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2023 Nominated Festival Laurels

THE 2023 BLOODIES AWARD NOMINATIONS



Congratulations to all of our award nominees!
Awards will be announced and given out in person throughout the festival November 20 to 25, 2023 at the Isabel Bader Theatre.


BEST PICTURE:
The Last Video Store (Directors: Cody Kennedy, Tim Rutherford Producers: Laurence Gendron, Greg Jeffs)
My Animal (Director: Jacqueline Castel Producers: Andrew Bronfman, Michael Solomon)
Tales From the Rez (Director: Trevor Solway Producers: Jessica Matten, Colin Ahnahktsipiitaa Van Loon)

BEST SHORT FILM:
Orest Leere and His Marvelous, Mysterious, Malicious Empathy Machine (Director: Jeff Smith Producers: Anna Jane Edmonds, Alex Kingsmill, Jeff Smith)
Saint-Sacrifice (Director & Producer: Jean-Claude Leblanc)
T-Bone (Director: Zachary Bennett Producers: Samantha Little, Dani De Leo)
White Noise (Director: Tamara Scherbak Producers: Christina Saliba, Anne-Marie Gélinas)

RYAN NICHOLSON SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS AWARD:
My Animal
The Last Video Store
Saint-Sacrifice
ZIP

BEST LEAD ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURE:
Kaelen Ohm (Last County)
Tim Rozon (Purgatory Jack)
Bobbi Salvör Menuez (My Animal)

BEST LEAD ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM:
Jag Dhaliwal (Solitary)
Julian Richings (T-Bone)
Jean Yoon (T-Bone)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM:
Sean Baek (Cold)
Tyler Grace (The Suckamoto Sales Incident)
Kelly Hope Taylor (Ivan)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURE FILM:
Eugene Brave Rock (Tales from the Rez)
Gord Rand (Last County)
Amandla Stenberg (My Animal)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Jacqueline Castel (My Animal)
Cody Kennedy, Tim Rutherford (The Last Video Store)
Trevor Solway (Tales from The Rez)

BEST SCREENPLAY:
Sean Kohnen, Matthew Kohnen (Last County)
Jae Matthews (My Animal)
Tim Rutherford, Joshua Roach (The Last Video Store)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Daniel Everitt-Lock (Purgatory Jack)
Benji Irwin (The Last Video Store)
Bryn McCashin (My Animal)
Patrick McLaughlin (Romi)

BEST EDITING:
Mikaela Bodin, Scott Richter (Last County)
Bridget Durnford (Romi)
Rémi Fréchette (The Dam)
Cody Kennedy (The Last Video Store)

BEST SOUND DESIGN:
Sylvain Bellemare (White Noise)
Frank Laratta (Romi)
Dean Hurley (My Animal)