Winners of the juried Canadian film awards were announced on October 5.[2] The Vanguard award winner was announced on October 8, and Audience Award winners were announced on October 12.
| Award | Film | Filmmaker |
|---|
| Audience Award, Galas & Special Presentations | Monster | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| Audience Award, Showcase | The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji |
| Audience Award, Panorama | Irena's Vow | Louise Archambault |
| Audience Award, Vanguard | Let Me Go (Laissez-moi) | Maxime Rappaz |
| Audience Award, Northern Lights | Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun | Banchi Hanuse |
| Audience Award, Insights | Physician, Heal Thyself | Asher Penn |
| Audience Award, Spectrum | Asog | Seán Devlin |
| Audience Award, Portraits | Call Me Dancer | Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour |
| Audience Award, Altered States | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | Ariane Louis-Seize |
| Best Canadian Film | Fitting In | Molly McGlynn |
| Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention | Gamodi | Felix Kalmenson |
| Best Canadian Documentary | Someone Lives Here | Zack Russell |
| Best Canadian Documentary, Honorable Mention | Asog | Seán Devlin |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Katshinau | Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush |
| Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention | Our Grandmother the Inlet | Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George |
| Emerging Canadian Director | Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr |
| Emerging Canadian Director, Honorable Mention | Richelieu | Pier-Philippe Chevigny |
| Best BC Film | WaaPaKe | Jules Arita Koostachin |
| Best BC Film, Honorable Mention | Asog | Seán Devlin |
| Vanguard Award | Animal | Sofia Exarchou |
| Vanguard Award, Honorable Mention | Octopus Skin (La Piel Pulpo) | Ana Cristina Barragán |
The full schedule was announced on September 6.[3]
Galas and special presentations
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| La Chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| I'm Just Here for the Riot | Kathleen Jayme, Asia Youngman | Canada |
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat |
| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe | Robert McCallum | Canada |
| A Normal Family | 보통의 가족 | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea |
| The Old Oak | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |
| The Pot-au-Feu | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |
| Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States |
| The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark, Germany, Sweden |
| Seven Veils | Atom Egoyan | Canada |
| Swan Song | Chelsea McMullan | Canada |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, Poland, United States |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden |
| Close to You | Dominic Savage | Canada, United Kingdom |
| Creature | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia |
| Four Little Adults | Nelja Pienta Aikuista | Selma Vilhunen | Finland, Sweden |
| Green Border | Zielona granica | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium |
| How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom |
| I Am Sirat | Deepa Mehta, Sirat Taneja | Canada |
| Il Boemo | Petr Václav | Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia |
| Just the Two of Us | L'Amour et les forêts | Valérie Donzelli | France |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, United States, Taiwan |
| The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia, United Kingdom |
| The Teachers' Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | Ilker Çatak | Germany |
| They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal | Spain, France |
| Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| 19B | Ahmad Abdalla | Egypt |
| All Ears | Liu Jiayin | China |
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elena Naveriani | Georgia, Switzerland |
| The Braid | Laetitia Colombani | France, Canada, Italy |
| Days of Happiness | Les Jours heureux | Chloé Robichaud | Canada |
| The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Joanna Arnow | United States |
| Gamodi | Felix Kalmenson | Canada, Georgia |
| Goodbye Julia | وداعا جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan |
| Here | Bas Devos | Belgium |
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Domakinstvo za Pocetnici | Goran Stolevski | Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo |
| If Only I Could Hibernate | Баавгай болохсон, Baavgai Bolohson | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia |
| In Broad Daylight | 白日之下 | Lawrence Kan | Hong Kong |
| Irena's Vow | Louise Archambault | Canada, Poland |
| Let the River Flow | Ellos Eatnu | Ole Giæver | Norway, Sweden, Finland |
