» 2025 COYSFF

The Barrie Film Festival’s 4th Annual Central Ontario Youth Short Film Festival (COYSFF) is a regional competition for students registered in high schools in the Central Ontario region. This is a qualifying festival for the Ontario Youth Film Festival (OYFF). The runners-up and winners in our categories advance to the OYFF’s competition to win “Best in Ontario”.

2025 COYSFF Award winners:

Animation Category:

WINNER: MARTY– directed by Presley Flores-Holz – Etobicoke School of the Arts
RUNNER-UP: DUSK – directed by Nyla Crucifix – Etobicoke School of the Arts

Documentary Category:

WINNER: NANA – directed by Maggie Kane – Etobicoke School of the Arts
RUNNER-UP: MOVING ON – directed by Holly Haines – Etobicoke School of the Arts

Experimental Category:

WINNER: COOL ORANGE – directed by Reed Hodgkinson – Etobicoke School of the Arts
RUNNER-UP: SUFFOCATED DREAM – directed by Julian Romano Lim – Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute

Narrative Category:

WINNER: MIGUEL – directed by Matteo Sanchez – Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School
Co-RUNNER-UP: CHASING THE PAST – directed by Nikhil Gupta – Upper Canada College
Co-RUNNER-UP: INSIDE VOICE – directed by Bruce Li – Saint Andrews College