#FIRSTLOOK: 2022 REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED

This year the Reelworld Film Festival is proud to award $25,000 in cash to the Outstanding Feature Film and $10,000 in cash to the Outstanding Short Film, along with 13 additional cash and in-kind awards. Presenters at this year’s awards ceremony were racially diverse actors from Canadian film and television: Aason Nadjiwon, Athena Park, Thomas Antony Olajide, Cihang Ma, Supinder Wraich, Adam Swain, Samantha Walkes, Nicole Munoz, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Praneet Akilla, Aiza Ntibarikure, Lily Gao, Karen LeBlanc and Chantel Riley. 

Reelworld would like to thank DGC National, WIFT-Toronto, Entertainment Partners Canada, Chargefield, AstroLab Studios, Lenz Rental and Asian Television Network for their generous contributions towards these festival awards.

The jurors for this year’s awards are: TJ Cuthand, an experimental/narrative filmmaker; David Cormican, Co-Founder and President of Don Carmody Television & Head of Production, Mogul Productions; Phil Planta, filmmaker, film instructor, and VFX artist; Pedro Díaz, director; and Nicole Mendes, VP of Scripted Development at Lark Productions.

The 2022 Reelworld Film Festival Awards Show aired on Reelworld’s YouTube channel at 3pm EST on October 18th followed by the Reelspeak: Award of Excellence Interview at 4.30pm EST and the Reelspeak: Visionary Award Interview at 5:30pm EST.

The 2022 Reelworld Film Festival Award Recipients are:

Outstanding Actor in a Short Film:
Recipient: Gitz Crazyboy, Peace Pipeline
Prize: $750 cash

Outstanding Actress in a Short Film:
Recipient: Nicole Nwokolo, I Remember Footprints in the Snow
Prize: $750 cash and a one-year membership to WIFT-Toronto

Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film:
Recipient: Cardi Wong, Golden Delicious
Prize: $1000 cash

Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film:
Recipient: Jayne Kamara, Bite of a Mango
Prize: $1000 cash and a one-year membership to WIFT-Toronto

Outstanding Cinematographer for a Short Film:
Recipient: Gabriela Osio Vanden, Saturday Fuego Diablo
Prize: $750 cash and free equipment rental from Lenz Rental

Outstanding Cinematographer for Feature Film:
Recipient: Kaveh Nabatian, Kite Zo A
Prize: $1000 cash

Outstanding Producer for a Short Film:
Recipient: Amir Zargara, More Than Hair
Prize: $750 cash and a 1-year subscription of Movie Magic Scheduling from Entertainment Partners Canada

Outstanding Producer for a Feature Film:
Recipient: Ivan Madeira, Pattern
Prize: $1000 cash and a free day of studio space with all-inclusive gear package from AstroLab Studios

Outstanding Writer for a Short Film:
Recipient: Tesh Guttikonda, Mom vs Machine
Prize: $750 cash and a 1-year subscription of Movie Magic Budgeting from Entertainment Partners Canada

Outstanding Writer for a Feature Film:
Recipient: Gorrman Lee, Golden Delicious
Prize: $1000 cash

Outstanding Director for a Short Film:
Recipient: Alireza Kazemipour, Split Ends
Prize: $750 cash and a free movie poster design consultation from Chargefield

Outstanding Director for a Feature Film:
Recipient: Jason Karman, Golden Delicious
Prize: $1000 cash

Outstanding Short Film Award:
Recipient: Cazhhmere Downey, I Remember Footprints in the Snow
Prize: $10,000 cash

Outstanding Feature Film Award:
Recipient: Jason Karman, Golden Delicious
Prize: $25,000 cash

Audience Choice Award
Recipient: Bite of a Mango
Prize: $1000 cash and a day of studio space at Asian Television Network Studios

In addition, Reelworld Screen Institute presented the following awards honouring outstanding individuals in the Canadian screen industry:

Visionary Award: Nick Davis, Executive Director of Equity and Inclusion at CBC
Award of Excellence: Jennifer Podemski, producer and actor

Trailblazer Awards: Barbara Lee, filmmaker and founder of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival; Joel Oulette, actor; Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, director and screenwriter; Shant Joshi, producer; Sonya Carey, animator; Jorge Camarotti, photographer and filmmaker.

Learn more about the ReelWorld Film Festival here.