2023 Rosie Awards Winners List

Class Entries

Best Documentary Series

• Thunder
• Adam Scorgie, Alex Orlando & Pollyanna Hardwicke-Brown, Producers
• Score G Production Films

Best Documentary Production Under 30 Minutes

• The Root of it All
• Kalyn Edworthy & Kimberly Gray, Producers
• Relevant One Media

Best Documentary Production Over 30 Minutes

• Arthur Erickson’s Dyde House
• Max Amerongen, Morgan Pinnock & Colin Waugh, Producers
• Sticks & Stones

Best Scripted Series or Mini-Series

• JANN: Alone for the Holidays
• Max AmerongenJordy Randall, Tom Cox, Jann Arden, Executive Producers; Matt Gillespie, Producer
• SEVEN24 Films Morgan Pinnock & Colin Waugh, Producers

Best Scripted Feature, Made-for-TV Movie, or Made-for-OTT or Specialty Cable Networks

• Dark Nature
• Michael Peterson & Berkley Brady, Producers
• Peterson Polaris Corp & Nika Productions

Best Children’s Program or Series

• Young George: The Series “Troll Garden”
• Amy Darling, Patrick Wilding & Colin Curwen, Producers
• Squid Brain Studios and New Machine Studios

Best Lifestyle or Factual Series and/or Web Series

• Caregivers in the Wild
• Joel Goundry & Mike Lang, Producers
• Roadwest Pictures

Best Television Commercial Under $20K

• AMA Tow Truck
• Brent Kawchuk & Richard Cairns, Producers
• Danny Rockett Productions

Best Television Commercial Over $20K

• ROHIT
• Matt Gillespie & Blake Frondall, Producers
• Joe Media Group Inc.

Best Public Service Announcement

• YWCA
• Colleen Gentemaan, META Productions

Best Corporate Production – Under $30K

• AMA “Project Forest”
• Jeremy Chugg, Producer
• Freshwater Creative

Best Corporate Production – Over $30K

• Explore Edmonton Arts & Culture
• Matthew Gresiuk, Morgan Pinnock & Colin Waugh, Producers
• Sticks & Stones

Best Promotional Production

• Dept. 9 Studios “Your Production Partner”
• Missy Geffen & Blake McWilliam, Producers
• Geffen Media

Best Musical, or Variety Program or Series

• Wandering with Wonder
• Joel Goundry & Samantha Whelan Kotkas, Producers
• Roadwest Pictures & Red Deer Symphony Orchestra

Best Music Video

• Ellie Heath “Float Away”
• Douglas Cook & Ellie Heath, Producers
• Douglas Cook Productions

Best Educational Production

• No More Kîyâm
• Lese Skidmore, Producer 
• BearPaw Media and Education – Native Counselling Services of Alberta

Best Narrative Game or Interactive Project

• Endless Adventure
• Colin Waugh, Jordan Bloemen & Matthew Gresiuk, Producers
• Sticks & Stones

Best Scripted Production Under 30 Minutes

• The Flying Sailor
• David Christensen, Producer
• The National Film Board of Canada

Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity

• Labeled: The Missing, Murdered and Forgotten
• Justin Kueber, Andrea Heinz & Sam Reid, Producers
• Guerrilla Motion Pictures Inc.

Fil Fraser Best Student Production

• The Janitor
• Brooke Pfeifer, Ben Harman & Owen Ljunggren
• Red Deer Polytechnic

Best Director (Scripted Under 30 Minutes)

• Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis
• The Flying Sailor
• The National Film Board of Canada

Best Director (Scripted Over 30 Minutes)

• Berkley Brady
• Dark Nature
• Peterson Polaris Corp & Nika Productions

Best Director (Documentary Under 30 minutes)

• Brock Davis Mitchell
• Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra – Your Phil. Your Music
• DDG

Best Director (Documentary Over 30 Minutes)

• Ava Karvonen
• Lessons From The Sunflower
• Reel Girls Media

Best Performance (Male or Nonbinary)

• Trevor Schmidt
• Finding Mr. Right
• Northern Gateway Films

Best Performance (Female or Nonbinary)

• Patricia Darbasie
• Team Bride
• Northern Gateway Films

Best Host

• John Gilchrist
• Rocky Mountain Cuisine with John Gilchrist
• Voice Pictures Inc.

