Festivals & Awards
VFS student projects are consistently selected for screenings and awards at festivals around the world. Qualifying student projects are submitted to national and international competitions and festivals at no cost to the student.
Film Production
2012 Festivals & Awards
box[ur]shorts Film Festival
A Noble Cause - Karl Kimmel | Screened
India International Film Fest
Maaya Getting Born - Anand Raghavan | Screened
Victoria Film Festival
Grave Consequences - Tiffany Munro | Screened
2011 Festivals & Awards
"15-Minutes of Fame" Film Festival
Toilet - Matt Dagley | Screened
Deboshirfilm Pure Dreams Film Festival
Toilet - Matt Dagley | Screened
Hyart Film Festival
Cyburbia - Arun Fryer | Screened
International Student Film Fest Hollywood
Mon Dieu - Patricia Tate | Screened - Official Competition
Landlocked Film Festival
A Noble Cause - Karl Kimmel | Screened
Depth Of Heaven - Sultan Tin | Screened
Leo Awards
The Ride is Over - Laura Russell | Nominated
NSI Online Short Film Festival
Grover's Mill - Paul St. Amand | Screened
Shanghai International Film Festival
Cyburbia - Arun Fryer | Screened
2010 Festivals & Awards
Heart of the City Festival
Under construction - Alexios Spyropoulos | Luis Ludmer Ludmer | Screened
Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood
Blood Brothers - Ryan Atimoyoo | Winner - Best script
Los Angeles Film and Script Festival
Loved - Jennifer Li | Winner - Best Student Film of 2010
Show Me Social Justice Film Festival
Dark Angel - Ryan Atimoyoo | Screened
Vancouver Short Film Festival
70,000 - Mohamed Soliman | Peter Leung | Screened
A culture lost? - Derek Rodgers | Jinx Moore | Screened
Addict - Christian Malo | Screened
Dark Angel - Ryan Atimoyoo | Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez | Screened
El Turista - Arce Ocana Manjarrez | Screened
Grover's Mill - Paul St. Amand | Screened
Grover's Mill - Paul St. Amand | Screened
No light at midnight - Jay Macmillan | Cullen Mitchell Jones | Screened
Potluck Café - Cedric Malayi | Athena Liu | Screened
Strays - Nick Kelly | Alan Vazquez | Screened
The Laughing Drum - Isaac Carter | Hope LaVelle | Screened
The Richest Place - Anand Raghavan | Stephen Sawchuk | Screened
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Screened
VSFF 2010 Emerging Shorts
El Turista - Arce Ocana Manjarrez | Screened
Whistler Film Festival
Hell on Wheels - Brendan Preston | Screened
Young Cuts Film Festival
Scott and the Squirrels - Corey Jenkins | Screened
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Screened
Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival
Simon - Ryan Atimoyoo | Screened
FirstGlance Film Festival
Simon - Ryan Atimoyoo | Screened
Kingston Canadian Film Festival
The Boy Who Knew - Nick Arnold | Screened
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Traffic - Oliver Milne | Screened
Salento Finibus Terrae International Short Film Festival
The Electric Move - Elvis Laplante | Screened
2009 Festivals & Awards
Canada International Film Festival - CIFF
Le Parkour - Eric Morrison | 2nd Place - Student Documentary
Of Montreal - Alex Lasheras | 3rd Place - Student Scenario
Spirit Carver - Daniel Baas | 3rd Place - Student Documentary
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Le Parkour - Eric Morrison | Screened
Virtuoso - Terry Stone | Screened
Silver Wave Film Festival
Artistic Anxiety - Jonathan Kitchen | Screened
Tremelo - Jonathan Kitchen | Screened
Young Cuts Film Festival
Scott and the Squirrels - Corey Jenkins | Screened
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Screened
Accolade Competition
Hush - Jen Murphy | Winner - Award of Merit
BC Student Film Festival
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Winner - Post-Secondary Art Direction Award
imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival
Simon - Ryan Atimoyoo | Screened
Lakedance International Film Festival
70,000 - Mohamed Soliman | Screened
Shintaro's Travels - Younghoo Kwon | Screened
Lunafliks
Who Wants to be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Screened
North Shore Film Festival
Beyond Survival - Anthony Epp | Screened
Free to Go - Zach Gayne | Screened
Hush - Jen Murphy | Screened
Ssstutter - Bruce Oothout | Screened
The Jester - Ken Kabatoff | Screened
Prince Edward Island Film Festival
Hush - Jen Murphy | Screened
Traveling World Community Film Festival
Power Forward - Reto Mueller | Screened
ViBGYOR International Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Winnepeg Aboriginal Film Festival
Simon - Ryan Atimoyoo | Screened
2008 Festivals & Awards
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
See Through Me - Jonathon Corbiere | Semi-Finalist - Live Action Category
