Best Youth Short
PAPER CUTTER
Director: Conlan Sleeth
MR DARCY
Directors: Naomi Owen and Drew Shaver
SPRINGTIME
Director: Eva Masson
Taryn Cates, Festival Event Coordinator at Hot Docs Film Festival
Alison Cartan, member of the Features Screening Committee, Vancouver International Film Festival
Scott Meyers, Senior Manager at YourTV/Cogeco
MR DARCY
Directors: Naomi Owen and Drew Shaver
Best Canadian Short
MADELLINE
Director: Raquel Sancinetti
METEOR
Director: Atefeh Khademolreza
PACIFIC BELL
Director: Sandrine Béchade
Richard Goddard, Senior Producer, CBC Cross Country Checkup
Laura Rietveld, Filmmaker, winner of the 2023 KCFF People’s Choice Award
Clarke Mackey, Filmmaker and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University Film & Media
METEOR
Director: Atefeh Khademolreza
Best Local Short – Let’s Get Local
WINSOM
Director: Braden Dragomir
BIRD HOSTAGE
Director: Lauren Andrews
EMPTY NEST
Director: Chris Deacon
Ava Brown-Mantha, former KCFF programmer and former Executive Assistant at the Indigenous Screen Office
Peter Hendra, reporter and entertainment writer at the Kingston Whig Standard
Pat Mullen, publisher at POV Magazine
WINSOM
Director: Braden Dragomir
Best Local Short – The Local Motion
I KEEP BUMPING INTO CANDY MALDONADO
Director: Luke Black
MY CONVERSATION WITH ELLE
Director: Nicholas Patrick Afchain
LONELY COUNTRY
Director: James Perry
Victoria Pike, Director of Business Affairs at Blue Ant Media
Nicola Luksic, senior producer of Ideas at CBC Radio
Rachel Ho, film critic and co-founder of The Asian Cut
LONELY COUNTRY
Director: James Perry
Best Music Video
Little Friday featuring Danielle Hope Edwards
Outpost12 Studios featuring Luella
Fovea featuring Les Chouettes
Javiera Quintana, Producer with 90th Parallel Productions
Evan Dubinsky, Producer, Music Supervisor, Programmer at Pop Montreal
Andrea Guernsey, Head of Streaming and Promotions, Wax Records
Peter Hendra, reporter and entertainment writer, Kingston Whig Standard
Nicola Luksic, senior producer of Ideas at CBC Radio
Little Friday featuring Danielle Hope Edwards
Doug Falconer Award of Excellence
Josh Lyon
25 Years 25 Minutes Pitch Competition
With over 50 applicants, 5 filmmakers were selected to pitch their short film projects to an industry panel yesterday morning. The winning filmmaker will receive $25,000 to help create their short film that will premiere at the 2025 Kingston Canadian Film Festival.
Christian Kelley, KCFF Shorts Programmer and Production Executive at Bell Media
PJ Lee, Partner and VP of ICON Digital Productions
Scott Henderson, former Vice President of Communication at Bell Media
Alison Migneault, Chief Marketing Officer, Tourism Kingston, and KCFF Board member
Joanne Loton, Film and Media Officer at Tourism Kingston
Blain Watters
