10th Anniversar y Awards

Sunday 9pm | OCT. 19 CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS CELEBRATION PRESENTED BY BIG SOUL PRODUCTIONS Doors open at 9pm The Mod Club Theatre 722 College Street

84 Join us for the Closing Night Awards where winners of the 2009 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will be announced! Celebrate this year’s incredible talents with our hosts Jennifer Podemski, an award-winning, Gemini Award-nominated actress, co-founder of Big Soul Productions and founder of Redcloud Studios and Doug “Plex” Bedard, an MC, artist and the president of record and entertainment label New Leaf Entertainment.

Doug “Plex” Bedard & Jennifer Podemski

Winners will be announced in the following categories:

Canwest Mentorship Program 2009 Mentoree Introduction by Susan Alexander (Mentor), Production Executive, Drama Content, Canwest Broadcasting

Drama Pitch Prize Presented by APTN Supported by William F. White $5,000 Development Deal with APTN and $2,500 voucher for services at William F. White

Documentary Pitch Prize Presented by CBC Newsworld Supported by William F. White One-month use of CBC’s 3CCD 1080i HDV Camera and $2,500 voucher for services at William F. White

Best Music Video Presented by imagineNATIVE $500 cash award

Best Experimental Presented by Images Festival $1,000 cash award

Best Canadian Short Drama Presented by Urban Rez Productions $1,000 cash award

Best Short Drama Presented by Big Soul Productions $1,000 cash award Best Short Documentary Presented by CBC News $1,000 cash award

Best Radio Presented by Astral Media Radio $1,000 cash award

Best New Media Presented by Vtape $1,000 cash award

The Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent Presented by Cynthia Lickers-Sage on behalf of Vtape $1,000 cash award

Best Indigenous Language Production Award Presented by the Canadian Television Fund $1,000 cash award

Best Dramatic Feature Presented by CTVglobemedia $1,500 cash award

The Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award Presented by Alanis Obomsawin on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada $1,500 cash award