OCAN Films
Advances, Tyler J. Seguin (Burlington, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
and also, for youth, Eamon Hillis (Harrowsmith, ON) [ Experimental | Short ]
Andre the Anti-Giant, Kim Saltarski (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
Angels, Taylor Olson (Halifax, NS) [ Narrative | Short ]
the art of the morning, Nathan Hauch (Ottawa, ON) [ Cine-poetry | Short ]
As It Was, Blake Garbe (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Away Home, Jana Stackhouse (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Ayam Zaman (The Old Days), Hassib Hani (he/him), (Ottawa, ON) [ Drama | Romance ]
Baba Yaga, Nicole Sitanski and Cheryl Taam (Vancouver, BC) [ Animation | Short ]
Blue Hour, Jesse Pickett (Red Deer, AB) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Baduk, Induk Lee, (Halifax, NS) [ Narrative | Short ]
<Bridge the Gap>, Luca Fiore (he/him), (Ottawa, ON) [ Documentary | Comedy ]
Broken Mile, Justin McConnell (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Broken Waters / Brise glace Karolyne Natasha, (Ottawa, ON) [ Feature-length | Narrative ]
Camp Tipsy, Jana Stackhouse (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Chateau Laurier, James E.D. Stewart (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Series ]
Company Town, Peter Findlay (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
Curbside Pickup, Hingman Leung (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Debate, Allison Elizabeth Burns (Ottawa, ON) [ Dance | Short ]
The Date, Taylor Olson (Halifax, NS) [ Narrative | Short ]
death isn't the same anymore, Jennifer Mulligan (Ottawa, ON) [ Experimental | Short ]
Delinquent / RAW*, David I. Strasser (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Desync, Minerva Navasca (she/her), (Oakville, ON) [ Narrative | Drama ] *
Dirt Town, Lisa Meuser (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Dog Bite, Luvia Petersen (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
End of the Night, Tavit Melikian (Montreal, QC) [ Narrative | Short ]
L'Entente Cordiale (The Cordial Agreement), Gautier Piton, Clement Douillet, (Montreal, QC) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Fire Dancer Agnieszka Pajor, Lancelot Burton (Whitehorse, YT ) [ Short | Documentary | Dance ]
The Flexed Arm Hang, Findlay Brown (Winnipeg, MB) [ Narrative | Short ]
La folle traversée de Philippe, (Philippe, a lake and a dream) Stéphanie Gagné , (Chicoutimi, QC) [ Documentary ]
Fragile Dream, Isabelle Hayeur (Rawdon, QC) [ Experimental | Short ]
The Gift, Lorelei E. Miller (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Gentle Waltz Yann-Manuel Hernandez (Montreal, QC) [ Short | Experimental ]
Girl in the Hallway, Valerie Barnhart (Ottawa, ON) [ Cine-poetry | Short ]
The Great Disconnect, Tamer Soliman (Ottawa, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
A Good Day Will Come, Amir Zargara (he/him), (Ottawa, ON) [ Drama | Sport ]
Gro$ Lot (Jackpot), Sharbel El-Showairy (he/him), (Sainte-Adèle, QC) [ Satirical Comedy ]
Guardians of the Grasslands, Sarah Wray and Ben Wilson (Bashaw, AB) [ Documentary | Short ]
Harevan, Marilou Caravecchia-Pelletier (Montreal, QC) [ Narrative | Short ]
Her Ordinary World Samuel Dayomi (Brampton, ON) [ Short | Documentary ]
Heroes Manufactured, Yaron Betan (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
IDOL Kris Fleerackers (Gibsons, BC) [ Short | Narrative | Puppetry | Poetry | Live Animation ]
L’homme de la Maison / Before Me, Karim Ayari (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
The High Road, Keith Robertson, (Yellowknife, NT) [ Documentary | Short ]
Honestly Charlotte, Sarah Hedar (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
Hue Quilted Windowpane, Lasha Mowchun (Winnipeg, MB) [ Experimental | Short ]
i hope they remember my name, Patrick Weiers (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Impulse Control Mikey Tachuk, Sarah Marks (Ottawa, ON) [ Short | Narrative | Comedy ]
I'll See You Later, Bruce McAllister and Jesse Nakano (Chestermere, AB) [ Documentary | Feature ]
Inhale, Brian Chambers (Strathroy, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
Intercept, Kirk Knapp (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
It Could Be You, Cody Westman (St. John's, NL) [ Narrative | Short ]
Jelly, March Mercanti, (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Laundry Victoria Zubick (Toronto, ON) [ Short | Narrative ]
Leo & Chester Andrea Wing (Golden, BC ) [ Short | Documentary ]
Life After... Stephanie Lalonde (Ottawa, ON) [ Short | Narrative ]
Life Via Rail, Jonny Micay (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
A love letter Thaïs Despont (Toronto, ON) [ Short | Narrative | Romance | Queer | True Story ]
LUNE, Aviva Armour-Ostroff and Arturo Perez Torres (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Lunch at the Rideau Jane Gurr, Kent Newson (Ottawa, ON) [ Documentary ]
The Manhattan Project, Matthew Campanile (Etobicoke, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Magic Trick, Chris Lennox-Aasen, (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
Margot's Sister (La Soeur de Margot) Christine Doyon (Boucherville, QC) [ Short | Narrative ]
May Flowers, Marianna Phung (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Mess We're In Jamie Lam (Vancouver, BC) [ Short | Narrative ]
The Mayor of Comedy: A Canadian Stand-Up Story, Matt Kelly (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
