Café Tacvba to Receive Special Award from Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF)

Café Tacvba is being feted with a special honor…

This week, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced that Mexican rock band will be honored with the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Arts Award at the 36th annual gala set for September 7 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Café Tcvba“A great honor [and] emotion to be part of this,” expressed the group on Instagram. “We are very grateful for the recognition of our trajectory!”

Celebrating a 34-year career, Café Tacvba is known for timeless Latin rock hits including “La Ingrata,” “Eres,” “Chilanga Banda” and many more.

“Café Tacvba has been inspiring audiences with their brilliant, eclectic sound for decades since they started in Mexico,” said Antonio Tijerino, HHF President and CEO, in a press statement. “We are thrilled to honor this remarkable group of musical visionaries with our Arts Award and we look forward to celebrating Café Tacvba and share our collective cultural pride and achievement at the Kennedy Center and on PBS.”

The Hispanic Heritage Arts Awards will broadcast on PBS and stream on PBS.org on Sept. 29th.

Guillermo del Toro’s “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” Wins Humanitas Prize

Guillermo del Toro is a Humanitas prize winner…

The 58-year-old Mexican filmmaker and author’s Oscar-winning project Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio has won the Family Feature Film prize from Humanitas, the organization that annually honors film and television writers whose work best explores the human condition.

Guillermo del Toro, Pinocchio,Following a win at the Golden Globes, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12 in Los Angeles.

Humanitas will not hold its usual awards show this year in solidarity with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, opting for a party to celebrate winners on November 2 at the Avalon Hollywood.

Here’s the list of year’s winners and nominees:

DRAMA TELEPLAY

Winner
Craig Mazin: The Last of Us, “Long, Long Time”

Nominees
Peter Gould: Better Call Saul, “Saul Gone”
D.J. Nash & James Roday Rodriguez: A Million Little Things, “One Big Thing”
Ben Vanstone: All Creatures Great and Small, “Surviving Siegfried”

COMEDY TELEPLAY

Winner
Amy Sherman-Palladino: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Four Minutes”

Nominees
Francesca Sloane & Karen Joseph Adcock: Atlanta, “The Goof Who Sat by the Door”
Sterlin Harjo & Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs: Reservation Dogs, “Mabel”
Garrett Werner: Abbott Elementary, “Read-A-Thon”

CHILDREN’S TELEPLAY (Live Action or Animation)

Winner
Hernán Barangan: Life By Ella, “Prison or Palace”

Nominees
Gigi D.G.: Pinecone & Pony, “A Life of Adventure”
Kwame Alexander & Damani Johnson: The Crossover, “X’s and 0’s”
Lisa Muse Bryant: Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, “Hair Today Gone Tomorrow”

DRAMA FEATURE FILM

Winner
Tyler Perry: A Jazzman’s Blues

Nominees
Rebecca Lenkiewicz: She Said
Michael Reilly & Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu: Till

COMEDY FEATURE FILM

Winner
Cooper Raiff: Cha Cha Real Smooth

Nominees
Peter Farrelly & Brian Currie & Pete Jones: The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Mark Rizzo: Champions
Tom Huang: Dealing with Dad

FAMILY FEATURE FILM

Winner
Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Nominees
Paul Fisher and Tommy Swerdlow: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
David Hudgins: Gigi & Nate

LIMITED SERIES, TV MOVIE OR SPECIAL

Winner
Tony Phelan & Joan Rater: A Small Light, “Pilot”

Nominees
Brian Savelson: Little America, “Paper Piano”
Lee Eisenberg & Idil Ibrahim: Little America, “Camel on a Stick”
Michael Nankin and Barbara Nance: An Amish Sin

DOCUMENTARY

Winner
Ondi Timoner: Last Flight Home

Nominees
Lisa Hepner: The Human Trial
Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin: Murder In Big Horn, “Episode 1”
Stefan Forbes: Hold Your Fire

SHORT FILM

Winner
Sabina Vajrača: Sevap/Mitzvah

Nominees
Joseph Lee: Other Homes
Felicia Pride: Look Back At It
Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer: Ninety-five Senses

