2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Award Winners and Nominees

2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Award Winners and Nominees

Every year, the YoungCuts Film Festival staff review the work of more than 5, 000 filmmakers and watch more than 1, 000 films to pick our Top 100. From our Top 100, we pick our list of Top 10 films to honour with an award.

From Left to Right: Jay Moulton (YoungCuts Chairman), Karl Kimmel (A Noble Cause),
Anthony Boulay (Fokker), Colin Racicot, (L'Invité), A. J. Korkadakis (Haleiya)

The following are the Award nominees and winners from the 2011 YoungCuts Film Festival:

TextbookVideos.com Award for Best Teen Film:

Untermensch (Subhuman) by Michael Aloyan (USA)

Onion Skin by Joseph Procopio (Canada)

The 36 by Nic Weinfield (USA)

Claret by Izzy Traub (Canada)

MeJohn by Philip Bernardino-Gomez (USA)

Oasis HD Award for Best Documentary:

Finding Fathers by France Costrel (USA/France)

Common Ground by Holly Fifer (Australia)

MeJohn by Philip Bernardino-Gomez (USA)

Patrick the Artist by Aidan Jeans (Canada)

Our Subject is Hair by Vincent Toi (QC)

Virgin Radio 96 Award for Best Music Video:

Haleiya by A.J. Korkidakis (QC)

Waterton Lakes – Dreamer by Kevin Caners (Canada)
Wrecking Ball by Guy Verge Wallace (Australia)
Break of Reality - Spectrum of the Sky by S. V. Broadbent and Tami Tamar Sasson (USA)

Tribute.ca Best Animated Film:
Le Fokker by Anthony Boulay (QC)
The Girl and the Fox by Tyler Kupferer (USA)
The History of Denim by Drew Roper (UK)
Icare et le Géant by Simon Leclerc (QC)
Insecurity by Mallory Mahar (USA)

En Primeur Award for Best Cast:
Something Wrong by Michael Donaghy (UK)
Finding Soil by Tavarius Eberhart (USA)
Lumiere dans la nuit by Pierre-Luc Lafontaine (QC)
Bust by Daniel Daigle (QC)
Daddy's Little Girl by Shawn Gerrard (Canada)

MyFilmmaker.com Award for Best International Film:
Halbschlaf (A Light Sleep) by Johannes Hartman (Switzerland)
Castoffs by Nathan Campbell (Australia)
Common Ground by Holly Fifer (Australia)
La Combi Borracha (Drunken Bus) by Luis David Rojas (Mexico)

YoungCuts.com Award for Best Editor:
Diaspora by Aadhi Vive (Canada)
Halbschlaf (A Light Sleep) by Johannes Hartman (Switzerland)
En Route by Colin Levy (USA/Canada)
Blacksmith by Francis Martineau (QC)

YoungCuts Award for Best Quebec Film:
L'Invité by Colin Racicot (QC)
Le Fokker by Anthony Boulay (QC)
Bust by Daniel Daigle (QC)
Disconnected by Alberto D'Onofrio (QC)
Blacksmith by Francis Martineau (QC)

MyFilmmaker.com Award for Best Canadian Film:
A Noble Cause by Karl Kimmel (Canada)
L'Invité by Colin Racicot (QC)
Bust by Daniel Daigle (QC)
Diaspora by Aadhi Vive (Canada)

Tribute Magazine Award for Best Director:
En Route by Colin Levy (USA/Canada)
Halbschlaf (A Light Sleep) by Johannes Hartman (Switzerland)
L'Invité by Colin Racicot (QC)
Dead Grass, Dry Roots by Gabe Hohreiter (USA)
A Noble Cause by Karl Kimmel (Canada)

Oasis HD Grand Prix Award for Best Film:
Dead Grass, Dry Roots directed by Gabe Hohreiter, produced by John Negropontes (USA)
Halbschlaf (A Light Sleep) by Johannes Hartman (Switzerland)
L'Invité by Colin Racicot (QC)
A Noble Cause by Karl Kimmel (Canada)
En Route by Colin Levy (USA/Canada)

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners and thanks for their passion for filmmaking and their great films!

2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Presents Oasis HD Best Film Award to Dead Grass, Dry Roots

2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Presents Oasis HD Best Film Award to Dead Grass, Dry Roots

The YoungCuts Film Festival celebrated ten years of presenting "Great Short Films by the World's Best Young Filmmakers" on the weekend. The Festival presented its' Top 100 films over 9 screenings at Cinema Guzzo Spheretech in St-Laurent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The screenings included one presented as part of les journées de la culture attended by 250 enthusiastic high school students and a screening of the best young Quebec filmmakers sponsored by Canadian Heritage.

After the last screening, the Festival presented awards in eleven different categories:

TextbookVideos.com Award for Best Teen Film to Untermensch (Subhuman) by Michael Aloyan (USA)

Oasis HD Award for Best Documentary to Finding Fathers by France Costrel (USA/France)

Virgin Radio 96 Award for Best Music Video to Haleiya by A.J. Korkidakis (QC)

Tribute.ca Best Animated Film to Le Fokker by Anthony Boulay (QC)

En Primeur Award for Best Cast to Something Wrong by Michael Donaghy (UK)

MyFilmmaker.com Award for Best International Film to Halbschlaf (A Light Sleep) by Johannes Hartman (Switzerland)

YoungCuts.com Award for Best Editor to Diaspora by Aadhi Vive (Canada)

YoungCuts Award for Best Quebec Film to L'Invité by Colin Racicot (QC)

MyFilmmaker.com Award for Best Canadian Film to A Noble Cause by Karl Kimmel (Canada)

Tribute Magazine Award for Best Director to En Route by Colin Levy (USA/Canada)

Oasis HD Grand Prix Award for Best Film to Dead Grass, Dry Roots directed by Gabe Hohreiter, produced by John Negropontes (USA)

The full list of our Winners and Nominees can be found on the YoungCuts web-site.

Montreal Gazette columnist Bill Brownstein praised many of these films in his Friday column:

The YoungCuts Film Festival would not be possible without the generous support of its sponsors, especially our presenting sponsor Oasis HD.

Our other sponsors include Canadian Heritage, Tribute Magazine, En Primeur and Tribute.ca, Jarislowsky Fraser limited, Virgin Radio 96, 24 Heures and the Montreal Mirror, TextbookVideos.com, MyFilmmaker.com, Sixforces, the City of Montreal and the Bureau du cinéma et de la télévision de Montréal.

We are pleased to team with charity Leave Out Violence to raise money and provide opportunities to encourage young people to choose art instead of violence as a way of expressing themselves.

With our 10th Anniversary Festival in the books, the YoungCuts Film Festival will now begin preparing for our 2012 edition. Every year we evaluate the work of more than 5000 young filmmakers and watch more than 1000 films to pick our Top 100.

About the YoungCuts Film Festival 

Founded in 2001, the YoungCuts Film Festival’s goal is to advance the careers of up-and-coming filmmakers. This international festival selects the best independent short films produced by young people 25 and under.
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 Source : Jay Moulton, Chairman, YoungCuts Film Festival
 Information: Michael Ryan, Festival Director, YoungCuts Film Festival, 514-285-4591, mike@youngcuts.com