Festival Awards

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