VOICE FOR CHANGE

WGA

NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP

2023 Fellows
Jordan Guingao, Max Asayesh-Brown, Julia Weisberg Cortés, Terron Jones, and Luis Antonio Aldana & Miguel Angel Caballero

Finalists
Feyza Safoglu, Luke Hart-Moynihan, Adrien Callahan, Callie Waligora, and Lane Stanley

Semifinalists
Marina Kato, Emma Demorest, Kaelan Dickinson, Natasha Trotter, Jon Lazar, April Wright, AP Hello, Dennis Gonzalez, Nadine Pequeneza, Gina Young, Nia Ashley, Chaseedaw Giles, Ziyao Liu, Yeon Jin Lee, and Julia Bergeron

CAROL MENDELSOHN COLLEGE DRAMA AWARD

Awardee
Lara Palmqvist, “The Garden”

Finalists
Feyza Safoglu, AJ Currie, and Liz Beall

Semifinalists
Victor Adame, Carrie Finn, Anthony Poon, Aaron Lopez, Sophia Lin, Ahmed Uthman, Jacqueline Olivé, Tracy Kowalski, Marcus Crawford Guy, Alex Marsha Sylvia, Noah Arjomand, Charmaine Colina, María Cristina Marrero-Morales, Christopher Lukens, Cynda Wang, Renee Cunningham

DAVID AND LYNN ANGELL COLLEGE COMEDY AWARD

Awardee
Emma Fiske-Dobell, “Shakespeare Sister”

Finalists
Jules Crosby, Reid Pope, and Kevin Walsh

Semifinalists
Gabrielle Ruiz, Juwairiya Syed, Aadrise Johnson, Kareem El Arab, Hayley Zablotsky, Alexia Valentina Ureña, Isabela Aquino, Straton Rushing, Catherine Loerke, Ari Shapiro, Adrien Callahan, Callie Waligora, Chandler Moore, Tia Phillip, Cara-Lynn Branch, and Melina Maraki

Pedro Pascal Awarded Gold Derby TV Awards’ Performer of the Year Prize

It’s the Golden hour for Pedro Pascal

The 48-year-old Chilean actor has claimed the Performer of the Year award, the most coveted prize, at this year’s Gold Derby TV Awards.

Pedro PascalThat award honors a performer for their overall impact throughout the television season; Pascal’s one-two punch of The Last of Us and Saturday Night Live (for which we also awarded the Best Comedy Guest Actor prize, not to mention his Emmy-nominated narration for the nature program Patagonia helped him secure that prize for the first time, bringing his career total to four Gold Derby TV Awards.

He previously won Best Drama Guest Actor and Best Drama Guest Actor of the Decade (2010-2019) for his stint on Game of Thrones.

More than 1,400 registered Gold Derby users voted worldwide to decide the winners of the 20th annual Gold Derby TV Awards, which honor the best achievements in television and streaming programs from June 2022 through May 2023.

Here’s a look at the complete list of winners:

DRAMA SERIES:
“Succession”

DRAMA ACTRESS:
Sarah Snook, “Succession”

DRAMA ACTOR:
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Rhea Seehorn, “Better Call Saul”

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”

DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS:
Harriet Walter, “Succession”

DRAMA GUEST ACTOR:
Nick Offerman, “The Last of Us”

DRAMA EPISODE:
“Succession” – “Connor’s Wedding”
Writer: Jesse Armstrong
Director: Mark Mylod

COMEDY SERIES:
“The Bear”

COMEDY ACTRESS:
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”

COMEDY ACTOR:
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Anthony Carrigan, “Barry”

COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS:
Taraji P. Henson, “Abbott Elementary”

COMEDY GUEST ACTOR:
Pedro Pascal, “Saturday Night Live”

COMEDY EPISODE:
“The Bear” – “Review”
Writer: Joanna Calo
Director: Christopher Storer

LIMITED SERIES:
“Beef”

TV MOVIE:
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”

LIMITED/MOVIE ACTRESS:
Ali Wong, “Beef”

LIMITED/MOVIE ACTOR:
Steven Yeun, “Beef”

LIMITED/MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Niecy Nash-Betts, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”

