At the Closing Night gala of the 2010 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, award-winners were announced prior to the screening of Au Revoir Taipei. Winners included Vancouver-based animator Jeff Chiba Stearns taking the NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award for his personal documentary One Big Hapa Family. Jane Kim's Seeing Through the Spider's Web won the WIFT-T (Women in Film and Television - Toronto) Award and CFC graduate Gloria Kim received the LIFT and Fuji Best Film Award for short film The Auction. Japanese director Miwa Nishikawa won the Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund Best Film or Video Award for his comedy Dear Doctor. The Features Jury consisted of Jari Osborne, Marina Di Pancrazio and Darcy Murphy, while the Canadian and Shorts Jury was comprised of past Reel Asian filmmakers Randall Okita, Paul Wong and Mishann Lau. [UPDATE] The winner of the Reel Asian Audience Award was announced after the closing festivities. The award winner was Naoko Ogigami for Toilet. The favourite feature film was chosen by the audience by secret ballot and the award comes with a $500 cash prize.The winners of the So You Think You Can Pitch? competition were Shahrzad Nakhai and Rich Williamson (Sugar Bowl) in the Emerging category; and Tricia Lee and Ryan Reaney (Searching for Wonder) in the Professional category. The jurors for the competition were Toronto-based filmmaker Nobu Adilman, Worldwide Short Film Festival director Eileen Arandiga, and Toronto Irish Film Festival director Lila Karim.
The festival concludes Monday night with an encore screening of Au Revoir Taipei in Richmond Hill.
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2010 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival award winners:
NFB BEST CANADIAN FILM OR VIDEO AWARD WINNER:
ONE BIG HAPA FAMILY
Dir. Jeff Chiba Stearns
Notes from the jury: "An extraordinary work that combines home-movies, history and first person accounts, it is a journey of self-discovery that includes the voices of 4 generations of a Canadian family. Written, directed and edited by the filmmaker, he has taken the particular and has made it universal in both form and content."
- All Canadian works are eligible for this prize.
- Prize includes:
- $2,500 production budget prize towards the development of winner’s next project
WIFT-T AWARD
SEEING THROUGH THE SPIDER'S WEB
Dir. Jane Kim
Notes from the jury: "A feminist story that takes the viewer on an emotional and honest journey in which the filmmaker confronts her motherʼs veiled past."
- All films made by female GTA-based artists are eligible for this prize.
- Prize includes:
- $1,200 programming pass, one-year membership and mentorship from WIFT-T
- $1,000 rental credit at Videoscope
ASTRAL’S HAROLD GREENBERG FUND BEST FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO AWARD
DEAR DOCTOR
Dir. Miwa Nishikawa
Notes from the jury: "This story of a beloved country doctor disguises itself as a gentle comedy before revealing itself as a provocative argument for the morality of an honorable lie."
- All feature works are eligible for this prize.
- Prize includes:
- $1,000 cash prize
TSV VISIONARY VIDEO AWARD
REDRESS REMIX
Dir. Lesley Loksi Chan
Notes from the jury: "An important, timely work that freshly illuminated historical, political and personal struggles and brought a brilliant combination of research and innovation into the process of reclaiming our history."
- All videos made by GTA-based artists are eligible for this prize.
- Prize includes:
- $650 in TSV membership dues and services
- $100 cash prize upon completion of new work made at Trinity Square Video
REEL ASIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
TO BE ANNOUNCED AFTER THE FESTIVAL
- All feature films at the festival are eligible for this prize.
- Prize includes:
- $500 cash prize
ANIMASIAN AWARD
NATURE ON ITS COURSE
Dir. Su-An Ng
Notes from the jury: "Combining multiple techniques, this filmmakerʼs first film has a strong and original approach both technically and conceptually, tackling a complex issue with the lightness of freshly fallen snow."
- All animated films and videos are eligible for this prize.
- Prize includes:
- $500 cash prize
LIFT AND FUJI BEST FILM AWARD
THE AUCTION
Dir. Gloria Kim
Notes from the jury: "A wonderfully rendered love letter to familial sacrifice and the struggle of new Canadian families."
- All films made by GTA-based artists are eligible.
- Prize includes:
- $280 in LIFT membership dues and services
- $500 credit towards LIFT equipment and facility rentals, workshops and courses
- 5 rolls of Fuji 16mm film
MOVIEOLA BEST SHORT FILM OR VIDEO AWARD
JUNKO’S SHAMISEN
Dir. Sol Friedman
Notes from the jury: "A crash-bang distillation of pop genres. It is a seamless mash-up of live-action, drama, anime and manga that tells a classic story of revenge and poetic justice in which violence is deftly handled."
- Opportunity for broadcast on Movieola.
- Prize includes:
- $300 cash prize
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Congratulations to the 2010 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN PITCH? Competition winners.
EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
SUGAR BOWL
Shahrzad Nakhai (Producer/Director), Rich Williamson (Director of Photography)
EMERGING ARTIST AWARD INCLUDES:
- A production package from Charles Street Video worth $3,000 (a $10,000 value at industry rental rates), including:
- One-year membership with Charles Street Video
- Two sessions with Charles Street Video’s in-house editor
- A production workflow consultation, including:
- $1,000 in edit suite access
- $400 in production equipment rentals
- $300 materials credit
- $150 artist fee
- Distribution option through Ouat Media, with broadcast on Movieolaand Air Canada (Spafax Canada)
- $1,500 cash
- Opportunity to screen work at the 2011 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival with full festival accreditation
SEARCHING FOR WONDER
Tricia Lee (Director), Ryan Reaney (Producer)
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST AWARD INCLUDES:
- A production package from Charles Street Video worth $5,000 (a $18,000 value at industry rental rates), including:
- One-year membership with Charles Street Video
- Two sessions with Charles Street Video’s in-house editor
- A production workflow consultation, including:
- $2,000 in edit suite access
- $700 in production equipment rentals
- $300 materials credit
- $300 artist fee
- Distribution option through Ouat Media, with broadcast on Movieola and Air Canada (Spafax Canada)
- $1,500 cash
- Opportunity to screen work at the 2011 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival with full festival accreditation
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