Meanwhile, Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s Edge of the Knife claimed the most popular Canadian feature award.
The inaugural VIFF Immersed conference will tackle the market viability of VR, while some of the industry’s top showrunners will discuss working in the Peak TV era.
Through her Crucial Things banner, the filmmaker teamed up with First Generation Films to produce her latest feature project.
Philippe Falardeau’s My Internship in Canada and Alan Zweig’s HURT (pictured) were among the titles chosen in the feature film category.
Other winners of the Birks Diamond Tribute prize, which celebrates Canadian women directors and actors, include Sophie Deraspe and Suzanne Clement (pictured).
Other Canadian films to get world premieres at the 40th edition of the festival include Fire Song, The Rainbow Kid and the doc Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr. (Closet Monster pictured.)
The English-language features selected to receive a cash infusion in the latest round of financing include Stephen Dunn’s debt feature.
Entertainment One has seen seven of its Canadian movie releases pass the $1 million mark during its latest fiscal year.