Welcome to the McGill International Cellphilm Festival website
The McGill International Cellphilm Festival website is the home of the International Cellphilm Festival (ICF), an annual (and sometimes twice yearly) festival of cellphilms based on participatory visual methods to engage with critical social themes. The site houses the organization and management of the festival, but is also an interactive showcase/archive of globally-based cellphilms, produced from the time of the beginning of the festival in 2013 to the present. Watch this site for upcoming festivals!
The ICF also houses a plethora of related initiatives and resources, linked to the Participatory Cultures Lab and the McGill Institute for Human Development and Well-being. Among these are:
- Instructional guides and videos for cellphilm creation and design, with special focuses on working with young participants, storyboarding, filming tips, and connections between cellphilms, social distancing, and well-being in the time of COVID-19;
- