The following is a list of award winners of the Sundar Prize Film Festival. The festival has presented juried awards in multiple categories, with cash prize values varying by year. The list also includes winners of the BC Youth Storyteller's Contest, an initiative of the festival's Luminaries Student and Youth Program.
Award winners by year
2024 The following awards were presented at the inaugural Sundar Prize Film Festival in 2024.
Best Animation - Unstoppable Beat by Luke Dye-Montefiore and Rufus Dye-Montefiore Best British Columbia Film - Dil Rakh: Gloves of Kin by Dalj Brar KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Residency Prize - Cash Cows by Shubham Chhabra Rogers Group of Funds Best Canadian Documentary - Eternal Spring by Jason Loftus Best Short Film - A Good Day Will Come by Amir Zargara Best International Documentary - Swallow Flying to the South by Mochi Lin Best Environmental Film - Rematriation by Alexi Liotti Best Student Film - DOSH by Radha Mehta Best Feature Film - Rosie by Gail Maurice
2025 The following awards were presented at the 2025 Sundar Prize Film Festival.
Best Feature Film - Firma Aquí by Enrique Vázquez Best Short Film - The Poem We Sang by Annie Sakab Rogers Group of Funds Best Canadian Documentary - Tea Creek by Ryan David Lee Dickie Knowledge Network Best International Documentary - This Is Who We Are by Peter Lilly Best Animation - Have I Swallowed Your Dream by Clara Chan Best Environmental Film - Tea Creek by Ryan David Lee Dickie Best 2SLGBTQ+ Film - Leilani’s Fortune by Loveleen Kaur Best Youth Film (19 and under) - LOOK by Georgia Tindle Acken Best Student Film - Desync by Minerva Marie Navasca Best British Columbia Feature Film - Mareya Shot Keetha Goal: Make the Shot by Baljit Sangra and Nilesh Patel Best British Columbia Short Film - Stand In by Hiromu Yamawaki KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Residency Prize - Velvet Secrets by Shanthini Balasubramanian
BC Youth Storyteller's Contest The following awards were presented in 2025 as part of the festival's inaugural Luminaries Student and Youth Program.
First Prize - Facade by Kexin (Coco) Chen Second Prize - Crash and Deliver by Jane Ifunanya Diokpo Third Prize - The Name I Choose by Wendy Shenglin Zhang
2026 The following awards were presented at the 2026 Sundar Prize Film Festival.
Best Feature Film - Bayaan by Bikas Ranjan Mishra Best Short Film - One Day This Kid by Alexander Farah Best Feature Documentary - Saints and Warriors by Patrick Shannon Best Short Documentary - Light Through the Blindfold by Alireza Kazemipour Best Short Animation - Sing to the Wind by Yaffa Aboudib Husseini Best Environmental Film - The Fire in Our Hearts by Josias Tschanz Best 2SLGBTQ+ Film - If by Tathagata Ghosh Best Student Film - Praying for Love by Sofia Tonin Best Youth Film (19 and under) - Fallen by Angela Ruohan Yan Best British Columbia Feature Film - A Cree Approach by Tristin Greyeyes Best British Columbia Short Film - Red Light Rebel by Hannah Yang BC Student Film Showcase Award, First Prize - Home Is a Feeling by Ryah SM King BC Student Film Showcase Award, Second Prize - Through the Flow of Summer Snow by Sophia Santos English BC Student Film Showcase Award, Third Prize - Pan de Muerto by Renata Calderon Best Spiritual, Health and Wellness Film - Et maintenant? (What Now?) by Jocelyn Forgues KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Residency Prize - Burcu's Angels by Özgün Gündüz The Performer's Mastery Award for Outstanding BC Performance - Medha Gautham, for performances in E for Effort, Never Excellence, Shitcute, and It's Not You
Award winners by award
Best Feature Film 2024 - Rosie by Gail Maurice 2025 - Firma Aquí by Enrique Vázquez 2026 - Bayaan by Bikas Ranjan Mishra
Best Short Film 2024 - A Good Day Will Come by Amir Zargara 2025 - The Poem We Sang by Annie Sakab 2026 - One Day This Kid by Alexander Farah
Rogers Group of Funds Best Canadian Documentary 2024 - Eternal Spring by Jason Loftus 2025 - Tea Creek by Ryan David Lee Dickie
Best International Documentary 2024 - Swallow Flying to the South by Mochi Lin
Knowledge Network Best International Documentary 2025 - This Is Who We Are by Peter Lilly
Best Feature Documentary 2026 - Saints and Warriors by Patrick Shannon
Best Short Documentary 2026 - Light Through the Blindfold by Alireza Kazemipour
Animation Best Animation 2024 - Unstoppable Beat by Luke Dye-Montefiore and Rufus Dye-Montefiore 2025 - Have I Swallowed Your Dream by Clara Chan
Best Short Animation 2026 - Sing to the Wind by Yaffa Aboudib Husseini
Best Environmental Film 2024 - Rematriation by Alexi Liotti 2025 - Tea Creek by Ryan David Lee Dickie 2026 - The Fire in Our Hearts by Josias Tschanz
Best 2SLGBTQ+ Film 2025 - Leilani’s Fortune by Loveleen Kaur 2026 - If by Tathagata Ghosh
Best Student Film 2024 - DOSH by Radha Mehta 2025 - Desync by Minerva Marie Navasca 2026 - Praying for Love by Sofia Tonin
Best Youth Film (19 and under) 2025 - LOOK by Georgia Tindle Acken 2026 - Fallen by Angela Ruohan Yan
Best British Columbia Film 2024 - Dil Rakh: Gloves of Kin by Dalj Brar
Best British Columbia Feature Film 2025 - Mareya Shot Keetha Goal: Make the Shot by Baljit Sangra and Nilesh Patel 2026 - A Cree Approach by Tristin Greyeyes
Best British Columbia Short Film 2025 - Stand In by Hiromu Yamawaki 2026 - Red Light Rebel by Hannah Yang
BC Student Film Showcase Award 2026, First Prize - Home Is a Feeling by Ryah SM King 2026, Second Prize - Through the Flow of Summer Snow by Sophia Santos English 2026, Third Prize - Pan de Muerto by Renata Calderon
Best Spiritual, Health and Wellness Film 2026 - Et maintenant? (What Now?) by Jocelyn Forgues
KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Residency Prize 2024 - Cash Cows by Shubham Chhabra 2025 - Velvet Secrets by Shanthini Balasubramanian 2026 - Burcu's Angels by Özgün Gündüz
BC Youth Storyteller's Contest 2025, First Prize - Facade by Kexin (Coco) Chen 2025, Second Prize - Crash and Deliver by Jane Ifunanya Diokpo 2025, Third Prize - The Name I Choose by Wendy Shenglin Zhang
The Performer's Mastery Award for Outstanding BC Performance 2026 - Medha Gautham, for performances in E for Effort, Never Excellence, Shitcute, and It's Not You
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