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, will be held from September 6-13th, 2023.

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
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
Best Original Screenplay Arrows in the Snow String of Hysteric Preposterousness Contagious	Best Adapted Screenplay Khooné Chapuis Saktos The Harp Fell Silent
Best Animated Feature Film Gadget Once Upon a Time in Northern Frankenburg	Best Live Feature
Best Documentary Feature Cross to Templeham Guardians of the Isles	Best Documentary Short Subject Kairatos: Murderer Amongst Us
Best Live Action Short Film Remote Truth	Best Animated Short Film
Best Original Score Monearde Chapuis Contagious Saktos Once Upon a Time in Northern Frankenburg	Best Original Song
Best Sound Editing Khooné Chapuis	Best Sound Mixing Contagious
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography Arrows in the Snow Chapuis Saktos Ranger
Best Makeup Monearde Contagious The Maid Death Comes Three Times Today	Best Costume Design Monearde Chapuis Saktos
Best Film Editing Monearde Arrows in the Snow Contagious Saktos	Best Visual Effects Khooné Chapuis