Milo, Jeremie Azencot (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
Miracle, Baby, C Hudson Hwang (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
Les mots d'amour (Words of Love), Laetitia Demessence (she/her), (Montreal, QC) [ Poetic | Dance ]
Mute, Constance Hilton (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
My Tree, Jason Sherman (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
Newborn, Ray Savaya (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
News, Robert Bazzocchi (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Night Drive, Arjan Atwal (Ottawa, ON) [ Experimental | Short ]
Nix's Symphony, Karina Loerchner (she/her), (Waterloo, ON) [ Animation | Fantasy ]
No Regrets, Deidre J. (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Series ]
Nose to Tail, Jesse Zigelstein (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Not Your Average Bear, Cliff Skelton (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Order of Things to Come, Tavit Melikian (Montreal, QC) [ Narrative | Short ]
OCD, Madonna Gonzalez (she/her), (Vancouver, BC) [ Drama ]
Overgrowth, Christian Belisle (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Parallel Minds, Benjamin Ross Hayden (Calgary, AB) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Pen Pals Lucas Frison (Regina, SK) [ Short | Narrative ]
Perfect, Karim Ayari (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Pinball & Perogies, Sammy J. Lewis (Ottawa, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
Plus que des cheveux (More Than Hair), Fitch Jean, (Ottawa, ON) [ Experimental | Short ]
Poison in the Water, Romeo Candido (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Primary Colours Written & Performed by Roua Aljied, Derek Price (Ottawa, ON) [ Cine-poetry | Short ]
Project Cold Days, Stephen R. Coleman (Ottawa, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
Pur Laine, Alexander Cruz (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Radio Bingo, Shelby Adams, (Akwesasne, ON) [ Documentary ]
RESTE Ginger Le Pêcheur (Montreal, QC) [ Short | Narrative ]
Rise n' Shine, Silver Kim (West Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
Russian Gangster, Maissa Houri (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Safe Space, Matt Pittroff (He/Him), (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Sci-Fi | Dramedy ]
Saint-Tite, Florence Pelletier and Élizabeth Marcoux-Bélair (Montreal, QC) [ Narrative | Short ]
Sarah, Peter Riddihough, (Hamilton, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Secret War, Shannon Lough, Emanuela Campanella, Sarah Turnbull and Fangliang Xu (Ottawa, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
Seeking Oblivion, Brent Baird (London, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak), Navalik Tologanak (She/her), (Iqaluit, NU) [ Documentary | Biography ]
A Simple Mix-Up Maissa Houri (Ottawa, ON) [ Short | Narrative ]
Sisyphus Rides, Lisa Lightbourn Lay and Tim Alberts (Halton Hills, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
the smallest steps, Nicole Bedford, (Ottawa, ON) [ Documentary | Feature ]
Social Mediation, Matt Pittroff (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Star Mill, Daniel Blake, (Oakville, ON) [ Animation | Short ]
The Steak, Kiarash Dadgar, (Toronto, ON) [ Drama | War ]
Stealing Vows, Bobby Singh Brown, (Toronto, ON) [ Heist Drama | Comedy ]
The Still Life of Annika Myers, Matthew Blecha (Victoria, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
StreetSauce! Public Art in Waterloo Region? Paul Campsall and Tom Knowlton (Kichener, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
Super Bingo, Matthew J. Blecha (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Talk, Tyler Boyco (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Tears of Oizys, Ramy Raphael, (Ottawa, ON) [ Experimental | Short ]
Tehranto, Faran Moradi, (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
Tessellate, Rob Jacobsen (Vancouver, BC) [ Narrative | Short ]
Tiny Ritchie Hemphill, Ryan Haché (Victoria, BC) [ Short | Documentary | Stop Motion Animation ]
The Trapline Andrea Wing (YT) [ Short | Documentary ]
Treat Day, Lisa Kockeritz (she/her), (Oakville, ON) [ Drama ]
Triage, David Rendall (he/him), (Picton, ON) [ Social Realist Drama ]
Trouble in the Garden, Roz Owen (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Feature ]
The True North Project, Emil Egopian (Calgary, AB) [ Documentary | Feature ]
Unfinished Manuscript, Vincent Valentino (Ottawa, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
The Untouchable, Aazeh Shahnavaz, (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
Vessel, Ethan Godel (Toronto, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
WESTBOUND / EASTBOUND, Rohan Bader (Etobicoke, ON) [ Experimental / Dance | Short ]
What Flowers They Bloom, C Hudson Hwang (Toronto, ON) [ Documentary | Short ]
What We Owe, Bryce Mercier (Oakville, ON) [ Narrative | Short ]
World of the Fluffs, Chaisi Glover (Vancouver, BC) [ Stop-Motion Animation | Short ]
Audience Favourite Award Winners
- 2019 - The Still Life of Annika Myers, Matthew Blecha (Victoria, BC) [ Short | Narrative ]
- 2020 - and also, for youth, Eamon Hillis (Harrowsmith, ON) [ Short | Experimental ]
- 2021 - Blue Hour, Jesse Pickett (Red Deer, AB) [ Feature | Narrative ]
- 2022 - Tehranto, Faran Moradi, (Toronto, ON) [ Feature | Narrative ]
- 2023 - Life After... Stephanie Lalonde (Ottawa, ON) [ Short | Narrative ]
