CTV comedy Jann and Trevor Anderson’s feature Before I Change My Mind are among the top winners for Alberta’s annual Rosie Awards.

The Alberta Film and Television Awards, better known as the Rosies, were announced by the Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA) during the Calgary International Film Festival, which runs until Oct. 2.

Jann, produced by Calgary’s SEVEN24 Films and Toronto’s Project 10 Productions, won Best Scripted Series or Mini-Series, as well as Best Production Designer/Art Director for Louise Middleton and Best Costume Designer for Andre Ricard.

The narrative feature film Before I Change My Mind (Loud Whisper Productions, Outside Line Studio; pictured) also took three awards in total, including Best Scripted Feature, Made-for-TV Movie, or Made-for-OTT or Specialty Cable Networks, as well as a screenwriting award for Anderson and Fish Griwkowsky and a cinematography win for Wes Miron. The film had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland this summer.

The short documentary Piita Aapasskaan (Snapshot Studios, DDG) was another multi-award winner, picking up Best Unscripted Production Under 30 Minutes, in addition to a directing award for Brock Davis Mitchell, who also won a cinematography award for the short with Braden Dereniwski.

APTN docuseries Rodeo Nation (Yarrow Pictures) won Best Unscripted Series, as well as an editing honour for Sarah Taylor and Weyme Teeter.

The documentary Ayoungman (Two Canoes Media) won Best Unscripted Production Over 30 Minutes and a directing award for Larry Day and Holly Fortier. Day also wrote the film, which Fortier produced.

The web series Abracadavers, which led nominations this year with 11 total, picked up two awards overall with Best Performance by an Alberta Female Actor for Helen Belay and a cinematography honour for Josef Wright.

In terms of individual honours, Johnny Blerot earned three overall sound wins for Hands that Bind, Blind Ambition: The Wop May Story, and The Musical Animal; and filmmaker Scott Westby won two awards as a producer – Best Educational Production for GENICE and Best Web Series for Opera Labs – and one as a director for the feature film Jonesin’ (Full Swing Productions).

Additional winners include Ghost Toast (Squid Brain Studios) for Best Children’s Program or Series; the documentary Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace (Della and Goliath Productions) for Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity; and the short film Obscheenies (DDG, Tap Root Actors Academy) for Best Scripted Production Under 30 minutes.

Image courtesy of Loud Whisper Productions and Outside Line Studio