Best Documentary Series
Going Wild, Bryan Smith, Producer, MiMedia
Best Documentary Under 30 Minutes
19 Days, David Christensen, Producer, National Film Board of Canada
Best Documentary Over 30 Minutes
I Got Rhythm: The Science of Song, Connie Edwards, Producer, Souleado Entertainment
Best Dramatic Series
Wynonna Earp, Tom Cox & Jordy Randall, Producers, SEVEN24 Films
Best Dramatic Feature or Made-for-TV Movie
Chokeslam, Carolyn McMaster, Producer, Chaos a Film Company
Best Children’s Program or Series
Squeaks & Cheeks, Rebecca Campbell, Producer, Catapult Productions
Best News Feature
Car 1202, Michelle Gayse Leader, Producer, Leader Productions
Best Information or Lifestyle Series
Why I Love: Lloydminster, Matt Embry, Ravinder Minhas & Laura O’Grady, Producers, Spotlight Productions
Best Television Commercial Under $50K
#loveyyc, Matt Gillespie & Karen Sveinson, Producers, Joe Media Group
Best Television Commercial Over $50K
ATB Financial – ATB Listens: Resonate, Brent Kawchuk, Rita LeRoux, Sharon Toewes & Max Wawruck, Producers, Corkscrew Media & Stir Films
Best Public Service or Not-For-Profit Production
Historica Canada – Heritage Minute- Viola Desmond, Brent Kawchuk, Producer, Corkscrew Media & Stir Films
Best Corporate Production
ATB Financial “Amplify” – Anthem, Matt Gillespie & Claudia Neff, Producers, Joe Media Group
Best Promotional Production
Stampede Things, Cindy Gillies, Mike Little & Brendon Rathbone, Producers, Shine Light – Calgary Stampede
Best Musical Program or Variety Program
The Stage Gets Bigger, Rod Maldaner & Brett Kissel, Producer, Shaw TV
Best Music Video
Hello Moth – “A Song About Transience,” Hello Moth, & Aaron Bernakevitch, Producers, 4K Film Production
Best Web Series – Fiction
COWTOWN, Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi, Producer, Nur Films
Best Web Series – Non-Fiction
How To Learn Anything – Puzzles In Odd Places, Stephen Robinson & Lindsay Robinson, Producers, Zipline Productions
Best Digital or Interactive Project
Fairness Works: Refugee Crisis, Ryan Lang, Caitlin Kangles & Lucia Trischuk, Producers, Redline Interactive
Best Short Dramatic
Gods Acre, Kelton Stepanowich, Eric Janvier & Mike Mankowski, Producers, Half Breed Films
Best Short Non-Fiction
The Former Life of Amber Valley, Matt Embry, Ravinder Minhas & Laura O’Grady, Producers, Spotlight Productions & TELUS Optik Local
Best Sports Production
ESPN Indy 500 – “One Driver, One Car,” Brian Vos, Producer, Jump Studios
Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity
Fairness Works: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Ryan Lang, Caitlin Kangles & Lucia Trischuk, Producers, Redline Interactive
Best Student Production
The Hundy, Karlee McTavish, Producer, Film and Video, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
CRAFT CATEGORIES
Best Director (Drama under 30 minutes)
Brendon Rathbone, Marauder, Picture Element
Best Director (Drama over 30 minutes)
Robert Cuffley, Chokeslam, Chaos a Film Company
Best Director (Non-Fiction under 30 minutes)
Laura O’Grady, Queer Hutterite: A TELUS Original, Spotlight Productions
Best Director (Non-Fiction over 30 minutes)
Niobe Thompson, Memento Mori, ID Productions & National Film Board of Canada
Best Performance by an Alberta Actor
Jesse Lipscombe, It’s Not My Fault And I Don’t Care Anyway, Mosaic Entertainment
Best Performance by an Alberta Actress
Carlee Ryski, On the Rocks, Guerrilla Motion Pictures
Best Television Host
Donovan Workun, Alberta Motor Association- “Football & Pizza 73,” Freshwater Creative
Best Narrator
Maureen Jones, It’s All In Your Head, Ear Candy
Best Screenwriter (Drama under 30 minutes)
Arun Lakra, Probability
Best Screenwriter (Drama over 30 minutes)
Jason Long & Robert Cuffley, Chokeslam, Chaos a Film Company
Best Screenwriter (Non-Fiction under 30 minutes)
Asha Siad & Roda Siad, 19 Days, National Film Board of Canada
Best Screenwriter (Non-Fiction Over 30 minutes)
Niobe Thompson, Vital Bonds, ID Productions & National Film Board of Canada
Best Cinematographer (Drama under 30 minutes)
Aaron Bernakevitch, Dear Kate, Farside Pictures & Propeller Studios
Best Cinematographer (Drama over 30 minutes)
Bradley Stuckel, Incontrol, Umbrella Collective Films
Best Cinematographer (Non-Fiction under 30 minutes)
Shaun Henning, ATCO Wonderland, Spruce Meadows Television
Best Cinematographer (Non-Fiction over 30 minutes)
Sergio Olivares, The Secret Life of Pianos, Productions Loft
Best Editor (Drama under 30 minutes)
Weyme Teeter, One, One Thousand, Moving Artistry Productions
Best Editor (Drama over 30 minutes)
Bridget Durnford, Chokeslam, Chaos a Film Company
Best Editor (Non-Fiction under 30 minutes)
Paul Mortimer, 19 Days, National Film Board of Canada
Best Editor (Non-Fiction over 30 minutes)
Scott Parker, Memento Mori, ID Productions & National Film Board of Canada
Best Overall Sound (Drama under 30 minutes)
Alex Mitchell & Frank Laratta, Marauder, Picture Element
Best Overall Sound (Drama over 30 minutes)
Frank Laratta, Van Helsing – “Seen You,” Nomadic Pictures
Best Overall Sound (Non-Fiction under 30 minutes)
Chris Vail, Tourism Calgary Push Play: Chad Saunders, Six Degrees Music & Sound
Best Overall Sound (Non-Fiction over 30 minutes)
Philip Dransfeld, Carey Opper, Johnny Blerot, Memento Mori, ID Productions & National Film Board of Canada
Best Original Musical Score (Drama under 30 minutes)
Beau Shiminsky, It’s All In Your Head, Ear Candy
Best Original Musical Score (Drama over 30 minutes)
Alec Harrison, Considering Love and Other Magic, Interstate 80 Entertainment
Best Original Musical Score (Non-Fiction under 30 minutes)
Beau Shiminsky, Against the Ropes – “The Raging Bull,” Gruv Pix Productions
Best Original Musical Score (Non-Fiction over 30 minutes)
John McMillan, Vital Bonds, ID Productions & National Film Board of Canada
Best Production Designer / Art Director
Shari Aspinall, She Has A Name, Unveil Studios
Best Costume Designer
Carol Case, Hell On Wheels – “Two Soldiers,” Nomadic Pictures
Best Make-up & Hair Artist
Lisa Belyea, Lost Face, Joe Media Group
Best Visual Effects
Deja Springfield, Tiny Plastic Men, Mosaic Entertainment
Best Animators / Motion Graphic Artists
Shawn Fehrenbach, Aaron Bilawchuk & Jordan Balinski, Internet 150 Cash Flow, Shaw Cablesystems GP