Asiana International Short Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened - Asiana Air flights
Bayou City Inspiration Film Festival
Duty - Kenneth MacLeod | Winner - Honourable Mention - Documentary
Big Muddy Film Festival
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Screened
Canada International Film Festival - CIFF
Le Parkour - Eric Morrison | 2nd Place - Student Documentary
Of Montreal - Alex Lasheras | 3rd Place - Student Scenario
Spirit Carver - Daniel Baas | 3rd Place - Student Documentary
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
Shortest Dream - Ahmad Al Tamimi | Nominated - Best Student Cinematography
El Cajon Video & Film Festival
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Winner - Best Drama
enRoute Student Film Festival
Parallels - Paul St. Amand | Winner - Canadian Reflections Award
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Winner - Achievement in Direction Award
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Nominated - Best Student Film
The Devil and Sarah Silverspoon - Phillip Giarratano | Screened
Fantasia Festival
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Screened
Florence International Film Festival
Nowhere - Raymund Santos | Premiered
Hot Docs
Virtuoso - Terry Stone | Screened
Montreal World Film Festival - WFF
Hail Mary - Jean-Sebastien Di Fruscia | Screened
Butoh - Robert Johansen | Premiered
New Asia Film Festival
Food for the Gods - Scott Hughes | Premiered
New York City International Independent Film and Video Festival
Hail Mary - Jean-Sebastien Di Fruscia | Winner - Best International Student Short
NSI Online Short Film Festival
Grover's Mill - Paul St. Amand | Screened
Pemberton Film Festival
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Urban Coyotes (But Were Afraid to Ask) - Aaron Beckum | Screened
Reel Cause Film Festival
Power Forward - Reto Mueller | Premiered
Rendez-vous du Cinema Quebecois et Francophone
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Screened
Route 66 Film Festival
Crazy Old Woman - Joe Fang | Winner - Audience Favorite Drama Award
Food for the Gods - Scott Hughes | 2nd Place - Audience Favorite Directorial Debut Award
Food for the Gods - Scott Hughes | 2nd Place - Directorial Debut Category
Seguin Film & Arts Festival
The What-If Girl - Eric Peschel | Screened
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Premiered - Japanese Premiere
SMC Filmmakers Showcase
Food for the Gods - Scott Hughes | Screened
Tiburon International Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Triggerstreet Online Short Film Festival
Parallels - Paul St. Amand | Finalist
Victoria Film Festival
Grave Consequences - Tiffany Munro | Screened
BC Student Film Festival
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Winner - Post-Secondary Art Direction Award
Vancouver Asian Film Festival
King of Sushi - Hong Sik Kim | Screened
2007 Festivals & Awards
Angelus Student Awards Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Semi-Finalist
Austin Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Bhausaheb Short Film Festival - Sir Giresh Desai
Horizons - Yash Kauns | Screened
Big Bear Lake International Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Winner - Best Student Film
Calgary Fringe Film Festival
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Screened
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
enRoute Student Film Festival
Parallels - Paul St. Amand | Winner - Canadian Reflections Award
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Winner - Achievement in Direction Award
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Nominated - Best Student Film
The Devil and Sarah Silverspoon - Phillip Giarratano | Screened
Faux Film Festival
Owned - Matt Ferguson | Screened
Fear No Film Festival
Owned - Matt Ferguson | Screened
First Take International Student Film Festival
Death of Theodore Graham - Erik Hecht | Screened
Forced Redemption - Jason Callaghan | Screened
Ruby Writes Through - Sarah Schwartz | Screened
The Greatest Kitchen Tool - Nicholas Hayes | Screened
The Room - Joshua Guitard | Screened
HP Lovecraft Film Festival
Baltimore - Scott Williams | Screened
Leo Awards
The Ride is Over - Laura Russell | Nominated
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival - LA Shorts Fest
Grave Consequences - Tiffany Munro | Winner - Special Jury Recognition Prize
Til Death Do You Part - Matthew Westlake | Screened
Lucknow Film Festival - NSVFF
Horizons - Yash Kauns | Screened
Miami Short Film Festival
Grave Consequences - Tiffany Munro | Screened
Paris Cinema International Film Festival
Til Death Do You Part - Matthew Westlake | Screened
Poppy Jasper Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Roma Independant Film Festival
Til Death Do You Part - Matthew Westlake | Screened