LIMITED/MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Paul Walter Hauser, “Black Bird”

VARIETY SCRIPTED SERIES:
“Saturday Night Live”

VARIETY TALK SERIES:
“The Problem with Jon Stewart”

COMPETITION PROGRAM:
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”

REALITY HOST:
RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”

ANIMATED PROGRAM:
“Harley Quinn”

PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Pedro Pascal

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Ayo Edebiri

ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:
“Succession”

Gustavo Santaolalla to Receive Lifetime Achievement Trustees Award During Latin Grammys

Gustavo Santaolalla is set to receive a special honor…

The 71-year-old Argentine musician and composer will receive the Lifetime Achievement Trustees Award in November.

Gustavo SantaolallaThe award honors his music legacy and is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Latin music during their careers in ways other than performance.

Santaolalla has received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA awards, two Grammys, 19 Latin Grammys, and is an Emmy nominee for his work on HBO’s “The Last of Us.”

All of the hardware is even more amazing when you consider Santaolalla can’t read or write music.

He will receive the honor during a private event as part of Latin GRAMMy Week on Sunday, November 12, 2023, in the Teatro Lope de Vega in Sevilla, Spain.

In addition, Santaolalla will perform at Eric Clapton’s 2023 Crossroads Festival in Los Angeles.

The event is being held September 24 at the Crypto Arena. Clapton gathers past, present and the future of guitar music onto the stage to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.

Santaolalla scored the original video game for “The Last of Us” and its 2020 sequel, as well as the HBO series.

In addition to his video game and television work, he has collaborated with high profile filmmakers like Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros21 GramsBabel), Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries, On The Road) and Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain).

Shakira: The Big Winner at This Year’s Premios Juventud with Eight Awards

Shakira is celebrating an impressive award haul…

The 46-year-old Colombian superstar proved to be the big winner of the night at this year’s Premios Juventud, collecting eight awards., including Premios Juventud Female Artist.

ShakiraShakira’s hit collaboration with Bizarrap, “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53,” was named Best Pop/Urban Song and Best Song for My Ex, while her Karol G-collab “TQG”took home the trophies for Girl Power, Best Urban Track, Best Pop/Urban Collaboration and Social Dance Challenge.

“The best luck I’ve had is with my fans. You inspire me to be better and to never give up,” said Shakira, who was there with her two children, Milan and Sasha. “To be honest, when I had self-doubt, you made me believe in myself again. When I feel fragile, you give me strength. You’ve protected me, you’ve been loyal. You celebrate my joy and are with me in my struggles. It’s because of you I want to be a better musician, a better person.”

Shakira was also awarded with the Agent of Change Award. Another recipient of that same award was Camila Cabello, who spoke passionately about climate change and the importance of taking action toward environmental justice.

Colombian singer Karol G and Mexican artist Peso Pluma followed Shakira with both winning five awards each.

This year’s Premios Juventud — which aired live on Univision — debuted 15 new categories that “reflect the latest trends” in Latin music.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

