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!