Air Canada enRoute Film Festival

Air Canada enRoute Film Festival
Location Canada
Founded 2007
Hosted by Air Canada & enRoute Magazine
Language English, French
Website http://www.enroutefilm.com

The Air Canada enRoute Film Festival is an annual film festival of short films hosted by Air Canada and its in-flight magazine enRoute. Films are shown as in-flight entertainment as well as screened theatrically in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Background

The festival began in 2007.[1] The festival has a different jury each year consisting of film industry professionals including famous actors, writers, directors and producers. The festival's purpose is to generate exposure for emerging filmmakers.

2007

2007 Jury: Atom Egoyan, Piers Handling, Robert Lantos, Donald Sutherland, Denise Robert, Patrick Huard, David La Haye, Torill Kove, Paul Gratton, Geoff Pevere and Hussain Amarshi.[1]

2007 Award Winners:

  • Best Student Film - James Vandewater - Upside-Down Girl
  • Achievement in Animation - David Seitz - Forest Frenetic
  • Achievement in Direction - Aaron Beckum - Who Wants to be an Amerikan
  • Destination Inspiration Award - Carmen Forsberg - Q'oyllur Ritti
  • Canadian Reflections Award - Paul St. Amand - Parallels

2008

2008 Jury: Dan Aykroyd, Wendy Crewson, Colm Feore, Arsinée Khanjian, Andrea Martin, Patricia Rozema, Rob Stewart, Yves Simoneau and Noah Cowan.

2008 Award Winners:

  • Best Student Film - Jacquelyn Mills - For Wendy
  • Achievement in Animation - Eva Cvijanovic - Play
  • Achievement in Direction - Brandon Cronenberg and Jonathan Hodgson - Broken Tulips
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Benjamin Schuetze - Damian and Ende
  • Cineplex People's Choice Award - Sébastien Rist and Sarah Quinn - This Little Piggy

2009

In 2009, the festival opened up submissions to more than just film students, changing the aim of the festival to emerging filmmakers.

2009 jury: Remy Girard, Judy Gladstone, Deepa Mehta, Lisa Ray, and Michael McGowan.

2009 Award Winners:

  • Best Short Film - Sarah Fortin for Synthétiseur
  • Achievement in Direction - Sarah Fortin for Synthétiseur
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Leigh Ann Maynard for A Season to Wither
  • Achievement in Animation - Leigh Ann Maynard for A Season to Wither
  • Best Documentary- Jake Chirico for The Freshwater Plague

2010

2010 Jury: Alan Cumming, Carlo Rota, Denis Villeneuve, Jason Priestley, Jeremy Podeswa, Kari Skogland, Sheila McCarthy.[2]

2010 Winners:

  • Best Short Film - Adam Shamash - La Khaima - The Tent of Mile-End
  • Achievement in Direction - Adam Shamash - La Khaima: The Tent of Mile-End
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Shervin Kermani and Aita Jason - Sofia
  • Achievement in Animation - King Mugabi - Red Snow

Awards were presented October 13 at the Drake Hotel.[3]

2011

2011 Jury: Atom Egoyan, Don Carmody, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Molly Parker, Jean-Marc Vallée.[4]

2011 Winners:

  • Best Short Film - Miles Jay and Orlee-Rose Strauss, Blink
  • Achievement in Direction - Miles Jay - Blink
  • Achievement in Animation - Timothy Chan - A Starry Night A Starry Night
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Rhonda's Party

2012

2012 Jury: Jay Baruchel, Niv Fichman, Mary Harron, Alison Pill, Gordon Pinsent, Callum Keith Rennie, Saul Rubinek, Jacob Tierney and Karine Vanasse.[5][6]

2012 Winners:

  • Best Short Film - Fernand-Philippe Morin-Vargas, Noeud papillon
  • Achievement in Direction - Alexander Carson, We Refuse to Be Cold
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Danielle Sahota and Davina Rimmer, We Blinded the Sun
  • Achievement in Documentary - Justin Friesen, Let's Make Lemonade[7]
  • People's Choice Award - Justin Friesen, Let's Make Lemonade[8]

