The 19th annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival concluded with an Awards Ceremony honoring the best films in seven 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 The Discourse
️✨Nominees:
Soleil de nuit, Maria Camila Arias & Fernando Lopez Escriva
The Breakthrough, Daniel Sinclair
🏆 Winner:
Chat Mort, Annie-Claude Caron & Danick Audet

Best Cinematography sponsored by the City of Nanaimo
️✨Nominees:
The Steak, Farzad Shahab,
FÁR, Eli Arenson
🏆 Winner:
Simone, Oliver Lanzenberg

Best Performance sponsored by Johnston Franklin Bishop Lawyers
✨Nominees:
Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter, FÁR
Cree McClellan, Simone
🏆 Winner:
Kevin McNulty, The Dog – A Rapidly Condensed Guide to Treading Water

Best Music sponsored by CHLY 101.7
✨Nominees:
27, Mári Mákó & Rozi Mákó
Chat Mort, Léandre Meilleur
🏆 Winner:
Nalujuk Night, Jennie Williams

Best of BC sponsored by Sparky’s Film Rentals
New this year is a Best of BC Award! The price is $1000 rental from Sparky’s Film Rentals
✨The nominees are..
The Gold Teeth, Alireza Kazemipour
CHICKEN, Lucy Mcnulty, Emma Pollard
🏆Winner
The Dog – A Rapidly Condensed Guide to Treading Water, Michael Makaroff

Best Film sponsored by Window Seat Books
️✨Nominees:
The Dog – A Rapidly Condensed Guide to Treading Water, Michael Makaroff
Chat Mort, Annie-Claude Caron & Danick Audet
🏆 Winner:
Simone, Aisha Amin

People’s Choice sponsored by the Nanaimo Hospitality Association
🏆 Winner:
Chat Mort, Annie-Claude Caron & Danick Audet

A big congratulations to all the nominees and award winners!