CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARD WINNERS! 🎬
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Brampton Canada International Film Festival award winners! These outstanding films and filmmakers have demonstrated exceptional artistry, creativity, and craftsmanship.
Official Winners List — Updated October 13, 2025
| Categories | Awards Title | Director / Writer NAME(S) | |
| Best Feature Film 🏆 | The Toxic | Saule Bliuvaite | |
| Best Feature Film | Rattlesnake Point | Alberto Diamante | Honorable Mention |
| Best Feature Documentary 🏆 | Black Box | Onil Camson | |
| Best Feature Documentary | Interpreting Erik | Donald D’Haene | Honorable Mention |
| Best Feature Documentary | Coming Out Cops | Aaron Sheedy | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films 🏆 | Pari Leto | Jason Seelmann | |
| Best Short Films | Crypto Moe | David Conroy | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films | After Team Ladu | Imran Qamar Zaman | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films | Onboard | Harnoor Singh | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films | Sun Poisoning | Chelsea Hana Williams | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films | Emergence | Gurdeep Sandhu | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films | Reflections | Abdullah Ghori | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films | Prism | Mark Herbrand | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Films | Footage | Adam Keung | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Documentary 🏆 | Enemy Land | Vahi Budan | |
| Best Short Documentary | LORRAINE | Allison Basha, David Gosine | Honorable Mention |
| Best Short Documentary | A Home in the Grass | Ryan Ward | Honorable Mention |
| Best Music Video | Slow it Down | Freedom Malhotra | |
| Best Student Film | The Pomegranate Theory | Eliza Goodwin | |
| Best Student Film | I Know What You Did | Hanan Berei, Nathaniel Pantola | |
| Best Student Film | Calaverita A La Muerte | Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea | |
| Best Web/TV Series | WordLotto | Johnny Baca | |
| Best Animated Film | Your Past Is Your Future | Ferenc Gyuricza | |
| Best Sci-Fi Short Film | The InTEXTigator 4 | John Babu | |
| Best Experimental Film | Wind Rabbit | January Marie Rogers | |
| Best Horror Short Film | The Carousel | Breanna Mistal | |
| Best Drama Short Film | JACKPOT! | Rebecca L | |
| Best Drama Short Film | Clockwork Tension | Jon Osei | Honorable Mention |
| Best Drama Short Film | A Robbery in Spanish | Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea | Honorable Mention |
| Best Thriller Short Film | Toxic Love | Barbara L Hamilton | |
| Best Action Short Film | Shush | Maude Robillard | |
| Best Inspirational Film | Live A Little | Zain Rao | |
| Best Fantasy Short Film | The Beast of Love 2 | Terry Mills | |
| Best Comedy Short | UnMatched | Matt Dionne | |
| Best Comedy Short | Snowdog | Myles Vosylius | Honorable Mention |
| Best Comedy Short | Scandal in the Garden | Anne Biondich, Terry Mills | Honorable Mention |
| Best Covid19 Film | LOST WORLD 2020 | Mitra Mazumder | |
| Best Advertising | Gift A Feeling | Alex Fouquet | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Carbon Men Salvation | Roger James Kuhns | |
| Best Original Story | Be-Living in The Ocean | Craig Sim Webb | |
| Best Director Feature Film | A walk along the Borne | Nick Igea | |
| Best Director Short Film | Uncanceled | Mikelle Virey | |
| Best First Time Feature Film Director | The Box Trap | Meg Poveromo | |
| Best First Time Short Film Director | Tony D’Souza | Felipe Giaj-Levra | |
| Best First Time Short Film Director | The Silent Store | Hareesh Mohanan | |
| Best First Time Short Film Director | Shadow Boxing | Arwen Saleah Mercado | |
| Best Editing | Carbon Men Salvation | Roger James Kuhns | |
| Best Cinematography | Hrudayam | Srinivas Kasturi | |
| Best Actress | That Which We Pass On | Gillian Zhao | |
| Best Actor | That Which We Pass On | Allen Liu | |
| Best First Time Producer | Hidden | Jody Glover | |
| Best First Time Producer | I am no Queen | Shadab Khan | |
| Best Producer | Home Free | Avi Ronn Federgreen | |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | The Christopher Nolan Experience | Hannah Bockhop | |
| Best Short Script | The Last Mediation of Christ | David Schleicher, Mike Bell | |
| Best Feature Script | In The Garden | Christal Kahles-Jones, Kathy Krantz Stewart | |
| Best Television Script | Trophies | Phillip Cook |
If you did not receive the Award Winner email but see your name listed here, or if you received the email but your name is not listed, please let us know.
Thank you,
Brampton Canada International Film Festival
