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2026 OSA Winners

Short Films

1st - “One Step” - Brittany Clough & Kendra Hesketh

2nd - “The Knitting Diaries” - Janalee Budge

3rd - “Touching Grass” - Orphanarium Productions

People's Choice Award - "The Knitting Diaries"

Best Acting Ensemble - “The Knitting Diaries”

Best Actor - “Touching Grass” - Riley Gaboury

Best Actress - “One Step” - Kendra Hesketh

Best Audio - “Did You Hear Me” - Nathan Peacock

Best Cinematography - “Windows to the Soul” - David Nguyen

Best Costume - “The Keepers” - Lana Muller, Graceon Muller, Milton Muller

Best Hair & Makeup - “Three Bears” - Ben Veselic, Amy Gervais, Shannon Brown

Best Director - “One Step” - Brittany Clough & Kendra Hesketh

Best Editing - “Touching Grass” - Bowen O’Brien

Best Visual Effects - “The Keepers” - Gneiss Stuff VFX

Best Production Design - “Windows to the Soul” - Hannah Godenir

Best Story - “One Step” - Brittany Clough & Kendra Hesketh

Feature Docs

1st - “BC is Burning” - Murray Wilson

2nd - “Sink or Swim: Conquering Okanagan Lake” - Nick Pelletier, Mitchell Kucher, Stephen Kucher

3rd - “What Lies Behind the Trees” - Eli Coburn

Best Cinematography - “BC is Burning”

Best Director - “BC is Burning”

Best Audio - “Sink or Swim: Conquering Okanagan Lake”

Best Editing - “Sink or Swim: Conquering Okanagan Lake”

Best Story - “Sink or Swim: Conquering Okanagan Lake”

Social Impact Award - “What Lies Behind the Trees”

Short Docs

1st - “Bringing the Salmon Home” - Teresa Marshall, Jeremy Williams

2nd - “Sink or Swim” - Matthew Clark

3rd - “Climbing Kin” - Ivan A Kulas ~ Advertised YLW

Best Cinematography - “Climbing Kin”

Best Director - “Bringing the Salmon Home”

Best Audio - “Birth of a New Jazz: The House of Hope”

Best Editing - “Sink or Swim”

Best Story - “Sink or Swim”

Social Impact Award - “Bringing the Salmon Home”

Music Videos

1st - “Freeze the Fall - ROT” - Orphanarium Productions 

2nd - “Alex Sea - Insecurities” - Beau Fipke & Carly Fawcett

3rd - “Alexandra Wright - Colorado” - James Alton

Best Cinematography - “Freeze the Fall - ROT” - Orphanarium Productions 

Best Director - “Alex Sea - Insecurities” - Beau Fipke & Carly Fawcett

Best Production Value - “Freeze the Fall - ROT” - Orphanarium Productions

Best Editing - “The Cavernous - Guile” - Robert Mclaren, Chris Langer, Anita J Dekok

Best Song - “Alexandra Wright - Colorado”

Animation

 1st - “Bon-Boy” - Anita J DeKok

2nd - “Counterfeit World” - Jon Karl

3rd - “The Town That Cried Wolf” - Chris Hendricks

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