Adam Garnet Jones’ Fire Song has won the Air Canada Audience Choice Award at ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
The feature film, which made its world bow in the Discovery program at TIFF ’15, was selected from a field of 123 eligible films. More than 9,370 votes were cast in total via the festival’s balloting system, with the filmmakers also taking home a $1,000 cash prize.
This year marked the 16th edition of imagineNATIVE festival, taking place from Oct.14 to 18.
Fire Song is produced by Toronto-based Big Soul Productions (Moccasin Flats) and Thunderstone Pictures.