97th Tofino Film Festival

97th Tofino Film Festival

Location	Warren Nevisa National Theater, Tofino, Zian
Festival date	6 – 13 September 2023

The 97th Tofino Film Festival, also known as the 97th Pine Awards and the 70th Tofino International Film Festival, was held from September 6-13th, 2023. Chapuis and Contagious led the field of nominations with 10 awards each, with Chapuis winning 4 including Best Picture, Best Director for Giovanni Tanner, Best Supporting Actor for Andrew Green, and Best Sound Editing. Contagious won Best Visual Effects. Monearde won 4 awards, including Best Actor for Leonida Mellone, Best Original Score, Best Makeup, and Best Costume Design. Khooné won 3 awards, including Best Actress for Aycan Kashani. Mélanie Bosch won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Harp Fell Silent, which also won Best Adapted Screenplay. Other winners included String of Hysteric Preposterousness, Admiring It All, Gadget, Saktos, Death Comes Three Times Today, and Ranger.

The Pine Awards Broadcast on September 13th was hosted by Chase Russell and Bélise Asselineau. Presenters for the awards included Weston Sharpe, Fae Fonnend, Teresa Warner, Anthony Avi-Davis, Alexander Vázquez, and Darren Navicia. Musical acts were performed by Appia and Kaiti Tassouli, the latter of whom sang the Best Original Song winner Little Steps from the Best Musical Feature winner Admiring It All.

Programmes

Gala presentations

• Lappi
• Hitman
• The Harp Fell Silent
• Mole
• Ranger
• Contagious
• Chapuis
• Arrows in the Snow
• Saktos

Special events

• The Maid
• Once Upon a Time in Northern Frankenburg
• Khooné
• Gadget

Special presentations

• Death Comes Three Times Today
• String of Hysteric Preposterousness
• Remote Truth
• Monearde

