19th Canadian LGBTTQ* Short Film Competition Winners (2022)
Jury Choice - Short Film
A Separate Peace
Director: Kegan McFadden
Bio: Kegan as an artist identifies as gay. A Separate Peace is about the nature of homosocial and queer relationships. Artist, curator, writer and publisher, Kegan McFadden has exhibited in exhibition and print form throughout Canada since 2004. Recurring themes in Kegan's work include an investigation of queerness, the implications of memory, and found images. A Separate Peace is his first video.
Awards: William F. White International Inc. $1000 grant; Reel Pride Film Festival $500 cash award
Audience Choice - Best Short Film Award
Yours
Director: Matthew Shoup
Bio: Matthew Shoup is an emerging Métis filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Matthew made his premiere as a filmmaker at the 2021 Reel Pride Film Festival with his short "SEPTEMBER IS THE MONTH OF LOVE". Since then, he has had his films screened at festivals such as Gimme Some Truth Film Festival, McMinnville Sci-Fi Film Festival, and Bayelsa International Film Festival. His biggest accomplishment has been his documentary film "COVID/CHOIR,” which has gone on to garner international attention and was even covered by CTV News.
Awards: William F. White International Inc. $1000 grant; Reel Pride Film Festival $500 cash award
Jury Choice - Top Emerging Filmmaker Award
Yours
Director: Matthew Shoup
Bio: Kegan as an artist identifies as gay. A Separate Peace is about the nature of homosocial and queer relationships. Artist, curator, writer and publisher, Kegan McFadden has exhibited in exhibition and print form throughout Canada since 2004. Recurring themes in Kegan's work include an investigation of queerness, the implications of memory, and found images. A Separate Peace is his first video.
Awards: Reel Pride Film Festival $500 cash award
Jury Choice - Manitoba’s Best Short Award
Grand Mother Tongue
Director: Chanelle Lajoie
Bio: Chanelle Lajoie is a Queer Métis multi-disciplinary artist from Treaty 1 Territory, and a current guest studying at McGill Law on Tiohti:áke Territory. With their degree, they aim to protect the intellectual property of Indigi-queer creators. With their medium, they seek to honour and engage within the communities to which they belong through storytelling in the form of moving-image. Their ties to the community are best witnessed in recent projects Métis Femme Bodies (2018) and Lavender Menace (2020) which explore Indigi-queer identity.
Awards: Winnipeg Film Group WFG Package – one year General Membership with production add-ons; Reel Pride Film Festival $500 cash award
Jury Choice - Best Community Reflection Award
Cruise Night
Director: Isaac Würmann
Bio: Isaac Würmann is a documentarian, artist, and freelance journalist. After studying journalism at Carleton University, Isaac returned home to Winnipeg, where he continues to search for new ways to tell stories about queerness, the city, and the experiences that connect us.
Awards: Reel Pride Film Festival $500 cash award
2022 Short Film Competition Awards
JURY CHOICE AWARD
Judged by: Jury
Criteria: Best Short Film of the 18th Competition
Sponsored by: William F White International
Value: $1000 in-kind equipment rental grant
Sponsored by: Reel Pride Film Festival
Value: $500 cash
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Judged by: Audience
Criteria: Best Short Film of the 18th Competition
Sponsored by: William F White International
Value: $1000 in-kind equipment rental grant
Sponsored by: Reel Pride Film Festival
Value: $500 cash
MANITOBA’S BEST AWARD
Judged by: Jury
Criteria: Short is Filmed in Manitoba
Sponsored by: Winnipeg Film Group
Value: WFG Package – one year General Membership with production add-ons
Sponsored by: Reel Pride Film Festival
Value: $500 cash
TOP EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
Judged by: Jury
Criteria: Best Short Film from an emerging filmmaker who has less than three years experience as a filmmaker.
No minimum or maximum age limitation.
Sponsored by: RBC
Value: $500 cash
BEST COMMUNITY REFLECTION AWARD
Judged by: Jury
Criteria: Best Short reflecting the complexity/diversity of the 2SLGBTQ+ community
Sponsored by: Reel Pride Film Festival
Value: $500 cash
Other Official Selections:
Guardian Of Sleep
Halves And Doubles
Mishka
She’s Not There
Adamah
Hot Plastic Suits
Mum Singh
Keemooch
2022 Short Film Competition Jury:
Ron Lambert
Sheryl Peters
Rose Murego