Awards & Jury
2023 R2R Award Winners
A hearty congratulations to all the filmmakers that participated and shared their film with our audience. We announced the award winners chosen by our Junior, Senior Youth Jury and Adult Jury, during our Closing Night on April 6, 2023!
JUNIOR YOUTH JURY AWARDS
Best Picture
How To Get Your Parents To Divorce – directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Derosiers
Most Innovative Short Film
An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It – directed by Lachlan Pendragon
Most Inspirational Short Film
Zeb’s Spider – directed by Alicia Eisen, Sophie Jarvis
SENIOR YOUTH JURY AWARDS
Best Picture
Polaris – directed by KC Carthew
National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Animated Short
Luce And The Rock – directed by Britt Raes
Most Innovative Short Film
An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It – directed by Lachlan Pendragon
Most Inspirational Short Film
A Shore Away – directed by Gaëlle Graton
ADULT JURY AWARDS
Best Picture
How To Get Your Parents To Divorce – directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Derosiers
Edith Lando Peace Prize for the film that best utilizes the power of cinema to further the goal of social justice and peace
Simply Nina – directed by Karin Heberlin
Our Juries
This year, Reel to Real is honored to have four different juries participate in providing well deserved recognition to filmmakers showcased at our program.
Our festival juries are made of our Youth Jury program: The Senior Jury (13-18 years old) and The Junior Jury (9-12 years old). The Junior and Senior Juries each give awards for Most Innovative Short Film and Most Inspirational Short Film, and the Senior Jury also presents the National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Animated Short. The Adult Jury presents the prestigious Best Picture Award, as well as the Edith Lando Peace Prize for the film that best utilizes the power of cinema to further the goal of social justice and peace.
The 4R2R jury is for our Youth Filmmakers Showcase Jury. This jury has the honour of providing awards and recognition to BC’s talented young filmmakers, who submit to our showcase.
Past Award Winners
2022 Awards
JUNIOR YOUTH JURY AWARDS
Best Picture
The Path – directed by Tobias Wiemann
Honorable Mention: Lamya’s Poem – directed by Alex Kronemer
Most Innovative Short Film
Bad Seeds – directed by Claude Cloutier
Most Inspirational Short Film
Blue Curry – directed by Magali Dunyach, Chien-Ju Hung, Jimin Jung, Vajra Pancharia, Léa Pietrzyk
SENIOR YOUTH JURY AWARDS
Best Picture
Drinkwater – directed by Stephen Campanelli
Edith Lando Peace Prize for the film that best utilizes the power of cinema to further the goal of social justice and peace
Bigger Than Us – directed by Flore Vasseur
National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Animated Short
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice – directed by Zacharias Kunuk
Most Inspirational Short Film
Material Bodies – directed by Dorothy Allen-Pickard
Most Innovative Short Film
Baggage – directed by Antti Ahokoivu
2021 Awards
JUNIOR YOUTH JURY AWARDS
Best Picture
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess – directed by Steven Wouterlood
Honorable Mention: Binti – directed by Frederike Migom
National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Animated Short
Maestro – directed by Illogic Collective
Most Innovative Short Film
Something to Remember – directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Most Inspirational Short Film
The Kicksled Choir – directed by Torfinn Iversen
SENIOR YOUTH JURY AWARDS
Best Picture
Veins of the World– directed by Byambasuren Davaa
Edith Lando Peace Prize for the film that best utilizes the power of cinema to further the goal of social justice and peace
My Name is Baghdad – directed by Caru Alves de Souza
Honorable Mention: The Lesson – directed by Lena Horn
Most Inspirational Short Film
I Still Breathe – directed by Alfred George Bailey
Most Innovative Short Film
White Winged Horse – directed by Mahyar Mandegar
2019 Awards
Best Picture (ages 9+): Mia and the White Lion
Best Picture (ages 13+): A Colony
Most Innovative Short Film
(ages 9+): TIED – Bobo & Peas
Most Innovative Short Film
(ages 13+): Your Mother is a Thief
Most Inspirational Short Film
(ages 9+): One Small Step
Most Inspirational Short Film
(ages 13+): Beauty
Honorable Mentions
Most Inspirational (13+): Mahalia Melts in the Rain
National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Animated Short: Cat Days
Adult Jury Awards
Best Picture: A Colony
Edith Lando Peace Prize for the film that best utilizes the power of cinema to further the goal of social justice and peace: A First Farewell
Special Mention – Best Picture: The Witch Hunters
Special Mention – Edith Lando Peace Prize: Chuskit
2019 Adult Jury:
Amil Reddy – Community Investment Manager and Chair, Diversity & Inclusion at Mountian Equipment Co-op (MEC)
David Prowse – musician and journalist
Dorothy Woodend – Culture Editor for The Tyee, Senior Festival Advisor at DOXA Documentary Film Festival
2018 Awards
2017 Awards
2016 Awards
2015 Awards
2014 Awards
2013 Awards
2012 Awards
2011 Awards

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