Toronto Film School 2024 Film Festival Awards | Highlight Reel

Toronto's prestigious TIFF Lightbox hosted a day of student film screenings on May 16th, culminating in an awards ceremony celebrating their achievements. The festivities continued with an after-party, providing students with the opportunity to network with industry pros.

There were a number of award categories, reflective of the productions students worked on throughout the year.

Watch the video for the winners’ reactions and read below for the full list of categories and winners.

Best Picture: Congratulations, It’s a Girl! (Han Liu)
Best Director (tie): Emery Woods  (Jumping the Gun); Han Liu (Congratulations it’s a girl)
Best Screenplay: Congratulations, It’s a Girl! (Han Liu)
Best Cinematography: Congratulations, It’s a Girl! (Karianne Taklo)
Best Film Editing: Congratulations, It’s a Girl! (Dantong Jia)
Best Music Video: Lavish (Jaskeerat Teddy Singh)
Best Performance in a
Drama: Where I Left You (Kothai Srianganathan)
Best Performance in a
Comedy: Killin’ Time: A Western Story (Keith Agar)
Best Performance by an
Ensemble: The Gap (Gabriela Diaz, Grace Loewen, Alireza Mirzamohammadali, Jeffrey Torcato, Danil Kim, Krystal Nickolau, Ajeet Dhaliwal, and Allen Vallo Bajar. Directed by Reza Arzhang)
Video Game of the Year: Baristapocalypse (Team Ghost Roast Games. Gabriel Ramos, project’s lead artist)
Visual Excellence in a
Video Game Award: Hidden Worlds: Spyglass Chronicles
Technical Achievement in
a Video Game Award: Baristapocalypse (Team Ghost Roast Games. Gabriel Ramos, project’s lead artist)
Best Art Direction: Nicole Belhumeur
Best Sound: Each Other (Lingesh Janarthanam)
Best Documentary: Life Behind the Stigma (Fernanda Molina Pérez Diez)
Best Production Design (tie): Alejandra Solano Ospina; Rachana Shinde
Best Production Design: Meta (Alejandra Solano Ospina & Rachana Shinde)
Best Motion Graphic Artist: Coin Toss (Jocelyne Garant)
Best Canadian Short (TFSO): Hollow Shells (Sebastian Cruz)
Best International Short
(TFSO): The Craft (Mohamed Alemam)
Best Production (TFSO): Rooted in Art (Makayla Hidalgo)
Best Music Video (TFSO): Somebody That I Used to Know (David Norman)

Toronto Film School provides accelerated diploma programs in film production, screenwriting, acting, video game animation or development, and graphic design. There are also a number of fully online programs, including video production, screenwriting, and graphic design.

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Located in Canada’s creative capital, Toronto Film School offers on-campus and online diploma programs designed to turn your passion for filmmaking, video production, screenwriting, design or video games into a career.