The 2012 gala was held at the Panorama Lounge in Toronto with Master of Ceremonies Ben Mulroney.[9] In 2012, the winner of the best film award received a cash prize of $5,000 and a paid trip to the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[5]

2013

2013 Jury: Suzanne Clément, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Crewson, Sarah Gadon, Evan Goldberg, Martin Katz, Michael McGowan, Chloé Robichaud.[10]

2013 Winners:

  • Best Short Film - Andrew Moir, Just As I Remember
  • Achievement in Direction - Sophie Jarvis, The Worst Day Ever
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Roman Tchjen and Vaishni Majoomdar, Walk the Moon
  • Achievement in Animation - Eileen Peng, Godfather Death

2014

2014 Jury: Don McKellar, Louise Archambault, Jennifer Baichwal, Luc Déry, Michael Fukushima, Guy Maddin, Gia Milani, Andrew Moir, Jennifer Podemski, Laura Vandervoort.[11]

2014 Winners

  • Best Short Film - Yassmina Karajah, David Findlay, Jenna Hambrook and Benjamin Houde-Hostland, Light
  • Achievement in Direction - Yassmina Karajah, Light
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Alfonso Herrera Salcedo, Les enfants sauvages
  • Achievement in Animation - Raquel Sancinetti, Cycle
  • Achievement in Documentary - Russell Ratt-Brascoupe, The Hearing
  • People's Choice Award - Michaela Kurimsky and Leanna Kruse, Alouette

2015

2015 Jury: Tatiana Maslany, John Galway, François Girard, Sophie Desmarais, Yassmina Karajah, Ron Mann, Ruba Nadda, Catherine O'Hara, Julie Roy and Albert Shin[12]

2015 Winners

  • Best Short Film – Caitlin Durlak, Persistence of Vision
  • Achievement in Direction – Kevin Landry, (A)LONE
  • Achievement in Cinematography – Haya Waseem and Christopher Lew, Familiar
  • Achievement in Animation – Catherine Dubeau, Kaleidoscope
  • Achievement in Documentary – Taylor Gordon and Nigil Vazquez, I'm Still Embarrassed
  • People's Choice Award – Kristina Mileska and Andy Kloske, Asteroid

2016

2016 Jury: Patricia Rozema, Jennifer Baichwal, Stephen Dunn, Caitlin Durlak, Sarah Gadon, Chris Landreth, Jason Priestley and Karine Vanasse[13]

2016 Winners

  • Best Short Film – Kevin. T Landry, Robeth
  • Achievement in Direction – Emmanuelle Lacombe, Philippe Lefebvre and Charlotte Lacoursière, French Kiss at the Sugar Shack
  • Achievement in Cinematography - Trevor Mack and Matthew Taylor Blais, Clouds of Autumn
  • Achievement in Animation - Hands on Deck, Feathers
  • Achievement in Documentary - Derrick O'Toole, PC Barfoot and Leila Almawy, The Constant Refugee
  • People's Choice Award - Fiona Cleary and Justin MacDonald, Breath of Life

References

  1. 1 2 enRoute | enRoute Student Film Festival 2007
  2. ↑ ""Air Canada's enRoute Film Festival announces 2010 jury" on SMR". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  3. ↑ Serra, Laura (17 October 2010). "enRoute Film Festival". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Art & Culture Maven: Air Canada's enRoute Film Festival 2011 - Jury Announced
  5. 1 2 Twiss, Jordan (18 October 2012). "Air Canada reveals enRoute Festival finalists". Playback (website). Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Plummer, Sean (7 November 2012). "Air Canada enRoute Film Festival showcases short films". MSN. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  7. ↑ enRoute | Let's Make Lemonade
  8. ↑ enRoute | Let's Make Lemonade
  9. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  10. ↑ "Pages | Air Canada enRoute". enroute.aircanada.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Pages | Air Canada enRoute". enroute.aircanada.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Pages | Air Canada enRoute". enroute.aircanada.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Film Festival | Air Canada enRoute". enroute.aircanada.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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