More than 130 women entered the competition, designed to address the gender gap in the feature film industry.
Other Canadian films to world-premiere at the festival include We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice, Boundaries and Nelly.
Matt Johnson’s latest directorial effort, Operation Avalanche, will screen in the festival’s Next program.
Matt Johnson’s The Dirties and Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle are runner-ups.
DEC 27 – Matt Johnson’s debut feature will compete against Gabrielle and Watermark for best Canadian film.
The three Canadian film finalists will contend for the $100,000 Best Canadian Feature Award.
The TFCA unveiled winners of the Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award and the Jay Scott Prize ahead of its 2013 kudosfest on Jan. 7, 2014.
Louise Archambault’s coming-of-age tale Gabrielle (pictured) is to vie with a world premiere in the main Piazza Grande competition.
The film festival is also giving world premieres to Robert Morin’s Les 4 Soldats (pictured) and Discopath, Renaud Gauthier’s feature directorial debut.