Best Narrator

• Gord Marriot
• Old Dragon Man
• Douglas Cook Productions

Best Screenwriter (Scripted Under 30 minutes)

• Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis
• The Flying Sailor
• The National Film Board of Canada

Best Screenwriter (Scripted Over 30 minutes)

• Berkley Brady & Tim Cairo
• Dark Nature
• Peterson Polaris Corp & Nika Productions

Best Screenwriter (Documentary Under 30 minutes)

• Eric Janvier
• Heartbeat of a Nation
• The National Film Board of Canada

Best Screenwriter (Documentary Over 30 minutes)

• Omar Mouallem
• The Lebanese Burger Mafia
• Back Road Productions

Best Cinematographer (Scripted Under 30 minutes)

• Alim Sabir & Asim Overstands
• Cold Tea
• Summer84

Best Cinematographer (Scripted Over 30 minutes)

• Daniel Horch
• Father of Nations
• Thousand Year Films

Best Cinematographer (Documentary Under 30 minutes)

• Michael Sorel
• k.d.lang: songs & silence
• The National Film Board of Canada

Best Cinematographer (Documentary Over 30 minutes)

• Aaron Bernakevitch
• Echo of Everything
• Off Grid Pictures

Best Editor (Scripted Under 30 minutes)

• Sarah Taylor
• Edmonton Screen Industries Office “This Movie Doesn’t Exist Yet”
• Moving Artistry Productions

Best Editor (Scripted Over 30 minutes)

• Nina Staum
• Hailey Rose
• Iylond Entertainment Inc.

Best Editor (Documentary Under 30 minutes)

• Dustin Chok
• Wave Rider
• Independent

Best Editor (Documentary Over 30 minutes)

• Cam Christiansen
• Echo of Everything
• Off Grid Pictures

Best Overall Sound (Scripted Under 30 minutes)

• John Iaquinta & Regan Kuemper
• National Championship “Of Grit and Glory”
• ESPN

Best Overall Sound (Scripted Over 30 Minutes)

• Derek Waite & Propeller Sound Studios
• Dark Nature
• Peterson Polaris Corp & Nika Productions

Best Overall Sound (Documentary Under 30 minutes)

• Gary Bruckner and Propeller Sound Studios
• k.d.lang: songs & silence
• The National Film Board of Canada

Best Overall Sound (Documentary Over 30 minutes)

• Propeller Sound Studios
• Echo of Everything
• Off Grid Pictures

Best Original Musical Score (Scripted)

• Ghostkeeper
• Dark Nature
• Peterson Polaris Corp & Nika Productions

Best Original Musical Score (Documentary)

• Geoff Manchester
• Labeled “Chapter 4: Tipping Point”
• Guerrilla Motion Pictures Inc.

Best Production Designer/Art Director

• John Blackie & Bill Ives
• Billy the Kid “The Immigrants”
• SEVEN24 Films

Best Costume Designer

• Carol Case
• Billy the Kid “The Little Bit of Paradise”
• SEVEN24 Films

Best Make-Up and or Hair Artist

• Kyra MacPherson & Dave Trainor
• Dark Nature
• Peterson Polaris Corp & Nika Productions

Best Visual Effects Creator(s)

• John Cameron
• ESPN “National Championship”
• META Productions

Best Animator/Motion Graphic Artist (s)

• Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis & William Dyer
• The Flying Sailor
• The National Film Board of Canada

Best Stunt Performer

• Kelsey Andries
• The Last of Us “Look for the Light”
• Bear & Pear Productions