2022 Awards and Official Selections
SIMCOE AUDIO PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD:
LOCKED – Directed by Noah Helinski
HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY:
FIRST PLACE – DISTANT COMMUNICATION
Directed by Alexander Coleman (BC, Canada)
SECOND PLACE- SHELL SHOCK
Directed by Carter Noah Gillam (Canada)
THIRD PLACE – UNROOTED
Directed by Nina Rafique (Canada)
SIMCOE COUNTY CATEGORY:
FIRST PLACE – LOCKED
Directed by Noah Helinski
SECOND PLACE – WOMAN WITH BANGS
Directed by Samantha Loney
THIRD PLACE – THE SOUTH SIMCOE THEATRE – A Small Town Gem
Directed by Mauro Vadacchino
OPEN CATEGORY:
FIRST PLACE – THE PAST
Directed by Hamid Mohammadi (Iran)
SECOND PLACE – ABUELA DALÍ
Directed by Vega Halen, Saúl González (Spain)
THIRD PLACE – BIPLANE MODEL KIT
Directed by Tine Kluth (UK)
Here is the full list of the 2022 Official selections that were shown at the festival.
2022 Official Selections
An Honourable Man
Directed by Ryan Curtis
Cast: Mark Hildreth, Ty Olsson, Victor Ayala, Andrew Barber, Dean Aylseworth, Avery Fane
Comedy/Drama, 5:00 (Canada)
Open Category
Two Jack-Asses at the funeral of the great and powerful Julius Ceaser, plan their eventual rise to power.
Abuela Dalí
Directed by VEGA HALEN, SAÚL GONZÁLEZ
10 min., Spanish with English subtitles (Spain)
Open Category
Four women in a wedding closet use the Ouija in order to prove that the family’s grandmother was Salvador Dalí.
One Cream One Sugar
Directed by Konstantina Mantelos and Douglas Gibbens
Starring: Sheila McCarthy and Deborah Grover
8:15 min. (Canada)
Open Category
Life-long friends Cynthia and Morrigan catch up over their daily ritual of morning coffee, and discuss what it means to move on.
Distant Communication
Directed by Alexander Coleman
Animation, 1:53 (Canada)
High School Category – Stratford Hall
An experimental animated short about sending messages from a long distance.
Shell Shock
Directed by Carter Noah Gillam
War/Drama, 8:14 (Canada)
High School Category – McKinnon Park Secondary School
Shell Shock is a post World War 1 short film that was inspired by the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. The film shows the internal struggles of a soldier who experienced ‘Shell Shock’ (or PTSD in todays terms) after the war. Carter Gillam stars in this project and created the film solely.
The Past
Directed by Hamid Mohammadi
7:25 (Iran)
Open Category
A writer is threatened by government officials to stop writing for political reasons, leaving him in constant fear and no longer able to write. In the end, he ignores his fears and starts writing.
Locked
Directed by Noah Helinski
Cast: Megan Adam, Angelo Basso, Caitlin McKenzie
Drama, 10 min. (Canada)
Simcoe Category
A couple navigates the morning after a particularly difficult night.
I’m Not Jacques
Directed by John Bregar
Cast: James Gerus, Nik Salt
4:53 (Canada)
Open Category
A paranoid man who was cheated on finds the man who took his girl and ties him up for revenge!
The Magic Monkey
Directed by Soham Deepak Sant
Co-written and key cast Soham Deepak Sant, Lance Sy, Ryan Ang
3:56 (Canada)
High School Category – MDHS, Milton Ontario Canada
Warning… Don’t mess with the Monkey!
The South Simcoe Theatre – A Small Town Gem
Directed by Mauro Vadacchino
Historical/Non-Fiction, 9:26 (Canada)
Simcoe County Category
A documentary centering around the South Simcoe Theatre, a small town community theatre that runs out of an old town hall building built in 1867. It has a rich history, a strong and passionate community, and is the site of paranormal activity.
Survivers
Directed by Carlos Gómez-Trigo
Cast: Stephanie Magnin, Maarten Dannenberg, Alex Moreu
Sci-fi/Dark Comedy, 6:30, French with English subtitles (Spain)
Open Category
Natural selection says that only those who adapt will survive. What if humans have become stupid?
Unrooted
Directed by Nina Rafique
Animation, 1:10 (Canada)
High School Category – Etobicoke School of the Arts
Mother and daughter live in the aftermath of assimilation, and must figure out how to build a home in their chosen emptiness.
Woman With Bangs
Directed by Samantha Loney
Cast: Samantha Loney, Leah Haque, Monica Loney
3:25 (Canada)
Simcoe County Category
An insecure gallery worker finds beauty in herself and the art she works with.
Biplane Model Kit
Directed by Tine Kluth
Animation, 4 min. (UK)
Open Category
I’m sitting here with my girl but she’s only in my head, and she wants me to take her to the ocean – in a biplane!
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