The following awards for the 26th Atlantic Film Festival were presented Friday, September 22 in the Bluenose Room at the Delta Halifax.

Atlantic Awards

Best Atlantic Short ($5,000 service package)
Sponsored by Eyes Post Group and open to all Atlantic work 60 minutes and under.
Winner: Justin Simms - Punch-Up at a Wedding
Honourable Mention: Jackie Torrens - Pickled Punk

Best Atlantic Feature
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival
Winner: Camelia Frieberg - A Stone's Throw

Michael Weir Award for Best Original Screenplay ($1,500 cash)
Sponsored by Michael Weir Foundation for the Arts
Winner: Justin Simms - Punch-Up at a Wedding

Rex Tasker Documentary Award ($1,000 cash)
Sponsored by National Film Board of Canada and open to all Atlantic documentaries.
Winner: Nance Ackerman & Ed Buchanan - Cottonland

Ed Higginson Cinematography Award ($12,500 equipment and service package)
Sponsored by Sim Video and William F White International Inc.
Winner: Alain Dupras - Cottonland

Best Director ($1,000 cash)
Sponsored by the Directors Guild of Canada
Winner: Tie
Justin Simms - Punch-Up at a Wedding
Nance Ackerman & Ed Buchanan - Cottonland


PowerPost Craft Awards:
Best Art Direction ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director)
Sponsored by PowerPost
Winner: Stephen Osler - Young Triffie

Best Editing ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director)
Sponsored by PowerPost
Winner: Angela Baker - Heads Up!

Best Sound Design ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director)
Sponsored by PowerPost
Winners: Fred Brennan, Steve Munro, David Pellerin, Jim Rillie - A Stone's Throw

Best Original Score ($500 cash to award recipient, $10,000 services to director)
Sponsored by PowerPost
Winner: Sandy Moore - Dinner for One

CBC Award
Sponsored by CBC Television
Winners: Barrie Dunn, Michael Volpe & Mike Clattenburg


Canadian Awards

Best Canadian Short ($2,000 cash, $3,000 film stock)
Sponsored by Kodak Canada Inc.
Winner: Megan Martin - Ninth Street Chronicles
Honourable Mention: Jamie Travis - The Saddest Boy in the World

Best Canadian Feature ($10,000 service package)
Sponsored by Panavision
Winner: Philippe Falardeau - Congorama

Best Canadian Documentary
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival
Winner: Jennifer Baichwal - Manufactured Landscapes


Best Actor
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival
Winner: Patrice Robitaille - Cheech

Best Actress
Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival
Winner: Tie
Genevieve Bujold - Délivrez-Moi
Juliette Gosselin - Délivrez-Moi
Celine Bonnier - Délivrez-Moi


The Linda Joy Media Arts Awards were also presented Friday, September 22, during the 26th Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax.

CBC Television Script Development Award
Winner: Lois Brown and Justin Simms (NL) - Hypergraphia

Joy Award
Winner: Jason Buxton (NS) - Wasteland

Joy Post Award
Winner: Ariela Pahlke (NS) - Burning Rubber

Newfoundland Joy Award
Winner: Jordan Canning & Christian Sparkes (NL) - Blood Stains

Colin Barnhill Memorial Award
Winner: Jim McSwain (NS) & Connell Smith (NB)

The New Brunswick Joy Award will be presented in November at the Silver Wave
Festival in Fredericton.