Student Films Across America
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Screened
Swansea Bay Film Fetsival
Owned - Matt Ferguson | Screened
Tribeca Film Festival
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Triggerstreet Online Short Film Festival
Parallels - Paul St. Amand | Finalist
Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival
Til Death Do You Part - Matthew Westlake | Winner - Gold - Best College Level Student Production
Yorkton Film Festival - Golden Sheaf Awards
Alone with the Devil - Uwe Braun | Screened
Bright Lights - Nathan Drillot | Screened
Noel - Douglas McCann | Screened
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Screened
Young Cuts Film Festival
Scott and the Squirrels - Corey Jenkins | Screened
The Shade - Mo Gorjestani | Screened
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Aaron Beckum | Screened
2006 Festivals & Awards
Boulder Asian Film Festival
Red River - Veelip Yuen | Screened
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Screened
Calgary International Film Festival
Alibi Inc. - Gregoire Bedard | Screened
Parallels - Paul St. Amand | Screened
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
Shortest Dream - Ahmad Al Tamimi | Nominated - Best Student Cinematography
ComedyFest
Heather's Prom - Jackie Lasorda | Nominated - Best Direction
Ruby Writes Through - Sarah Schwartz | Nominated - Best Actress
Skulltron Vision - Jimi Cuell | Nominated - Best Direction
The Death of Theodore Graham - Erik Hecht | Nominated - Best Screenplay
First Take International Student Film Festival
Death of Theodore Graham - Erik Hecht | Screened
Forced Redemption - Jason Callaghan | Screened
Ruby Writes Through - Sarah Schwartz | Screened
The Greatest Kitchen Tool - Nicholas Hayes | Screened
The Room - Joshua Guitard | Screened
Forest Film Festival
The Audition - Samuel Kim | Nominated - Best Student Fiction
ICE Digital Short Film Festival
Bloodline - David Abaya | Screened
En Passant - Balshankar Menon | Screened
Neuva Ondo Movie Nights
Oh! Mai Love - Steve Auh | Screened
Redbank International Film Festival
Owned - Matt Ferguson | Winner - Best Original Concept
Sarasota Film Festival
Bright Lights - Nathan Drillot | Screened
Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival
Alone With the Devil - Uwe Braun | Screened
Sport Movies & TV India Ficts Festival
Horizons - Yash Kauns | Screened
VanCity Theatre "Canada Screens"
Parallels - Paul St. Amand | Screened
Vancouver International Film Festival
When I was Seven - Jessica Bradford | Screened
Winnipeg International Film Festival
Bright Lights - Nathan Drillot | Screened
Yorkton Film Festival - Golden Sheaf Awards
Alone with the Devil - Uwe Braun | Screened
Bright Lights - Nathan Drillot | Screened
Noel - Douglas McCann | Screened
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Screened
BC Student Film Festival
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Winner - Post-Secondary Art Direction Award
Vancouver Asian Film Festival
King of Sushi - Hong Sik Kim | Screened
2005 Festivals & Awards
First Take International Student Film Festival
Death of Theodore Graham - Erik Hecht | Screened
Forced Redemption - Jason Callaghan | Screened
Ruby Writes Through - Sarah Schwartz | Screened
The Greatest Kitchen Tool - Nicholas Hayes | Screened
The Room - Joshua Guitard | Screened
International Student Film Fest Hollywood
Mon Dieu - Patricia Tate | Screened - Official Competition
Munich International Festival of Film Schools
Death of Theodore Graham - Erik Hecht | Screened
Sea to Sky Entertainment Film Festival
Forced Redemption - Jason Callaghan | Screened
Ruby Writes Through - Sarah Schwartz | Screened
The Death of Theodore Graham - Erik Hecht | Screened
Silver Wave Film Festival
Artistic Anxiety - Jonathan Kitchen | Screened
Tremelo - Jonathan Kitchen | Screened
Vancouver International Film Festival
When I was Seven - Jessica Bradford | Screened
Vancouver Student Film Festival
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Winner - Best Cinematography
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Winner - Best Actress Award
The Shortest Dream - Jee Won Sul | Winner - Best Direction
Vancouver Asian Film Festival
King of Sushi - Hong Sik Kim | Screened
2004 Festivals & Awards
Provincetown International Film Festival
Smile - Jesse Foster | Screened
2000 Festivals & Awards
30 Below Film & Video Competition at The Brandon Film Festival
Smells Like Shit - Kim Nozick | Nominated
Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival - CIAFF
Winter - Marie Lizarraga Acosta | Finalist - Special Commendation
Leo Awards
The Ride is Over - Laura Russell | Nominated
Vancouver International Film Festival
When I was Seven - Jessica Bradford | Screened