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Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
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    Best First Feature

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    Best First Feature Film

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      Winner

      It Hits You When You Know It

      7.7 (61)
      Rent-Free Records

    Best First Feature Films

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      Ofödda livsandar

      3.7 (18)
      Homayoon Mobaraki
      Mobikey

    Best Actor

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    Best International Actor

    • Winner
      • Tarik Tanrisever
      • Keman Agitlari
      Feza Film
      Best International Actor

    Best Original Score

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      Winner

      A Royal Love Extended

      Guy Renardeau
      Apollo Recording/Film Studio
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      One Last Shot

      8.5 (31)
      Saram Jaffery(Music Director)
      SJ Productions

    Best Editing

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    Best Editing Feature Films

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      Ofödda livsandar

      3.7 (18)
      Homayoon Mobaraki
      Mobikey

    Best Film Editing

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      Violetta

      7.6 (34)
      Pelekis Panagiotis

    Best Actress

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    Best Actress

      • Drishika Chander
      • Manasanamaha

    Best Director

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    Best Director

    • Paris - 2019
      Winners
      • Till Vill
      • Emanuel E. Hoover
      • Memories
      Till Vill Pictures
      For Movie MEMORIES (2019)
    • Deepak Reddy
      • Deepak Reddy
      • Manasanamaha

    Best Director Feature Films

    • Homayoon Mobaraki
      • Homayoon Mobaraki
      • Ofödda livsandar
      Mobikey

    Best Movie Director

      • Fivos Imellos(director)
      • Violetta

    Best Film International

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      Ofödda livsandar

      3.7 (18)
      Homayoon Mobaraki
      Mobikey

    Festival Award

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    Best Canadian Film

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      Winner

      Period 2 Final Project

      7.8 (6)
      Jake Burgess(producer)
      Mack Muir(producer)

    Best Foreign Language Feature Film

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      Shibil

      5.2 (255)
      Nikola Bozadzhiev
      First Clapper

    Best Actor

      • Adam S. Ford
      • Stolperstein
      BluntImage

    Best Movie Trailer

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      Violetta

      7.6 (34)
      Fivos Imellos(producer)

    Best North American Movie Director

    • Raymond Edwards
      • Raymond Edwards
      • Stolperstein
      BluntImage

    Best Original Music Score

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      Stolperstein

      Logan Dougherty
      BluntImage

    Best Picture Film

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      Violetta

      7.6 (34)
      Fivos Imellos(producer)

    Best USA Film

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      Stolperstein

      Raymond Edwards
      BluntImage

    Viewers Choice Award

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      Remember The Rain That Made Your Corn Grow

      Xavier Girard Lachaine(Director)
      Carlos Carneiro(Producer)
      Terence Teh(Producer)
      Vacationland Studio

    Jury Award

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    Best Comedy Drama

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      Winner

      Eddyct

      4.5 (60)
      Jiten Mehta
      Wide Shot Films

    Best Foreign Language Film

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      Violetta

      7.6 (34)
      Fivos Imellos(producer)

    Best International Student Film

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      Das Schamhaar

      Carolin Glomp(director)

    Best LGBT Film

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      Winner

      I Am Who I Am

      Davina Hader

    Best Student Film

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      Divine419: Hawkers Hustle

      9.5 (17)
      Johannes Krug(director)
      Johannes Krug

    Best Bollywood Film

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      Manasanamaha

      8.3 (219)
      Deepak Reddy

    Best Cinematography

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      Manasanamaha

      8.3 (219)
      Edurolu Raju

    Best Canadian Female Filmmaker

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      Sweet Release

      Meeshelle Neal

    Best Animated Film

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    Animation

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      Shadowland

      Bellopropello(director)

    Best Feature Screenplay

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    Best Screenplay Under 120 Pages (Canada)

    • Harold L. Brown
      Winner
      • Harold L. Brown

    Best Screenplay Under 30 Pages

    • Just Cant Handle It

      Eriah S. Howard(Writer)
      Donald G. Carter
      Gerald Johnson
      Gibbous EDGE Entertainment

