The 44th edition of the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) in Halifax, Nova Scotia announced its 2024 award winners. Sharp Corner won the Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Feature along with DGC Award for Best Atlantic Director for director Jason Buxton. In the thriller film based on the short story by Russell Wangersky, Ben Foster stars as Josh McCall, a man who becomes obsessed with saving car accident victims at the sharp road corner near his home.
Winners of 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival
Best Atlantic Short Documentary
Presented by 902 Post the winner of this award will receive $1,500 in-kind support from 902 Post, $1000 in-kind from Sunbelt, $500 cash prize and membership from DOC Atlantic.
Winner: welima’q
Directed by shalan joudry
Best Atlantic Short Animation
Presented by the Atlantic International Film Festival, the winner of this award will receive a $500 cash prize from the Atlantic International Film Festival and a complimentary 2025 AIFF Festival Pass.
Winner: BLOODY MESS
Directed by Megan Wennberg
Best Atlantic Short
Presented by 902 Post and Sunbelt Rentals, the winner of this award will receive $1,500 in-kind from 902 Post and $10,000 in-kind from Sunbelt Rentals.
Winner: PEARLS
Directed by Mike Simms
Joan Orenstein Award for Outstanding Performance
Presented by Sky Talent Group, the winner of this award will receive a $1,000 cash price.
Winner: Mary-Colin Chisholm, THE KITCHEN SINK
David Renton Award for Outstanding Performance
Presented by Sky Talent Group, the winner of this award will receive a $1,000 cash prize.
Winner: Sean Dalton, SKEET
Honourable Mention for Outstanding Performance
Winner: Polly Gallant-Mclean, MONICA’S NEWS
Best Atlantic Editor
Presented by Canadian Cinema Editors Association, the winner of this award will receive a $500 cash prize and a one-year membership to the Canadian Editors Association
Winner: Kim McTaggart, MONICA’S NEWS
Best Atlantic Original Score
Winner: LAKEVIEW
Best Atlantic Cinematographer
Winner: Nigel Markham, SKEET
DGC Award for Best Atlantic Documentary
Presented by the Directors Guild of Canada, the winner of this award will receive a $2,000 cash prize
Winner: SEGURIDAD
Directed by Tamara Segura
The Michael Weir Award for Best Atlantic Screenwriter
Winner: Melanie Oates, SWEET ANGEL BABY
DGC Award for Best Atlantic Director
Presented by the Director’s Guild of Canada, the winner of this award will receive a $2,000 cash prize.
Winner: Jason Buxton, SHARP CORNER
The Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Feature
Presented by the Atlantic International Film Festival, the winner of this award will receive a $2,000 cash prize.
Winner: SHARP CORNER
Directed by Jason Buxton