Toronto Student Film Festival

The Toronto Student Film Festival (TSFF) is a premier event for youth to showcase their talent in a wide variety of short film genres. TSFF has attracted film makers from many different countries. Prizes have focused on work experiences in the industry, scholarships to film making programmes, money, and film equipment.

History

In the fall of 2005, three grade twelve students from Crescent School in Toronto, Ontario approached their teacher, Jamie MacRae, with the idea of creating a new student film festival specifically designed to showcase youth talent, and creativity. The festival would provide an opportunity for students from any part of the world to screen their media works and short films. The TSFF Founding Committee was made up of these three Crescent School students – Zack Russell, Gordon Steiner, and David Whyte, Jamie MacRae (Head of Media Arts, Crescent School, Colin Lowndes Head of Crescent’s Upper (High) School, and entertainment executive Pat Macdonald. Now the committee is run from Royal St. George's College in Toronto.

Festivals

2012 FInalists

Film Title

Director(s)

Award(s)

Ostrichcized

Ben Brook

Special Jury Selection

Frank and Celeste

Charlie Redd

Special Jury Selection

Race of the Dead

Jesse Bostick

N/A

David

Ben Roberts

N/A

iRony

Chris Finn

N/A

Concealed

Misha Scott

Best Drama

Brain Drain

Joseph Milando

N/A

Independence In Sight

Lauren Lindberg

Best Documentary

Every Bone

Sarah Devlin

Best Experimental

Family Portrait

Julia Galle

N/A

Moustache Boy

Jahar Aronija

N/A

Mined Over Matter

Peter Lilly

N/A

Nocturnal Matter

Keaton Manning

N/A

We Real Cool

Gabriel Rodriguez Fuller

N/A

Doppler Affect

Spencer Barton

N/A

Late Pass

Max Parr

Best Film
Best Writing
Best Editing
People's Choice Award

Seizing the Homefront

Eric Hayes

Best Film Ages 12-16
Best Animation

Free Daily

Matt Raymond
Thompson Garrow

Best Cinematography

Le Petit Chef

Sarah Martin

N/A

Getaway

Alyssa Evans

Best Sound Editing

Sledge

Adam Zivo

N/A

Growing Up

Jack Schwartz

TSFF Executive Committee's Choice Award

Bedroom Brawl

Zach Silverstein

N/A

Blue Skies

Megan Bercaw

N/A

Strophe/Antistrophe/Catastrophe

Sarah Devlin

N/A

Think Brilliance

Diego Hernandez De la Rocha

N/A

2011 Finalists

Film Title

Director(s)

Award(s)

A Divorce

Beini Huang

Best Film

Plastic Man

Max Parr

Best Canadian Film
Best Sound Editing

Rice

Ngee Ann

Special Jury Selection

Lovely Bloodflow

N/A

Best Music Video

Crater Face

Skyler Page

Best Writing

Gatfish

N/A

Best Documentary

Charlie Don't Serve

Josh Thomas

Best Animation

Pretending

Claire Morse

Best Film Ages 12-17

Hunger Pains

Oliver Lauder

Best Editing

Sparks

Adam Bovoletis
Adam Takacs
David Ledvinka
Emily Badgley

Best Cinematography

The Melancholy Nature of Magnetic Fields

Nicola Humon

N/A

Ca Me Motive

Ben McKinnon

N/A

Fun and Games

Adam Zivojinovic

N/A

Whatever It Takes

Catherin Maltais

N/A

Enza & Thom

Jesse Bostick

N/A

Fathom

Veronica Brown

N/A

You'll Feel Better

Jeremy Sickels

N/A

What You Become

Chris Finn

N/A

Shoot, Edit, Crash

Ben McKinnon

N/A

Pennies

Erika Verhagen

N/A

Black Balloon

Neve Dickson

N/A

Hair Affair

Alex Metcalfe

N/A

Words of a Poetaster

Ian Welty

N/A

MacReel

Oli Girling

N/A

Judges

2013

Ron Mann
Susan Coyne
Richard Crouse

2012

Jesse Wente
Martha Burns
Ron Mann

2011

Sarah Polley
Jane Tattersal
Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas

2010

Niv Fichman
Deepa Mehta
Paul Gross