2018 Spring Festival Winners:
Festival Top 5
A Thousand Words
Tincup
NASCII
INARA
In the Middle
Best Film
NASCII - Prod. Dan DeMarbre
Best Director - tie
Maissa Houri - Inara
Kristian Lariviere - NASCII
SAW Video Female Filmmaker Award
Sponsored by the SAW Video Media Arts Centre
Maissa Houri - Inara
Spirit of the Festival
Isabel Estabrooks - Robbie
Best Ensemble Acting
Tincup - Julien Masterson & Michelle Adams
Best Screenplay
A Thousand Words - Tyler A. Williams & Dean Tardioli
The Acting Company Best Emerging Actor Award
Sponsored by The Ottawa Acting Company
Idylia Rose - Hook
Best Cinematography
Chris Chitaroni - NASCII
Screened at the Mayfair Theatre
May 6th at 3pm
The Films & Filmmakers
Aaron Schmidt & André Bourbeau
The Playlist
A man is unsure of how to be happy and tries to figure it out by speaking to a therapist and listening to music.
Serguei Konioukov & Santiago Eugene-Gomez
The Serguei Interview
A story on how a young man is creating short movies/TV series to make friends.
Adrie Sustar
Shared Façade
When Margo makes eye contact she gets a glimpse into people’s minds. She encounters some colourful characters at the café."
Ahmed Alaa Hafez
Andrew's Rose
An old man misses his deceased wife. He misses her even more after scrolling through her photos on Facebook and decides to send her a message. An unexplained connection happens when someone starts replying to his message from the “other side”.
Antonio Najera
Good Bye, Good Bye
Serving a 30 year sentence with no possibility of parole and about to give birth, Christine meets another woman ready to deliver at the same time. When the other woman's baby dies a few hours after birth, Christine makes a split decision.
Claudia Carino & Brendan Butt
Missed Connection
A disheveled yet earnest man recounts his endearing encounter with a waitress with the hope to see her again.
Dan DeMarbre
NASCII
At the cutting edge of modern technology, one man's struggle to find the answers.
David Scrieciu
Looking For Love
A montage of dating videos from 1980 to 2019.
Dean Tardioli & Tyler A. Williams
A Thousand Words
A caretaker experiences an unexpected connection with a coma patient brought on by a simple piece of music.
Liliana Reckless, Shaun Ryan Savard
Sincerely Yours
A Daughter deals with mother's terminal illness.
Isabel Estabrook & Fabio Ricci
ROBBIE
Robbie, an adolescent AI robot with a lack of social skills, quickly learns the difficulty of establishing meaningful human connections.
Doris Debassige-Toeg & Jalal Toeg
Year Of Patience
The last meal before the divorce is final.
Vincent Valentino & Jason Marshall
Sam and Diane
2 people who despise one another get stuck in an elevator.
Keith Davidson & Arthur Levitin
Willy Tries Online Dating
Willy makes a video profile of himself for online dating and reveals more about himself than he should.
Kirk Knapp
Intercept
After breaking up wit her boyfriend, a tech glitch connects two strangers together.
Landon Arbuckle & Samantha Bigelow
Intentionally By Accident
A series of misunderstandings leads to an important reunion as 3 characters inadvertently affect each others' stories.
LES666 & MAVNetwork
EVERYDAY LOVE
Uncovering identity and a contemporary Japanese tea ceremony. Connection through the banal and appreciation of the intimate; a traditional meditation.
Liam J. McLoughlin
Beauty Faded (Cold and Naked)
A drug addled degenerate struggles with his addictions as he waits for a call from his only connection.
Maissa Houri & Ramy Raphael
Inara
Coping with a mutual loss, a father and daughter both come to terms with grief by connecting with one another.
Christophe Boulianne & Vincent Neveu
Jason & Margot
Two teenagers are in a rehab centre trying to cope with their addictions.
Mark Parks
When The Heart Speaks
A young man is given a chance to finally embrace who he is, but time is running out.
Martin Rodriguez
In the Middle
A woman is stuck in the middle by her connections to an annoying group of people.
Zoe Georgaras & Simon Buell
Connecting
Expressing their emotions towards in each other, whether it be friendship, romance or familial bonds creates a connection between characters.
Nathan Louis Adolphe
Hook
A look at the 21st century relationship and how a couple communicates in an overly connected world
Nhan Tran
The Making of a Friendship
Misunderstanding the password of the wifi, a guy is willing to kill his friend.
Samuel Rodrigue & Jean-François Dufault
Tincup
Two detectives investigate and unsolved crime, not expecting themselves to become so closely connected to the event.
Steven Hunt & Jessica Doucet
The Fifth Rail
Two brothers steal a suitcase with a mystery inside.
Travis Turcotte
Carl, The Untold Story Behind the Hero of Demicore
Carl, the hero of Demicore, is in a struggle to find an internet connection to save his online party from certain death.
Troy No
Confrontation
A man knows the consequences of confronting his own self and mind but continues despite his fear
Tyler Pope, Rahim Bahrami
Would You?
A detective is three months in on his job and ends up shooting a perp.
Vanessa Kammer
#HAPPINESS
A depressed woman with a broken marriage finds happiness connecting online and posting selfies on social media. But her real life has nothing to do with online connection.
Vincent Valentino
Open Your Eyes
Everything is connected, you just have to look closer.