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 documentary works are eligible for this prize
$1,000 production budget prize towards the development of winner’s next project
David Chung & Matt Dibble
The NFB will also be granted a first right of negotiation on production, co-production, or distribution with regards to the winner’s next project.
All films made by GTA-based artists are eligible for this prize.
$300 cash prize + $2000 in studio time to be used towards completion of next work made at Centennial College @Wallace Studios
Lesley Loksi Chan
All animated works are eligible for this prize.
$250 cash prize
Jeff Chiba Stearns
All videos made by GTA-based artists are eligible for this prize.
$650 in TSV membership dues & services + $100 cash prize upon completion of new work made at Trinity Square Video
Lesley Loksi Chan
All feature works are eligible for this prize, selected through a tally of votes from the viewers of the 11th edition Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
$500 cash prize
Zhang Yeng
presented by
$8,000 in services
Jennifer Liao
$20,000 in services
Dean Vargas & Lena Lee
Mike Hoolboom
Mike Hoolboom was born in Toronto to a Dutch father and a Dutch Indonesian mother. Considered one of the finest experimental filmmakers and theorists, he has made over 40 films and videos and written over 200 articles. Building major curatorial and critical discourse in the Canadian fringe film community, he has contributed to organizations such as CFMDC, Images, and Pleasure Dome. He recently completed his documentary about Colin Campbel, Fascination (2006), and is currently working on a new book of interiews with Canadian media artists titled Practical Dreamers.
Hiroko Namba
Hiroko Namba is an independent curator and currently programming the animation section of the Tokyo International Film Festival. She is the producer and director of Animation Soup and has showcased works from this Osaka-based collective around the world, including South Korea, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Holland.
Glenn Sumi
Glenn Sumi is the Associate Entertainment Editor at NOW Magazine, where he edits and contributes to the Stage and Film sections. He’s written for The Globe and Mail, Broadcast Week, Xtra!, Books in Canada, and Eye Weekly; and talked about entertainment for TVO’s Studio 2, Newsworld’s Big Life With Daniel Richter, CBC Radio’s Metro Morning, Here And Now, The Arts Tonight, RealTime, and the Edge 102.1. He’s also served on the juries of the Chalmers Awards, the Inside Out Film and Video Festival, Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Comic Search, and Laugh Resort’s Funniest Person With A Day Job.
Nobu Adilman
Artist
Midi Onodera
Filmmaker/Artist
Eileen Arandiga
Executive Director, CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
*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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