Each year, Reel Asian celebrates Asian talent with awards for features and short films. Juried by distinguished creatives, filmmakers and industry professionals, these awards speak to the brilliant talent within our communities and the meaningful impact these stories leave with our audiences.
All Canadian works are eligible for this prize
$1,000 cash
Naoko Sasaki
All Toronto artists are eligible for this prize.
$2,000 in studio time
Birds
All emerging Toronto artists are eligible for this prize.
$650 in TSV membership dues & services
Souriya Namaha and The Revisited Journey
Chris Gehman
Chris Gehman is an independent filmmaker, curator, and critic living in Toronto. He was the Artistic Director of the Images Festival from 2000-2004 and an assistant programmer and program guide editor at Cinematheque Ontario. His writing has appeared in Cinema Scope, Take One, Millenium Film Journal, Broken Pencil, and his films have screened at numerous venues around the world.
Naoko Kumagai
Naoko Kumagai is a publicity coordinator at the Toronto International Film Festival Group, where she proudly lives and breathes Canadian film. She was formerly a journalist for the Canadian Press in Vancouver.
Myrocia Watamaniuk
Myrocia Watamaniuk has programmed and hosted industry sessions for the Toronto International Film Festival, served as Programmer and Programming Manager for Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival and as Associate Programmer for Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. She also produced CBC Newsworld’s leading current affiars debate program counterSpin and currently hosts Rogers Television daily live morning show Daytime Toronto.
*All decisions made by the juries are final and binding and not subject to appeal.
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
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