Now in its 26th year, the 11-day Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) has grown to be the biggest film festival in Alberta.  CIFF showcases 200+ short and feature-length multi-genre films from Canada and around the world.

Click here to see the 2024 Calgary International Film Festival award winners. 

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2025 AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

Feature Film Juried Awards

$1000 CAD Canadian Narrative Feature Award: Grand Jury Prize + 1 year SATURATION.IO license

$1000 CAD International Narrative Feature Award: Grand Jury Prize

$1000 CAD Canadian Documentary Feature Award: Grand Jury Prize + 1 year SATURATION.IO license 

$1000 CAD International Documentary Feature Award: Grand Jury Prize

Short Film Juried Awards

$2,500 CAD Short Film Grand Jury Prize

$1000 CAD Live Action Short Film Award

$1000 CAD Animated Short Film Award

$1000 CAD Documentary Short Film Award

$1000 CAD Devon Bolton Memorial Alberta Short Film Award + $10,000 Gift Card from SUNBELT RENTALS toward the winner's next project

$1000 CAD Ross Faulder Memorial Experimental Short Film Award

$1000 CAD Student Short Film Award

Youth By Youth Cinema International Short Film Award + 50% scholarship to VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL

Youth By Youth Cinema Canada Short Film Award + 50% scholarship to VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL + $2,500 Gift Card from SUNBELT RENTALS toward the winner's next project

Feature Film Audience Choice Awards presented by TELUS

Audience Choice Award Alberta Feature

Audience Choice Award Canadian Narrative Feature

Audience Choice Award Canadian Documentary Feature

Audience Choice Award New American Cinema Feature

Audience Choice Award International Narrative Feature

Audience Choice Award International Documentary Feature

Audience Choice Award After Dark Feature

Audience Choice Award Music on Screen Feature

Audience Choice Award Special Presentations Feature

Short Film Audience Choice Awards presented by TELUS

Audience Choice Award Alberta Short

Audience Choice Award Narrative Short

Audience Choice Award Animated Short

Audience Choice Award Documentary Short