Festival 2024

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WINNERS 2024

Here are the Winners of the Toronto Independent Film Festival 2024

Best Thriller Feature: Stalkers directed by Paul Thompson

Best Documentary Feature: Hard to Kill directed by Manse James

Best Drama Feature: All is Fine in ’89 directed by Matthew Lupis

Best Feature Film: The Martini Shot directed by Stephen Wallis

Best Actor: Matthew Modine for The Martini Shot

Best Best Short Film (Jury Award): Swine by Megan Summers Werle

Best Short Film (Audience Award): Memento Mori by Andrew Moodie

Best Animated Short: Fly Away, Froggy Boy by Mia Lobo

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Short: Lei by Huiru Shi

Best Experimental Short: Scent Of Worth by The Broadbent Sisters

Best Short Documentary: Hobby by Danny Alexander

Best Short Short: Adoptation by Liz Whitmere

Best Music Video: Saving Grace – Amanda Keeles by Jake Sauve

Screenplay Award categories:

Best Feature Screenplay: The Great Dorito by Pedro Gil Vasconcelos

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Screenplay: Curse of the Final Girl by Karen Ralph
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Festival 2024 tickets are now available via Eventbrite.

Here’s the TO Indie 2024 screening schedule:

Tuesday Sept 10
Shorts Block 1, 6pm
The Samurai’s Monologue By Franklin Briceno
Colors By Manju Subberwal
Hobby By Danny Alexander
Dear Friend By Kyle Schmalenberg
Cycle of Life By Miguel Raymond
How’s Your Head? By Chiamaka Queenette Azubuike

Tuesday Sept 10
Shorts Block 2, 8:00pm
Porch Pirates By Tarek Jad & Dylan Best
In Plain Sight By Aleah P. Carreau
Fly Away, Froggy Boy By Mia Lobo
Obsolete – Yoko Gold By Paul Short
The Diner By Richard Chevolleau
Bardo By Mishki Vaccaro
Adoptation By Liz Whitmere

Tuesday Sept 10
Feature film, 10:00pm
Stalkers
Directed by Paul Thompson

THRILLER
http://stalkersthemovie.com/
Upon learning that the daughter she gave up for adoption as a teen has been orphaned under mysterious circumstances, Kate leaves her floundering career as a porn star to become a mother to the daughter she never met. As they struggle to come together to make a new life, an unseen menace closes in, threatening to destroy their newfound bond.

Wednesday Sept 11
Shorts Block 4, 6pm
Memento Mori By Andrew Moodie
Shacktown By Mike Nichol
The Trade By David Kalinauskas
The Longest Road By Matt Sturrock
The Inexistence of Eva Moore By Amanda Lauren Lowthian
Mon Ami By Zhang Xinyi
Circles By Sarah Houle

Wednesday Sept 11
Shorts Block 5, 8:00pm
Heroin(e) Hypocrite By Marz Gebhardt
Red Hood By Alexandre Corbeil Palma
A Visualized Death By Zhang Xinyi
Serious Buyers Only By Samuel D Larson
The Ballad of Skipjack & Atticus By Dani De Guzman
Entropic Memory By Nicolas Brault
The Guest By Siddharth Sharma
The Fiery Wind By Dave Wilson

Wednesday Sept 11
Feature film, 10:00pm
Hard to Kill
Directed by Manse James

DOCUMENTARY
https://www.facebook.com/groups/491784450065517
After surviving many motorcycle crashes, renowned vintage motorcycle racer, artist & photographer Douglas MacRae faces the biggest survival challenge of his life.

Thursday Sept 12
Shorts Block 7, 6pm
Chemistry By Tom Lute
Punk’d Pooch By Aberdeen Wasley
Passenger By Josh Aubin
Saving Grace – Amanda Keeles By Jake Sauve
Makeup Setup By Scout Thompson-Davidson
Our Last Day As Kids By Dylan Scott Hryciuk
Drive 2 By Kris Frostad

Thursday Sept 12
Feature film, 8:00pm
The Martini Shot
Directed by Stephen Wallis

DRAMA
https://www.facebook.com/martinishotmovie
This existential drama follows an ailing movie director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as a normal movie, ends up being an exploration of mortality and one’s profound effect on the world.

Thursday Sept 12
Shorts Block 9, 10:00pm
Lei By Huiru Shi
Please, Don’t! By Jonathan Brito
The Inhabitance By Prachi Chopra
The Cold Cellar By Michael Mac Gowan
Night Terror By Dana Fradkin
Voodoo By Liam Bell

Saturday Sept 14
Shorts Block 10, 6pm
The Unexpected Guests By Emi Vantyghem
Fire Escape By Elanna Rossdeutscher
Swine By Megan Summers Werle
At Sea By Martin Marko
The AD man By Steve Koven
Mr. Nobody By Nickolas Aurilius
The Astronomer’s Guide To The Past: The David Dunlap Observatory By
Aizick Grimman

Saturday Sept 14
Shorts Block 11, 8:00pm
Rock Lamps By Jack Parnell
The Rat By Sanket Joshi
Demi By Alexander Ciarmela
Scent Of Worth By Broadbent Sisters
ΕΛΕFΘΕREE By Iliana Spirakis
Carry Me By Peter Andrew Sacco
Death Drive By Eli-Bella Wood

Saturday Sept 14
Feature film, 10:00pm
All is Fine in ’89
Directed by Matthew Lupis

COMING OF AGE
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30096544/
November 9, 1989 – With the backdrop of the Berlin Wall being torn down and the Cold War coming to an end, the senior students – and even teachers – at Romano High are preparing for the last field party of the decade – and for some, the last party of their lives.