLAY

Nominees: 
– Studies on Hysteria
– Abgehauen
– The Last Resort
– Tracing Blood
– Bedtime Stories
– Une bonne affaire

 

Prizes:
– A large-format limited edition CHUO poster
– Hearing protection by EarPeace
– A pair of CHUO sunglasses
– A CHUO hand-screened t-shirt
– A selection of music

Winner:
Tracing Blood

 

GALERIE SAW GALLERY BEST PERFORMANCE

Winner:
Sharon Mansur (Variation on Residue)

 

Nominees: 
– Daphne Shum (Thought Jams)
– Sharon Mansur (Variation on Residue)
– Heide Simon (The Late Bird)
– Catherine Steadman (The Pig Child)
– Lucas Brouillard (The Seagull)
– Katrina Bray (Joan)

 

Prizes:
– Limited edition tote bag by Annie Pootoogook
– Limited edition t-shirt by Greg Hill
– Signed limited edition print by Michael DeForge
– A selection of art publications

THE SHALLOWBROOK GROUP BEST LOCAL FILM

Nominees: 
– Bedtime Stories
– The Routes
– Radical Face – We All Go the Same
– Joan
– Henny’s Opus in B minor
– The Lion

 

Prizes:
– A gift certificate for $50 at Muckelston & Brockwell Fine Butchery
– A gift certificate for $50 at ZaZaZa Pizza

Winner:
Joan

 

OTTAWA RICKSHAWS AUDIENCE CHOICE

Winner:
Jurassic Park IV (According to an Eight-Year-Old)

 

The Audience Choice Award lets you cast your vote for your favourite film of the festival!

 

Prizes:
– A voucher for an hour-long rickshaw tour for up to 3 people
– 1 free night of accommodation at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Ottawa