EMERGING FILMMAKERS
FINALIST SHOWCASE - SUNDAY JUNE 9, 2024
FILM NEWCOMER COMPETITION:
Short Films 10 minutes or less by local High-School Students
FILM FORWARD COMPETITION:
Short Films 20 minutes or less for filmmakers & post-secondary students currently living, studying or working in Ontario.
Awards provided by Keslow Camera and the Family of Bob Johnston.
Keslow Camera is providing $5,000 in-kind Equipment Rentals.
The BOB JOHNSTON MEMORIAL AWARD provides a $1,000 cash bursary of a Filmmaker enrolled in the 2025/2026 academic year at an Ontario post secondary program in the departments of Film, Animation or Digital Media.
2025 FILM FORWARD FINALISTS
Directed by:
Zav Jenabian
Directed by:
Minerva Marie Navasca
Directed by:
Brit Kewin
Directed by:
Carrera Stern
Directed by:
Lauren Eden
Directed by:
Luke Donovan
Directed by:
Jack Kukolic
2025 FILM NEWCOMER FINALISTS
Deadline
The Hit
G.P. Agents
Into Their Gaze
Out Of Time
Time Loop
Static
Winter break
2024 WINNERS
FILM FORWARD
Best Overall Short Film: Surviving Silence
Runner Up:
Best Overall Short Film:
Colin Carvey’s Long Halloween
Honourable Mention:
Best Documentary:
Tina, When Will You Marry?
Honourable Mention:
Best Animation:
Amor Fati
Bob Johnston Memorial:
Never & Always
FILM NEWCOMER
Best Overall Short Film:
The Dogfather Part II
Runner Up Short Film:
Contrast
Honourable Mention:
Soul of Shanghai