| Measures of Men | Der vermessene Mensch | Lars Kraume | Germany |
| Oceans Are the Real Continents | Los océanos son los verdaderos continentes | Tommaso Santambrogio | Cuba, Italy |
| One Day All This Will Be Yours | En dag kommer allt det här bli ditt | Andreas Öhman | Sweden |
| Only the River Flows | 河边的错误 | Wei Shujun | China |
| Puan | Maria Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil |
| Raging Grace | Paris Zarcilla | United Kingdom |
| The Rapture | Le Ravissement | Iris Kaltenbäck | France |
| Red Rooms | Les Chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
| Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Spain, France |
| The Settlers | Los Colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile |
| Snow in Midsummer | 五月雪 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan |
| Suddenly | Melisa Önel | Turkey |
| There's No Place Like Home | Den, der lever stille | Puk Grasten | Denmark |
| Toll | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil, Portugal |
| A Tour Guide | Eun-mi Kwak | South Korea |
| Tsugaru Lacquer Girl | バカ塗りの娘 | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan |
| Undercurrent | アンダーカレント | Rikiya Imaizumi | Japan |
| Wild Swans | Gorai Phakhri | Rajni Basumatary | India |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Animal | Sofia Exarchou | Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria |
| Bitten | La Morsure | Romain de Saint-Blanquat | France |
| The Face of the Jellyfish | El Rostro de la Medusa | Melisa Liebenthal | Argentina |
| Let Me Go | Laissez-moi | Maxime Rappaz | Switzerland, France, Belgium |
| Octopus Skin | La Piel Pulpo | Ana Cristina Barragán | Ecuador |
| On the Go | María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro | Spain |
| The Sea and Its Waves | La Mer et ses vagues | Liana Kassir, Renaud Pachot | Lebanon, France |
| Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Míng tian bi zuo tian chang jiu | Jow Zhi Wei | Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Asog | Seán Devlin | Canada, Philippines |
| Between Revolutions | Între revoluții | Vlad Petri | Romania, Croatia, Iran |
| Hello Dankness | Soda Jerk | Australia |
| Kim's Video | David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | United States, United Kingdom, France |
| Lonely Oaks | Vergiss Meyn Nicht | Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff | Germany |
| Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods | Angelos Rallis | Greece, France, Germany |
| The Mother of All Lies | Kadib Abyad | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Savvusanna sõsarad | Anna Hints | Estonia, France, Iceland |
| The Tuba Thieves | Alison O'Daniel | United States |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France |
| Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | Morocco, France, Qatar |
| Chronicles of a Wandering Saint | Crónicas de una Santa Errante | Tomas Gomez Bustillo | Argentina, United States |
| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| My Animal | Jacqueline Castel | Canada |
| Restore Point | Bod obnovy | Robert Hloz | Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia |
| The Sacrifice Game | Jenn Wexler | United States |
| Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Germany |
| The Wait | La espera | F. Javier Gutierrez | Spain |
| White Plastic Sky | Műanyag égbolt | Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | Hungary, Slovakia |
A special program curated by guest programmer Anthony Shim, featuring a selection of films that had influenced his own journey as a filmmaker.
Focus: Women, Life and Freedom
editA special program curated by guest programmer Fay Nass, screening films about misogyny and the subjugation of women.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Joonam | Sierra Urich | United States |
| Numb | Amir Toodehroosta | Iran |
| Seven Winters in Tehran | Sieben Winter in Teheran | Steffi Niederzoll | Germany, France |
| Terrestrial Verses | Ayeh Haye Zamini | Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami | Iran |
| Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr | Canada, Lebanon |
All films in this short film program are Canadian.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
|---|
| All the Days of May | Tous les jours de mai | Miryam Charles | Quebec |
| Ancestral Threads | Sean Stiller | British Columbia |
| Between You and Me | Cameron Kletke | British Columbia |
| Black Box Investigations | Paige Smith | British Columbia |
| Cassandra | Bea Santos | Ontario |
| Cloud Striker | Allan W. Hopkins | British Columbia |
| Conviction | Bruce Thomas Miller | Alberta |
| The Company We Keep | Wojtek Jakubiec | Quebec |
| Cristo Negro | Paul Stavropoulos, Brendan Mills | Ontario |
| Death Mask | John Greyson | Ontario |
| Defining Human | Daniel Code | British Columbia |
| Dickinsonia | Charline Dally | Quebec |
