The Windys were held on Saturday, Feb 27 at the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque. The awards honoured local independent filmmaking talent with four director and five craft categories.
And the Windy Award goes to:
The William F. White Feature Length Film Award
- The Editor (Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy)
First Feature Length Film Award
- On the Trail of the Far Fur Country (Kevin Nikkel)
The NSI Short Fiction Award
- Loss of Contact (BJ Verot, Brad Crawford)
The Gimme Some Truth Festival Short Documentary Award
- The Healing of Heather Garden (Judith Morrow)
Screenplay
- The Editor (Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney)
The William F. White Cinematography Prize
- The Editor (Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy)
Production Design
- The Editor (Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy)
Picture Editing
- The Editor (Adam Brooks)
The IATSE 856 Overall Sound Prize
- Andrew Milne Dreams of Machines (Greg Lowe)
The 2016 Windy Awards have been generously sponsored by William F. White International, the National Screen Institute – Canada and IATSE 856.
The Winnipeg Film Group acknowledges the ongoing support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council and the Winnipeg Arts Council.
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