2012 Award Winners

Congratulations to all the 2012 imagineNATIVE Award Recipients! And thanks to the 2012 Awards Jury who selected this year's crop of winners.

SHAW MEDIA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM 
Recipient: Jules Koostachin



(L-R: Robin Neinstein, Production Executive for Original Drama Content, Shaw Media and mentorship recipeint, Jules Koostachin)

NFB/imagineNATIVE DIGITAL MEDIA PARTNERSHIP
Project: In the Similkameen
Recipient: Tyler Hagan



(L-R: Cory Generoux, Producer, the National Film Board of Canada and recipient, Tyler Hagan)

DRAMA PITCH PRIZE
Project: This is Skye
Winners: Eva Thomas and Roxanne Dodge



(L-R: Danielle Audette, Manager of Programming, Central Region, APTN, Eva Thomas, Pitch Prize Winner, and Jocelyn Formsma, Vice Chairperson, APTN)

DOCUMENTARY PITCH PRIZE
Project: Pull Out Your Guns
Winner: Sarah DeCarlo



(L-R: Michael Claydon, Area Executive Producer for Independent Documentaries, CBC and Pitch Prize Winner, Sarah DeCarlo)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Sides
Director, Mosha Folger



(Presenter, Ali Slaight, representative for Slaight Music)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Her Silent Life
Director, Lindsay McIntyre



(Presenter, Elwood Jimmy, Programmer, Images Festival)

BEST CANADIAN SHORT DRAMA
A Red Girl’s Reasoning
Director, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers



(L-R: Presenters and imagineNATIVE Selection Jury, Jennifer Dysart and Sarah Podemski, and award winner, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers)

BEST SHORT DRAMA
Throat Song
Producer, Stacey Aglok MacDonald

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Songline to Happiness
Director, Danny Teece-Johnson



(L-R: Michael Claydon, Area Executive Producer for Independent Documentaries, CBC and award winner Danny Teece-Johnson)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY – HONOURABLE MENTION
The Language of Love
Director, Marie Clements



(Michelle St. John, Producer, The Language of Love)

BEST RADIO
Trailbreakers: Cindy Blackstock
Producer, Angela Sterritt



(Presenter, Meredith Shaw, Musician, Singer and Weekend announcer on Boom, Astral Radio)

BEST NEW MEDIA
Sense of Home
Artist: Leena Minifie



(L-R: Presenters, Wanda Vanderstoop, Distribution Director and Kaherawaks Thompson, Distribution Assistant, Vtape)

THE CYNTHIA LICKERS-SAGE AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
Scar
Director, Tiffany Parker



(L-R: Presenters, Cynthia Lickers-Sage, imagineNATIVE co-founder, Lisa Steele, and Kaherawaks Thompson, Distribution Assistant, Vtape)

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE PRODUCTION AWARD
Throat Song
Producer, Stacey Aglok MacDonald



(L-R: Presenters and imagineNATIVE Selection Jury, Susan Blight and Keesic Douglas)

THE ELLEN MONAGUE AWARD FOR BEST YOUTH WORK
La joie de vivre
Director, Jérémy Vassiliou



(L-R: Presenters, Jennifer and Christine Monague)

BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE
Charlie Zone
Producer, Hank White



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THE ALANIS OBOMSAWIN BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD 
My Louisiana Love 
Producer, Monique Verdin



(Presenter, Alanis Obomsawin)

THE ALANIS OBOMSAWIN BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD - HONOURABLE MENTION
Young Lakota
Producer, Heather Rae



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