Best Pop Album: Haashtag – Ha*Ash
Best Pop/Urban Song: “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 “- Bizarrap & Shakira
Girl Power: “TQG” – Karol G & Shakira
Premios Juventud Female Artist: Shakira
Female Artist On The Rise: Danna Paola
Premios Juventud Male Artist: Peso Pluma
Favorite Group or Duo of The Year: Ha*Ash
New Generation – Female Artist: Kenia Os
New Generation – Male Artist: Bizarrap
New Generation – Regional Mexican: Peso Pluma
Male Artist On The Rise: Eladio Carrion
My Favorite Streaming Artist: Karol G
The Best Beatmakers: Bizarrap
Best Song By a Couple: “Beso” – Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro
Best Song For My Ex: “Shakira: BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53” – Bizarrap & Shakira — SHAKIRA
OMG Collaboration: “Despechá RMX” – Rosalía & Cardi B
Best Urban Track: “TQG” – Karol G & Shakira
Best Urban Mix: “Hey Mor” — Ozuna & Feid
Best Urban Album – Male: Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
Best Urban Album – Female: Mañana Será Bonito – Karol G
Best Dembow Song: “To’ Esto Es Tuyo” – Natti Natasha
Best Dembow Collaboration: “Delincuente” – Tokischa, Anuel AA & Ñengo Flow
Best Trap Song: “Coco Chanel” – Eladio Carrión & Bad Bunny
Pop Track Of The Year: “Bailé Con Mi Ex” – Becky G
Pop Mix Of The Year: “Contigo” – Sebastián Yatra & Pablo Alborán
Best Pop/Urban Collaboration: “TQG” – Karol G & Shakira
Best Pop/Urban Album: Motomami+ – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Song: “Ella Baila Sola” – Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma
Best Regional Mexican Collaboration: “PRC” – Peso Pluma & Natanael Cano
Best Regional Mexican Fusion: Un X100to” – Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny
Best Regional Mexican Album: Sembrando – Peso Pluma
Tropical Hit: “La Bachata” – Manuel Turizo
Tropical Mix: “Monotonía” – Shakira & Ozuna
Best Tropical Album: Fórmula, Vol. 3 – Romeo Santos
Hottest Choreo: “Mayor Que Usted” – Natti Natasha, Daddy Yankee & Wisin Y Yandel
Video With The Most Powerful Message: “La Reina” – Maluma
I Want More: Kenia Os
Couples That Blow Up My Social: Rosalía Y Rauw Alejandro
Best Fandom: Keninis – Kenia Os
Social Dance Challenge: “TQG” – Karol G & Shakira
My Favorite Trendsetter: Bad Bunny

Arturo Sandoval to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Latin Recording Academy

Arturo Sandoval is being feted for his lifetime of work…

The 73-year-old Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero and composer is among the honorees selected by the Latin Recording Academy to receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Arturo SandovalSandoval’s life was the subject of the film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) starring Andy García.

He has won 4 Grammy AwardsBillboard Awards and one Emmy Award. He has performed at the White House and at the Super Bowl (1995).

Other Lifetime Achievement Award honorees include Ana Torroja, Mijares, Carmen Linares, Simone and Soda Stereo.

Additionally, Alex AcuñaGustavo Santaolalla and Wisón Torres will receive the Trustees Award.

“We are extremely honored for the opportunity to recognize these great figures of Ibero-America, whose musical legacy continues to inspire new generations,” Manuel Abud, CEO of The Latin Recording Academy, said in a statement. “We look forward to celebrating their virtuoso careers during Latin GRAMMY® Week in Sevilla this coming November.”

The Lifetime Achievement Award, according the Academy, is presented to performers who have “made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music and its communities.”

Meanwhile, the Trustees Award is given to individuals who have made “significant contributions to Latin music during their careers in ways other than performance.” Both are voted on by the Latin Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees.

The honorees will be celebrated at a private event on November 12 at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville, Spain during Latin Grammys week.

In May, the Latin Grammys announced that the 24th edition of the awards ceremony will take place in Spain on November 16 at the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones — marking the first time the ceremony will be held outside the United States. As in previous years, Latin Grammy Week will include Person of the Year gala, the Special Awards ceremony, a Leading Ladies of Entertainment luncheon, among other events.

The nominations for the 2023 Latin Grammys will be announced on September 19.

Ariana DeBose Among This Year’s Dorian TV Awards Winners

Ariana DeBose is celebrating a win for a controversial performance…

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has named the winners of its 15th Dorian TV Awards, with the 32-year-old half-Puerto Rican Oscar-winning actress/singer among the honorees.

Ariana DeBoseDeBose nabbed the Best TV Musical Performance trophy for her rap tribute to Angela Bassett and other nominees at the BAFTA Film Awards last March.

The performance became a meme and left DeBose in tears after being mocked on the internet.

But now her performance has earned her an award from GALECA.

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics honors its collective picks for the finest in film, television and New York theater—mainstream to LGBTQ-themed—via its Dorian Awards.

GALECA members vote on the Dorian Awards in a purely democratic fashion. All members are encouraged to name their top 3 choices per category in the nominating round, then their sole choice per category in the final round.

