2009 YoungCuts Film Festival
MyFilmmaker.com Award Winners

Again this year, YoungCuts has been collecting votes from the public to determine the 2009 Tribute.ca People's Choice Award winner . At each screening, we distribute ballots and ask the audience to vote for their favourite films. The leading vote-getters for each evening can be seen at 2009 Tribute.ca People's Choice Award

During the 2009 YoungCuts Film Festival, we presented at least one award per screening. The nominees and winners (in orange) updated as the Festival progresses are as follows:

Friday, September 25th, 2009
iCi Weekend Best Quebec Film Award
Natural Selection by/par A. J. Korkidakis
Van Horne by/par Eric Piccoli
Hummingbird by/par Michael Wexler
L'Homme Boreal by/par Francois Laurent
The Diary by Benjamin Lussier

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
High Fidelity HDTV Best Documentary Film Award
Baby Blue by/par Maranatha Hay
Injection Supervisée by/par Hugo Le Bleu-Tadros
Fashionably Green by/par Esther Viragh
No Sana Hoy: It Will Not Heal Today by/par Becky Korman

My Filmmaker.com Best Editing Award
(one) by/par Benjamin "Bee" Stevens
Macabre Muse by/par Daniel Devine
A Very Merry Christmas by/par Jonathon Gittus
The Bridge by/par Sheldon Schwartz
The Peace Offering by/par Brandon Tom

En Primeur Best Cinematography Award
Foreign Soil by Mazi Khalighi
The Bridge by/par Sheldon Schwartz
Macabre Muse by/par Daniel Devine
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place by/par Joe Ciaravino
(one) by/par Benjamin Bee Stevens

Sunday, September 27th, 2008
Virgin96 Best Music Award
You Have the Right by Clarity
Thorns by Nitzan Rotschild
Sweet Little Bird by Ashley McKenzie
Cantame by Irene Boleda

Little Burgundy Best Animation Award
Meltdown by David Green
The Diary by Benjamin Lussier
Token Hunchback by Timothy Reckart
We Are All Here by Yong Hwa Choi
Remue-Ménage by Julie Bernier
Le Pardon by Eleonore Goldberg

Tribute.ca Best Actor Award
Paper Princes, Gypsies and the Boy with No Return Address in the role of Liam: Siam Yu
Nodutgang (Emergency Exit) in the role of Daniel: Robert Rustad Amundsen
Maia and Jonah in the role of Jonah: Daniel Viau
Missing Alice in the role of Charles: Michael Brian
Flamingo on the role of Ramses: Gregory McCarry

Monday, September 28th, 2009
MyFilmmaker.com Best Actress Award
Lily in the role of Samantha: Lydia Doesburg (tie)
Scarecrow in the role of Autumn: Carly Livingston (tie)
Tucker in the role of Sara: Brynn Pebbles
Nel Reinu (The Kingdom) In the role of Julia: Ness Norich
Batter Up The cast including: Jessica Tate, Amanda Boyd, Jennifer Edens and Brooke Morgan

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Mirror Weekly Best Short Shorts Award
Le Cou Cou by/par Zed Bennett Jr.
Passé Composé by/par Alexandre Lynn and Mathieu Grimard
Jalouse by/par Melanie Delloye
Breathless by/par Kyle Sandilands
Swipe by/par Max Blustin
Mala Smrt (Little Death) by/par Claiborne McDonald

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Tribute.ca Award for Best Teen Film
Growing Up in India by/par Marc-André Boucher, Sarah Chartrand, Caitlin Chartrand, Florence Fortin-Brunet, Stéfanie Gauthier, Alexandra Hartnell-Godin, Taylor Herrington, Emilie Johnsson, Jenna Monney-Lupert, Laurent Malo, Alexandre Oakes-Câmara, Nathaniel Q, Julie Paquette, Julia Rogers, Kendra Veigh Ryan, Olivia Sheehy-Gennarelli, Michelle Vanderzon, Padmaja Gungun, Rohit Janegar and Mulkesh Nath
HUSH by/par Jauvonnie Brown
Silent Scream by/par Foundation for the Preservation of Wild Life and Cultural Assets in Armenia
One Less Shamrock by/par Nick Kelly
Sparks in the Night by/par Ben Kadie

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
MyFilmmaker.com Award for Best Director
The Bridge by Sheldon Schwartz
Nodutgang by Tomas Solli
One by Benjamin Stevens
Macabre Muse by Daniel Devine
Meltdown by David Green

En Primeur Award for Best Canadian Film
Batter Up by Josh Webber
Injection Supervisée by Hugo Le Bleu-Tadros
The Diary by Benjamin Lussier
A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Joe Ciaravino
Maia and Jonah by Michael McLaughlin
Natural Selection by A.J. Korkidakis

My Filmmaker.com Award for Best Film
Nodutgang (Norway) by Tomas Solli
Alien Abduction (USA) by David Han
The Bridge (USA) by Sheldon Schwartz
The Diary (Canada) by Benjamin Lussier
Meltdown (USA) by David Green

Tribute.ca People's Choice Award
The Diary by Benjamin Lussier

Other Top Vote Getters:
Paper, Princes, Gypsies and the Boy with No Return Address by Celeste Koon
Alien Abduction by David Han
A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Joe Ciaravino
AND
Growing Up in India by/par Marc-André Boucher, Sarah Chartrand, Caitlin Chartrand, Florence Fortin-Brunet, Stéfanie Gauthier, Alexandra Hartnell-Godin, Taylor Herrington, Emilie Johnsson, Jenna Monney-Lupert, Laurent Malo, Alexandre Oakes-Câmara, Nathaniel Q, Julie Paquette, Julia Rogers, Kendra Veigh Ryan, Olivia Sheehy-Gennarelli, Michelle Vanderzon, Padmaja Gungun, Rohit Janegar and Mulkesh Nath

The Segal Centre Prize for Emerging Talent
Hugo Le Bleu Tadros, director of Injection Supervisée