The 24th Atlantic Film Festival (September 17-25) announced today 14 of the 15 2004 Atlantic Film Festival award winners. The winners are as follows:

Atlantic Canadian Awards

Best Short Film ($5,000 services)
Sponsored by Eyes Post Group

JoDee Samuelson - Mabel’s Saga

Outstanding Writer’s Award
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival

Adriana Maggs - I Dare Not Go

Rex Tasker Award for Best Documentary ($1,500 cash)
Sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada

Gerry Rogers - Pleasant Street

Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival

Jim Fowler - Chamberpiece

Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival

Ellen Page - Wilby Wonderful

Cinematography Award ($7,500 in equipment & services)
Sponsored by William F. White International Ltd

Robert McDonald and Christopher Ball - Diet of Souls

Best Direction Award ($2,500 cash)
Sponsored by Empire Theatres Ltd

Gerry Rogers - Pleasant Street

Excellence in Art Direction ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director) Sponsored by Power Post

Sabah Hadi - Maids

Excellence in Editing ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director) Sponsored by Power Post

Sam Fisher - Scary Stuff

Excellence in Sound Design ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director) Sponsored by Power Post

Jasmine Oore - After the Fall

Excellence in Music Composition ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director) Sponsored by Power Post

Ron Bates - Driven

Direct Joy ($2,000 cash)
Presented by the Linda Joy Media Arts Society and sponsored by the Director’s Guild of Canada

Gillian Matheson - Driven

Canadian Awards

Best Canadian Feature
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival

François Prévost and Hugo Latulippe - What Remains of Us

Special Jury Prize for an Outstanding Documentary

Jason Gileno - The Chiefs

Best Canadian Short
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival

Chris Landreth - Ryan
Pjotr Sapegin - Through My Thick Glasses


International Award

The Movie Network People's Choice Award for Best Picture
Sponsored by Astral Media The Movie Network

To be announced at the Closing Night Party, September 25, 9:30 PM – 2:00 AM


CBC Pioneer Award 2003
Sponsored by CBC
Presented to Penny Longley


The Linda Joy Media Arts Society Awards
For more information on the Linda Joy awards, please contact Joanne Kerrigan at 902-420-4522

The CBC Television Script Development Award

Shandi Mitchell - Touch the Moon

The Joy Award

Gillian Matheson - Out of the Flesh

The Joy Post Award

Tarek Abouamin - The Colours of Exile

New Brunswick Joy

Rachel Bower - Time Apart: A Family Reunited

Newfoundland Joy

Justin Simms - Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas

Direct Joy

Gillian Matheson - Driven