Winners – April 2025

Best International Narrative Short / The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock | certificate
Best Canadian Narrative Short / Nothing but wind | certificate
Best Documentary Short / Sea Through | certificate
Best Animated Short / FLOCKY | certificate
Best Experimental Short / The First Image Of The World | certificate
Best Short Covid19 Film / STIGMA | certificate
Best Mobile Film / Inner Voices | certificate
Best Student Short Film / Murder of Minus | certificate
Best Music Video / OUT | certificate
Best Actor in Short / The Chameleon Man/François Daves | certificate
Best Actress in Short / DEUCE/Catalina Cardenaz | certificate
Best Male Directing in Short / Pomelo | certificate
Best Female Director in Short / Agiter | certificate
Best Short First Time Filmmaker / Persevere | certificate
Best Script in Short / A LADY OF PARIS | certificate
Best Unproduced Short Script / Jack | certificate
Best Make Up in Short / THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS | certificate
Best Micro Short / Treasure Imagination | certificate
Best Thriller in Short / CHAIN LINK | certificate
Best Comedy in Short / you deserve it! | certificate
Best Sci-fi in Short / Mya: the beginning | certificate
Best Horror in Short / Mirror Mirror | certificate
Best Original Score in short / A Magical Place | certificate
Best Short on Social Justice / Street Muse | certificate
Best Short LGBTQ’s Film / a life we imagined | certificate
Best Short Women’s Issue Film / Capetillo | certificate
Best Costume Design in Short / I,doll | certificate
Best Cinematography in Short / Baran – the last rain | certificate
Best Short Kid/Family / Forgot | certificate
Best Environmentalist Short Film / Voices for Madidi | certificate
Best International Feature Film / SONGS OF ADAM | certificate
Best Canadian Feature Film / Stalkers | certificate
Best Canadian Documentary / We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes | certificate
Best International Documentary / Saffron Robe | certificate
Best Long feature Human Right’s Film / You Don’t Know 2: Discovery of Happiness | certificate
Best Directing in Feature Film / Another Day | certificate
Best First time Feature Filmmaker / Our Home | certificate
Best Actor in Feature Film / Manor of Darkness/Louis James | certificate
Best Actress in Feature Film / God is Good/Marina Savoy | certificate
Best Script for a long feature film / The Dark Flame | certificate
Best Unproduced script for a long feature film / Escape | certificate
Best Costume Design in Feature / First String 2: The Greenwood 20: Quest for the Great Dante | certificate
Best Cinematography in Feature / The Breakdown | certificate
Best Male Director in a Long Feature Film / The Fallow Few | certificate
Best Web Series/TV Pilot / Chasing the Tide Episode 1 of 6 | certificate
Best Trailer / Stardust: A New Era | certificate

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About Cift

Toronto Independent Festival of Cift is a seasonal celebration of the best of short and long feature films in contemporary cinema. The festival aims to bring the most acclaimed Internationally produced short and long films of the year to Toronto’s screens in an effort to present a comprehensive cross-section of talents and showcase the depth and diversity of cinema.

Submission is through Filmfreeway

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