Here’s the full list of winners in bold, along with the nominees:

BEST TV DRAMA: Succession (HBO)
BEST TV COMEDY: Abbott Elementary (ABC)
BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW: The Other Two (HBO Max)
BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES: Fire Island (Hulu)
BEST UNSUNG SHOW; Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
BEST NON-ENGLISH SHOW: Los Espookys (HBO)
BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA: Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA: Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO)
BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY: Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX on Hulu)
BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Ariana DeBose, “Angela Bassett Did the Thing (Opening Number),” BAFTA Film Awards (Britbox)
BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
: Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (Shudder)
BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES: Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (Shudder)
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW: ZIWE (Showtime)
BEST ANIMATED SHOW
: Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
BEST REALITY SHOW: Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW: The Last of Us (HBO)
CAMPIEST TV SHOW
: Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)

WILDE WIT AWARD
—To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse
Wanda Sykes

GALECA TV Icon Award
—To a uniquely talented star we adore
Jennifer Coolidge

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award
—For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Elliot Page

 

Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams” Named Contrechamp Winner at Annecy Animation Festival

Pablo Berger is celebrating a special win…

The 60-year-old Spanish writer and director claimed the top honors for the Annecy Animation Festival’s parallel Contrechamp competition.

Pablo BergerBerger won for his Cannes Film Festival breakout film Robot Dreams, a bittersweet 2D tale of friendship between a robot and a dog in 1980s New York.

Adapted from a graphic novel by Sara Varon, the Spanish film swaps any-and-all spoken dialogue for some toe-tapping needle drops and silent comedy gags.

Robot DreamsNeon will release the film stateside later this year.

Here’s a look at all the winners:

FEATURE FILMS

Cristal for a Feature Film
“Chicken for Linda!” (Chiara Malta, Sebastien Laudenbach, France, Italy)

Jury Award
“Four Souls of Coyote” (Aron Gauder, Hungary)

Paul Grimault Award
“The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes” (Tomohisa Taguchi, Japan)

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
“Chicken for Linda!” (Chiara Malta, Sebastien Laudenbach, France, Italy)

Contrechamp Grand Prix
“Robot Dreams” (Pablo Berger, Spain, France)

Contrechamp Jury Award
“Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light” (Filip Pošivač, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Audience Award
“Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams” (Benoit Chieux, Belgium, France)

SHORT FILMS

Cristal for a Short Film
“27” (Flóra Anna Buda, France, Hungary)

Jury Award
“Drijf” (Levi Stoops, Belgium)

Alexeïeff – Parker Award  [ex mention du jury]
“Eeva” (Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak  Estonia, Croatia)

Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a First Film
“Our Uniform” (Yegane Moghaddam, Iran)

Off-Limits Award
“Is Heaven Blue? #2” (Menno De Nooijer Paul De Nooijer Norway, Netherlands)

Audience Award
“Nun or Never!” (Heta Jäälinoja, Finland) 

TV FILMS

Cristal for a TV Production
Pebble Hill (Marjolaine Perreten, Belgium, France, Switzerland)

First Jury Award for a TV Series
Shape Island “Square’s Big Prank”
(Drew Hodges, USA)

Second Jury Award for a TV Series
Scavengers Reign “The Wall
(Vincent Tsui, USA) 

COMMISSIONED FILMS

Cristal for a Commissioned Film
November Ultra “Come Into My Arms” (Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, France)

Jury Award for a Commissioned Film
The Beatles “I’m Only Sleeping” (Em Cooper, UK)

GRADUATION FILMS 

Cristal for a Graduation Film
“La notte” (Martina Generali, Simone Pratola, Francesca Rosso, Italy)

Jury Award
“Harbourmaster” (Mia L. Henriksen, Konrad Hjemli, Norway)

Lotte Reiniger Award
“Mano” (Toke Madsen, Denmark)

VR WORKS

Cristal for the Best VR Work
“Red Tail” (Fish Wang, Taiwan)
Fish WANG

Juan Sebastián Torales Wins Best First Feature at Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival for “Almamula”

Juan Sebastián Torales is having a moment…

The winners of the 2023 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival Awards have been revealed, with the Argentine writer/director among the honorees.

