2026 Award Winners

CINÉFEST FILM AWARDS

Run Terry Run
Directed by Sean Menard | Sponsored by CMPA
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Directed by Noah Segan
L'affaire Bojarski
Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
In Alaska
Directed by Jaap van Heusden & Vinnie Karetak | Presented to Lead Actor Leo Matthew Temela | Sponsored by Côté Gold
In the Heart of the South
Directed by Nyla Innuksuk | Sponsored by Côté Gold
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Directed by Peghan Ahangarani | Sponsored by Blackbird Studio
L'affaire Marie-Claire
Directed by Lauriane Escaffre & Yvo Muller
Sol vivant
Directed by Emile Lavoie
The Pomegranate Theory
Directed by Eliza Goodwin
To Our Future Ancestors
Directed by Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach & Ian Keteku

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

I Play Rocky
Directed by Peter Farrelly
Runner-up: L'affaire Marie-Claire
Run Terry Run
Directed by Sean Menard
Runner-up: Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
A Wolf in the Suburbs
Directed by Amélie Hardy
Runner-up: Stewards of the North

VOLUNTEER AWARDS

Agilis Networks Youth Volunteer
Zack Belanger
Bill Clement Outstanding Volunteer
Rachel Mantas