iW NEWS | "Tomorrow" Leads imagineNATIVE Winners

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival came to a close in Toronto last night, handing out their annual awards. Marie Helene-Cousineau and Madelaine Piujuq Ivalu's "Before Tomorrow" won the award for dramatic feature, the Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award went to "March Point," a collaboration by Cody Cayou, Nick Clark, Tracy Rector, Annie Silverstein and Travis Tom, and the Best Canadian Short Drama was Adam Garnet Jones' "A Small Thing." "The ninth year was an incredible success," says imagineNATIVE's Festival Director Rebeka Tabobondung in a statement. "We couldn't have imagined a better lead-up to the festival's tenth anniversary in 2009. And the focus on the voices of Indigenous women and the increased youth initiatives, made this year especially meaningful." [Peter Knegt]