AlmamulaTorales’ Almamula took home the award for Best First Feature.

Here’s the film’s synopsis:

Blamed for his own beatings at the hands of schoolmates for the crime of being gay, shy preteen Nino (Nicolás Díaz) and his family find themselves with no other option than to relocate to someplace far, far away for the safety of their son. Moving to a quiet farm in the town of Santiago del Estero in northern Argentina, family patriarch Ernesto (Cali Coronel) and mother Elsa (María Soldi) feel they’ve found the perfect place to raise their devoutly Catholic family, quickly enrolling Nino in Confirmation class and settling into life in a deeply religious community. Yet when rumors begin swirling about a local boy taken by the Almamula, a terrifying wood-dwelling creature who preys on the sexually impure, Nino begins to realize that his new home is a hotbed of sexual repression where everybody talks but no one knows a thing. With Confirmation nearing and a stigmata-scarred Nino openly challenging Church orthodoxy, the youth comes to realize that he will never be accepted for who he truly is and that his only true savior might be the one who dwells deep in the woods.

Honorees received $32,000 in prizes.

The 2023 festival took place in person and virtually from May 25 to June 4 in Toronto, Canada and showcased 107 films from 30 countries, including 33 feature films, and 7 world premieres.

Here’s the full winners and awards list:

CANADIAN JURIED AWARDS

The jurors for the 2023 Canadian jury were filmmakers Odu Adamu, Dylan Glynn, and Alice Wang

Best Canadian Feature – sponsored by Warner Access Media

Supporting Our Selves – Director, Lulu Wei

Best Canadian Short – sponsored by DGC National

Adore – Director, Beth Warrian

Emerging Canadian Artist – sponsored by RBC Royal Bank

Scaring Women At Night – Director, Karimah Zakia Issa

INTERNATIONAL JURIED AWARD

The jurors for the 2023 International jury Them Editor Michael Cuby, actor Izaiah Dockery, and filmmaker Kait Schuster.

Best First Feature – Sponsored by NBC Universal

Almamula – Director, Juan Sebastián Torales

Honourable Mention for Best First Feature

Something You Said Last Night – Director, Luis De Filippis

Leadership Circle Prize for Outstanding Performance – sponsored by Daydream

Payman Maadi in Opponent (Motståndaren)

AUDIENCE AWARDS  sponsored by eOne

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

I Used To Be Funny  – Director, Ally Pankiw

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature

Leilani’s Fortune – Director, Loveleen Kaur

Audience Award for Best Short Film 

Apayauq – Director, Zeppelin Zerrip

“PITCH, PLEASE!”  sponsored by Netflix

There Is Light – Director Judith Schuyler

Sergio Busquets In Talks to Follow Lionel Messi to MLS Franchise Inter Miami

Sergio Busquets is in talks to join Inter Miami CF. 

The 34-year-old Spanish professional footballer has held talks with Inter Miami CF about the possibility of following Lionel Messi to the Major League Soccer franchise, sources have confirmed to ESPN.

Sergio Busquets Busquets is also in negotiations with Saudi Arabian sides Al Nassr and Al Hilal after announcing last month he will not renew his contract with Barcelona when it expires on June 30.

Sources say that Busquets’ next club, save any late twists, is expected to come from one of those three.

Messi’s announcement on Wednesday that he has turned down the chance to move to Saudi Arabia or return to Barca in favor of a move to Miami could influence Busquets’ decision.

The two spent over a decade playing alongside each other at Camp Nou and remain close friends, regularly meeting up in recent months when Messi has been back in the Catalan city.

After confirming his MLS switch, though, Messi said he was unaware of Busquets’ plans and that their decisions were not linked.

“The media said I was going with Busi to Saudi Arabia, that we had it all sorted,” Messi told Diario Sport.

“Everyone looks out for their own future. I am obviously awaiting [his decision], what he will do, but never in any moment did we agree to go one place or another. I made my decision and I don’t know what he is going to do.”

Busquets has also spoken previously about a desire to play in the United States, even name-dropping the possibility of moving to Miami last November.

However, as was the case with Messi, sources confirm that Busquets has been offered more money to move to Saudi Arabia.