    Best Screenplay Under 60 Pages

    • Fury of a Woman Scorned

      Eriah S. Howard(Writer)
      Gerald Johnson
      Donald G. Carter
      Gibbous EDGE Entertainment

    Best Student International film

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    Best International Student Film

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      Cherry Swamp Road

      Josh Cummins(director)
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      Sherbet

      7.3 (41)
      Nikola Stojanovic
      Nadja Petrovic
      Mladen Teofilovic
      Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade

    Best Producer

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    Best Movie Producer

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      Ofödda livsandar

      3.7 (18)
      Homayoon Mobaraki
      Mobikey
      From nominees to award winner
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      Violetta

      7.6 (34)
      Fivos Imellos(producer)

    Best Horror

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      Door to Door

      Yalan Hu
      Florida State University

    Best Comedy Drama

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      Like There's No Tomorrow

      5.9 (35)
      Igor Biddau
      Babbudoiu C.
      Firenze Produzioni Cinematografiche

    Best International Female Filmmaker

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      Winner

      Door to Door

      Yalan Hu
      Florida State University

    Best Canadian Short Film

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      One Last Shot

      8.5 (31)
      Saram Jaffery(Director)
      SJ Productions
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      Maternal Love

      Shaleen Sutherland
      Mandie Kingsbury
      Sutherland Films

    Best Music Video

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    Music video

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      Pour Afrigha

      Homayoon Mobaraki
      Mobikey

    Best Short Film (Diaspora)

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      Winner

      Third Scar

      Babatunde Agunloye(Director)

    Best First Short Film

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      Winner

      Maternal Love

      Shaleen Sutherland
      Mandie Kingsbury
      Sutherland Films
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      Screech

      Dimitri Abdul Nour(director)

    Best Documentary

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      Winner

      Memento: A South African Artventure

      Ryan Singh
      Ryan Singh Enterprises

    Viewers Choice Award

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    Viewers Choice Award

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      The Shadow of Faust

      Cedric Matesic
      InLight Cinema
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      White Rose

      Kadé Hill(Director/Writer)
      John Estrada(Producer/Writer)
      Jaido Studios
      White Rose
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nature Boy

      Nicholas Koscik
      Lone Pine Media
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Screech

      Dimitri Abdul Nour(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One Last Shot

      8.5 (31)
      Saram Jaffery
      SJ Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Life as a Doormat

      Ivy Tobin
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Maternal Love

      Shaleen Sutherland
      Mandie Kingsbury
      Sutherland Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Das Schamhaar

      Carolin Glomp(director)

    Best LGBTQ+ Film

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      Winner

      Sweet Release

      Meeshelle Neal

    Best International Film

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      Strain

      5.5 (34)
      Oluwatoyin Adewumi(producer)
      Benjamin Abejide Adeniran(producer)
      Verte View

    Best African Film

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      Strain

      5.5 (34)
      Oluwatoyin Adewumi(producer)
      Benjamin Abejide Adeniran(producer)
      Verte View

    Best Nollywood Drama

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      Strain

      5.5 (34)
      Oluwatoyin Adewumi(producer)
      Benjamin Abejide Adeniran(producer)
      Verte View

    Best Foreign Language Film

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      Winner

      A Separation

      8.7 (17)
      Yalan Hu
      Florida State University

    Best Music Video International (Jury Award)

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    Music video

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      Winner

      Mirror

      Konstantinos Pagiatis(writer/director)

    Best Dance Video

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      Mirror

      Konstantinos Pagiatis(writer/director)
      Finalist

    Best Cinematography

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      Winner

      Plastic Love

      Lucia Rinaldi
    • [object Object]

      Memento: A South African Artventure

      Ryan Singh
      Ryan Singh Enterprises

    Best Short Film (USA)

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    Best Short Film (USA)

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      Winner

      White Rose

      Kadé Hill(Director/Writer)
      John Estrada(Writer/Producer)
      Jaido Studios
      White Rose

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