Documentaries

• Guardians of the Isles
• Cross to Templeham
• Kairatos: Murderer Amongst Us

Winners and nominees

Awards

Best Picture Chapuis Lappi Hitman The Harp Fell Silent Mole Ranger Contagious Arrows in the Snow Saktos The Maid Khooné Death Comes Three Times Today String of Hysteric Preposterousness Monearde The Twelvefold	Best Director Giovanni Tanner - Chapuis Heikki Rissanen - Lappi Nicola D’Amore - Hitman Peter Brücken - Once Upon a Time in Northern Frankenburg Antonio H. Blake - The Twelvefold
Best Actor Leonida Mellone - Monearde as Abel Gurieli Allesio Rinaldi - Hitman as Dominic Santoro Luciano Beltrão - The Maid as Lorenzo Valero Awad Nouri - Mole as Yaasir Can Adrien Dupuy - Arrows in the Snow as Ethan Russell Miguel Madrid - The Twelvefold as Gio Briglia	Best Actress Aycan Kashani - Khooné as Yosun Hasim Emma Sahlberg - Contagious as Dr. Karin Johannessen Letícia Castro - The Twelvefold as Ilaria Paoletta Grace Lynch - Forsaking the End as Gwen Malika Benayoun - Questioning Angels as Vannessa Naroa Avilés - Admiring It All as Carmen Altrada
Best Supporting Actor Andrew Green - Chapuis as Lt. Alden Mackey Majdi al-Saad - Mole as Raad Fateen Darryl Harper - Arrows in the Snow as Kyle Russell Konstantin Walter - Death Comes Three Times Today as Peter Marcelo Leite - Saktos as Artur Barreto Marius Silnes - Contagious as Mathias Ingebritson Arturo Morrison - The Twelvefold as Emil Halvorsen	Best Supporting Actress Mélanie Bosch - The Harp Fell Silent as Marie-Christine Baudet Susanne Sauer - Once Upon a Time in Northern Frankenburg as Sabrina Kleininger Avianna Riley - Arrows in the Snow as Emmalyn Russell Lindsey Barron - The Twelvefold as Pamela Santoli Kaiti Tassouli - Admiring It All as Sara Shelvlan Leia Phillips - East's Booklet as Rose Emelia Ryan - The Broken Promise as Mollie Scarsse
Best Original Screenplay String of Hysteric Preposterousness Arrows in the Snow Contagious Admiring It All Mole	Best Adapted Screenplay The Harp Fell Silent Khooné Chapuis Saktos East's Booklet
Best Animated Feature Film Gadget Once Upon a Time in Northern Frankenburg The Chronicles of Fizzlewick: Wizards and Wonders The Enigma Factor Astral Alchemist 2	Best Musical Feature Admiring It All East's Booklet Requiem for Tomorrow Torn Asunder Can It Really Be All That It Seems
Best Documentary Feature Cross to Templeham Guardians of the Isles Frontiers of Exploration: Beyond the Horizon Voices of the Unheard: Stories from the Streets of Rhaga Secrets of the Cantalle Abyss	Best Documentary Short Subject Kairatos: Murderer Amongst Us Soulful Rhythms: The Music that Moves Nations Technological Titans Innovators of the Digital Age We Walk Alone Without
Best Live Action Short Film Remote Truth The Clockwork Ballerina The Last Ray of Sunshine Paper Dreams The Red Balloon	Best Animated Short Film A Stitch in Time Secret Garden Gnomes Whiskers and Whimsy Isaiah Ross: The Adventure of Football Moon Jellies
Best Original Score Monearde Chapuis Contagious Saktos Once Upon a Time in Northern Frankenburg The Chronicles of Fizzlewick: Wizards and Wonders	Best Original Song Little Steps - Admiring It All Fly Away With Me - The Chronicles of Fizzlewick: Wizards and Wonders Polo Dip Dap Dee Doop - The Clockwork Ballerina Speak in the Light of the Dawn - East's Booklet Cross Me - Forsaking the End New Day - Requiem for Tomorrow
Best Sound Editing Chapuis Khooné Forsaking the End Contagious Lappi	Best Sound Mixing Khooné Contagious Death Comes Three Times Today Chapuis Lappi
Best Art Direction Ranger Admiring It All The Broken Promise Lappi Death Comes Three Times Today	Best Cinematography Saktos Arrows in the Snow Chapuis Ranger Admiring It All
Best Makeup Monearde Contagious The Maid Death Comes Three Times Today Admiring It All	Best Costume Design Monearde Chapuis Lappi Saktos The Maid
Best Film Editing Khooné Monearde Arrows in the Snow Contagious Saktos	Best Visual Effects Contagious Khooné Chapuis Lappi Monearde

Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented or performed during the Pine Awards Broadcast on September 13th.

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Ronnie Gallaen	Served as announcer for the 97th Pine Awards
Chase Russell Bélise Asselineau	Hosted the 97th Pine Awards
Fae Fonnend Adrian Einhorn	Presented the award for Best Animated Feature
Anthony Avi-Davis name name	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress
Darren Navicia	Presented the award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Short Film
Kaiti Tassouli	Performed "Little Steps" from Admiring It All
name name	Presented the award for Best Cinematography
name name	Presented the award for Best Makeup
name name	Presented the award for Best Art Direction
Edith Forann Harley Baker	Presented the award for Best Costume Design
name name	Presented the award for Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Animated Short Film
Egon Möller	Presented the award for Best Visual Effects
Alexander Vázquez name name	Presented the award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay
name name	Presented the award for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing
Caro Caillat name name	Presented the award for Best Original Score
name name	Presented the award for Best Original Song
Josiah Brondi Travis Brondi Mujahid el-Mahmood	Presented the award for Best Film Editing
Appia	Performed "Speak in the Light of the Dawn" from East's Booklet
Teresa Warner	Presented the award for Best Musical Feature
Quentin Cooper Carmeno An'rto	Presented the award for Best Director
Grayson Simmons name name	Presented the award for Best Actor
Madison Robertson Karoline Redler	Presented the award for Best Actress
Weston Sharpe	Presented the award for Best Picture