May 31 - June 9, 2024
2023 AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS
In 2023, the Vancouver Short Film Festival will award BC and Canadian filmmakers over $50,000 of dollars in prizes and in-kind services from
our generous supporters in the film community.
Our winners were announced on June 4th, 2023 at our
Vancouver Post Alliance Award for
BEST SOUND DESIGN
NOMINEES
WINNER Lucas Prokaziuk - 3 Seconds In, 6 Seconds Out
Benjamin Chen - I Bot
Rob Phaneuf - Mom vs. Machine
Sacha Ratcliffe - Municipal Relaxation Module
Mochi Lin - Swallow Flying to the South
Vancouver Short Film Festival Award for
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES
Noah Van Buhren - Damned Supper
WINNER Zhichao Wang, Xiaowei Liu, Borong Wang, Tianxing Qu, Ray Tan - I Bot
Clayton Holmes - Maceration
Riley Gray - Mom vs. Machine
Chris Downs - N'xaxaitkw
Vancouver Post Alliance Award for
BEST EDITING
NOMINEES
WINNER Alexander Farah - Lay Me by the Shore
Josh Aries - Mom vs. Machine
Daniel Martin and Arnold Lim - My Name is Arnold
Josh Aries - Paco
Mel Corrigan - The Mess We're In
UBCP/ACTRA Awards for
BEST PERFORMANCE
NOMINEES
WINNER Nimet Kanji - Mom vs. Machine
Praneet Akilla - Mom vs. Machine
Ju Hwan Kim - My Name is Arnold
River Codack - My Name is Arnold
Hadi Eftekharzadeh - Split Ends
Marjan Alizadeh - Split Ends
Mehran Mirmiri -Split Ends
Ashley Kobayashi - The Mess We're In
WINNER Enuka Okuma - Woman Meets Girl
Chelsea Russell - Woman Meets Girl
Scripting Aloud! Award for
BEST SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES
HONOURABLE MENTION Maria Barr - Dandelion Green
Tesh Guttikonda - Mom vs. Machine
Maxime Divier - Peanut Butter
Alireza Kazemipour, Solmaz Mortezavand - Split Ends
WINNER Jack Bailey - When Will This Story End
Keslow Camera Award for
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES
Leonardo Harim - Latchkey
WINNER Evan Prosofsky - Lay Me by the Shore
Jaryl Lim - Mom vs. Machine
Alfonso Chin - N'xaxaitkw
Alexandre Nour Desjardins - Printemps
Director’s Guild of Canada BC Award for
BEST DIRECTOR
NOMINEES
WINNER David Findlay - Lay Me by the Shore
Tesh Guttikonda - Mom vs. Machine
Arnold Lim - My Name is Arnold
Sebastien Duguay - Printemps
Jamie Lam - The Mess We're In
Forward in Film
OUTLIER AWARD
NOMINEES
WINNER Maundy
Shallots and Garlic
Split Ends
Tongue
Zeb's Spider
Vancouver Short Film Festival
IMPACT AWARD
NOMINEES
A Flicker of Light
Blue Garden
Feeling the Apocalypse
My Name is Arnold
WINNER Split Ends
Sparky's Rentals Award for
BEST AFTER DARK FILM
NOMINEES
Mom vs. Machine
Not For Us
Omukama
WINNER Shallots and Garlic
When Will This Story End
Documentary Organization of Canada BC + YK + NWT Award for
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
NOMINEES
WINNER A Flicker of Light
Blue Garden
We Went Out
Vancouver Short Film Festival Award for
BEST ANIMATION
NOMINEES
Məca
Rumination
Swallow Flying to the South
WINNER Tongue
Zeb's Spider
Langara College Film Arts Award for
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
A Flicker of Light
WINNER Dandelion Green
Omukama
Swallow Flying to the South
When Will This Story End
Gearbase Camera Award for
BEST BC SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Lay Me by the Shore
Mom vs. Machine
WINNER Split Ends
The Mess We're In
Tongue