# Whistler Film Festival ShortWork Awards

The ShortWork Awards are annual film awards, presented by the Whistler Film Festival to honour the best short films screened at the festival.
Prior to 2012, a single award was presented inclusive of both Canadian and international short films; in that year, separate awards were created for Canadian and international films. In 2010, a category was also introduced for the best short film by British Columbia film students.
On two occasions in 2015 and 2016, an award was also presented for best screenplay in a Canadian short film, but this has not been presented since 2016.

## Best ShortWork

| Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) |
| 2002 | Death's Dream | David Massar |
| 2003 | The Watchers | Kevin Shortt |
| 2004 | A Russian Wave | Becky Bristow |
| 2004 | Man. Feel. Pain. | Dylan Akio Smith |
| 2005 | Noise | Greg Spottiswood |
| 2006 | Love Seat | Kris Elgstrand |
| 2007 | The Colony | Jeff Barnaby |
| 2008 | Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2009 | Life Begins (La Vie commence) | Émile Proulx-Cloutier |
| 2010 | Via Gori | George Barbakadze |
| 2011 | The Paris Quintet in Practice Makes Perfect | Benny Schuetze |

## Best Canadian ShortWork

| Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) |
| 2012 | Requiem for Romance | Jonathan Ng |
| 2013 | Anxious Oswald Greene | Marshall Axani |
| 2014 | Running Season | Grayson Moore |
| 2015 | Withheld | Jonathan Sousa |
| 2016 | Mutants | Alexandre Dostie |
| 2017 | We Forgot to Break Up | Chandler Levack |
| 2018 | Brotherhood (Ikhwène) | Meryam Joobeur |
| 2019 | My Favourite Food Is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink Is Iced Tea and My Favourite Thing Is Drumming | Derius Matchewan |
| 2020 | Shooting Star (Comme une comète) | Ariane Louis-Seize |
| 2021 | Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Zacharias Kunuk |
| 2021 | Fufu | Omolola Ajao |
| 2022 | Tongue | Kaho Yoshida |
| 2023 | Atlantis | Zoé Pelchat, Jean-François Sauvé |
| 2023 | Motherland | Jasmin Mozaffari |
| 2023 | Soap | Lulu Wei |
| 2023 | Zip | Ava Safai |
| 2024 | Hello Stranger | Amélie Hardy |

### Best Screenplay

| Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) | Ref |
| 2015 | The Wolf Who Came to Dinner | Jem Garrard | |
| 2016 | The Head Vanishes | Franck Dion | |

## Best International ShortWork

| Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) |
| 2012 | Drawn from Memory | Marcin Bortkiewicz |
| 2013 | A Grand Canal | Johnny Ma |
| 2014 | The Tide Keeper | Alyx Duncan |
| 2015 | Dissonance | Till Nowak |
| 2016 | Timecode | Juanjo Giménez |
| 2017 | Fear Us Women | David Darg |
| 2018 | Miss World | Georgia Fu |
| 2019 | Daughter | Daria Kashcheeva |
| 2020 | Ashmina | Dekel Berenson |
| 2021 | Isole Ciclope | Ryan De Franco, Matthew Mendelson |
| 2022 | Warsha | Dania Bdeir |
| 2022 | Ice Merchants | João Gonzalez |
| 2023 | I Promise You Paradise | Morad Mostafa |
| 2023 | Fish Bowl | Rachel Sweeney |
| 2024 | For Sale | Stephen George |

## Best British Columbia Student ShortWork

| Year | Film | Filmmaker(s) |
| 2010 | Irradiate | Julia Hutchings |
| 2011 | No Words Came Down | Ryan Flowers, Lisa Pham |
| 2012 | Plating | Jon Thomas |
| 2013 | Backward Fall | Andrew Pollins |
| 2014 | Godhead | Connor Gaston |
| 2015 | The Blue Jet | Lawrence Lam |
| 2016 | Bombing | Gloria Mercer |
| 2017 | Floating Light | Natalie Murao |
| 2018 | The Bus Stop | Kama Sood |
| 2019 | New Washing Machine | Mitch Huttema |
| 2020 | Rollerbladies | Rowan Landaiche, Amber Nordstrand |
| 2021 | A Family Act | Ashley Yeung |
| 2022 | Omukama | Zane Klassen |
| 2023 | Black & Blue | Emma Eng |
| 2023 | Gerald | Kasha Rae Malinowski |
| 2023 | Like the Wind | Hugh Saint-Jacques, Ethan Shandro |
| 2024 | Body Varial | Audrey Kerridge |