FIN Atlantic International Film Festival took advantage of moving their usual eight-day celebration of film and media to a digital format this year, by making their live-stream audience a part of the awards process. Today, FIN announced the winners for their FIN Stream Audience Choice awards, and the audience very clearly had one filmmaker in mind.
Halifax-based filmmaker Taylor Olson and his film Bone Cage took awards in no less than four categories. Based on the play by Nova Scotian author Catherine Banks, Bone Cage stars Olson in the role of conflicted-clear cutter Jamie, who surveys the landscape he has wreaked havoc on at the end of every shift, rescuing the many animals injured in the wake of the destruction.
Bone Cage won in all of the awards in its eligible categories, while Olsen took an additional win in the category of Best Atlantic Short for his film Inceldom, or why are the angry men angry.
The full list of the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival Award winners includes:
The Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Feature
Presented by FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Winner: Bone Cage
Directed by Taylor Olson
Produced by Melani Wood
Best Atlantic Documentary
Presented by FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Winner: Bread in the Bones
Directed by Darrell Varga
Produced by Darrell Varga, Shana McGuire, and Walter Forsyth
Best Atlantic Short
Sponsored by 902 Post
Winner: Inceldom, or why are the angry men angry
Directed by Taylor Olson
Best Atlantic Short Documentary
Presented by FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Winner: Queen of Chaos
Directed by Kaila Bolton
Best Atlantic Director
Sponsored by William F. White International
Winner: Taylor Olson
Bone Cage
The Michael Weir Award for Best Atlantic Screenwriting
Presented by FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Winner: Taylor Olson
Bone Cage
Best Atlantic Cinematographer
Presented by FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Winner: Kevin A. Fraser
Bone Cage
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival also announced today the winner of its 2020 Script Development Program, which offers Atlantic Canadian writers the opportunity to develop their feature film ideas from pitch to first draft.
Scott Jones and his pitch for It’s The Fear That Keeps Me Awake, won the $10,000 development prize, made available through The Harold Greenberg Fund.