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The 18th annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival concluded with an Awards Ceremony honoring the best films in six categories.

The Goldie Awards were designed by multimedia artist Brendan Tang and named in honour of Shirley Goldberg, a respected Nanaimo film enthusiast, teacher, journalist and arts promoter. Five of the awards were selected by the Judging Committee and the People’s Choice Award was decided by the audience based on the results of an online poll.

Congratulations to the following nominees and winners!

Best Writing – Sponsored by Nanaimo News Bulletin

Nominees:
Year of the Tortoise, Jocelyn Tennant
Məca, Ida Smith

Winner:
Split Ends, Alireza Kazemipour & Solmaz Mortezavand

Best Cinematography sponsored by Shaw Spotlight️

Nominees:
Joanna Makes A Friend, Tony Mirza
Curiosa, Rob O’Kelly

Winner:
Məca, Ritchie Hemphill & Ryan Haché

Best Performance sponsored by Johnston Franklin Bishop

Nominees:
Split Ends, Marjan Alizadeh
For Roy, Ciara Mandel

Winner:
Lucid, John Hannah

Best Music sponsored by CHLY 101.7 FM

Nominees:
Lucid, Alexander Andresen
Joanna Makes A Friend, Matthew Rogers

Winner:
The Lovely Sky, Pejman Khalili

Best Film sponsored by City of Nanaimo Local Government

️Nominees:
Split Ends, Alireza Kazemipour
Məca, Ritchie Hemphill & Ryan Haché

Winner:
For Roy, Vivian Cheung

People’s Choice sponsored by Nanaimo Hospitality Association

Winner:
For Roy, Vivian Cheung

A big congratulations to all the nominees and award winners!

Thank you for Making the 18th Annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival a Fantastic Evening!

The 18th annual VISFF was a BLAST! THANK YOU to everyone who joined us in person and online!