| Donna | Keenan MacWilliam | Ontario |
| Dream Tricks: Over a Six Stair | Adam Seward | Ontario |
| Element | Will Niava | Quebec |
| Four Mile Creek | Ryan McKenna | Quebec |
| Gentle Hum of Spring | Simon Garez | Saskatchewan |
| The Great Kind Mystery | Ella Morton | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Hair or No Hair | Janessa St. Pierre | British Columbia |
| Her Name Is Like a Sigh | Solara Thanh-Binh Dang | British Columbia |
| In the Wake of the Cedar Tree | Towustasin | British Columbia |
| Katshinau | Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush | Quebec |
| Lake Baikal | Baigal Nuur | Alisi Telengut | Quebec |
| Les Lavandières | Laura Kamugisha | Quebec |
| Making Babies | Faire un enfant | Éric K. Boulianne | Quebec |
| Master of the House | Dylan Maranda | British Columbia |
| Modern Goose | Karsten Wall | Manitoba |
| Mothers and Monsters | Édith Jorisch | Quebec |
| My Tomato Heart | Mon cœur de tomate | Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard | Quebec |
| Nigiqtuq (The South Wind) | Lindsay McIntyre | Alberta |
| Our Grandmother the Inlet | Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George | British Columbia |
| Outside Center | Eli Jean Tahchi | Quebec |
| Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man | Ryan Leedu | Alberta |
| Redlights | Eva Thomas | Ontario |
| Return to Hairy Hill | Retour à Hairy Hill | Daniel Gies | Quebec |
| Return to Ombabika | Ma-Nee Chacaby, Zoe Gordon, Shayne Ehman | Ontario |
| Silkworm | Amir Honarmand | British Columbia |
| Sisters | Marisa Hoicka | Ontario |
| Soleil de Nuit | Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias | Quebec |
| Something Else | Autre Chose | Étienne Lacelle | Quebec |
| Swallow Flying to the South | Mochi Lin | British Columbia |
| Sub Terra | Jeffrey Zablotny | Ontario |
| Sun, Moon and Four Peaks | Kevin Jin Kwan Kim | British Columbia |
| Take Care | Tony Massil | British Columbia |
| Two Apples | Bahram Javahery | British Columbia, Yukon |
| Two One Two | Shira Avni | Quebec |
| Unspeakable Heap | Kara Ditte Hansen | British Columbia |
| Where Rabbits Come From | D'où viennent les lapins | Colin Ludvic Racicot | Quebec |
| You Feel Soft | Cameron Kletke | British Columbia |
| Yun | Yuezhang Qin | British Columbia |
International Shorts
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Almost Fall | Presque l'automne | Margot Pouppeville | France |
| Basri and Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy | Basri & Salma Dalam Komedi Yang Terus Berputar | Khozy Rizal | Indonesia |
| Beyond the Sea | Hippolyte Leibovici | Belgium, France |
| Big Bang | Carlos Segundo | Brazil |
| Big Day | Chung Chieh Chiang | Taiwan |
| Confessions | Stephanie Kaznocha | United States |
| Cuarto de Hora | Nemo Arancibia | Chile, France |
| Cut | Samuel Lucas Allen | Australia |
| Fairplay | Zoel Aeschbacher | Switzerland, France |
| The Family Circus | Andrew Fitzgerald | United States |
| Far from the Tree | Daleko od stromu | Emma Marková | Czech Republic |
| Headdress | Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire | United States |
| Hedgehog | D. Mitry | United States |
| Hide Your Crazy | Austin Kase | United States |
| In Too Deep | Chris Overton | United Kingdom |
| Jeong-Dong | Choi Woo Gene | South Korea |
| Just a Rehearsal | Solo un Ensayo | Hugo Sanz | Spain |
| Just the Two of Us | Toutes les deux | Clara Lemaire Anspach | France |
| A Lien | Sam Cutler-Kreutz, David Cutler-Kreutz | United States |
| Lovebugs | Teddy Alvarez-Nissen | United States |
| Mira | Eva Louise Hall | United States |
| Night Shift | Turno nocturno Santiago Lago | Argentina |
| Nowhere | Garin Hovannisian | Armenia, United States |
| An Ordinary Day | Ju-yeon Gim | South Korea |
| Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love | Makoto Nagahisa | Japan |
| Snif & Snüf | Michael J. Ruocco | United States |
| Southern Afternoon | Nan fang wu hou | Tian Lan | China |
| Spasm | اسپاسم | Sahra Asadollahi | Iran |
| Sushi | Iván Morales | Spain |
| Where the Time Goes | Justin Tyler Close | United States, Canada |
| Youssou & Malek | Youssou et Malek | Simon Frenay | France |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Aqueronte | Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Spain |
| A Bird Called Memory | Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil, United Kingdom |
| Let's Talk | Simon Liu | Hong Kong |
| Loving in Between | Jyoti Mistry | South Africa, Austria |
| Mast-del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom |
| Mother Land | Kantarama Gahigiri | Rwanda, Switzerland |
| NYC RGB | Viktoria Schmid | Austria, United States |
| Shadow Does | Laure Prouvost | Belgium, France, Austria |
| Slow Shift | Shambhavi Kaul | India, United States |
| Square the Circle | Hanna Hovitie | Finland |
| This Is Not Here | Charlotte Mungomery | Australia, Peru, Spain |
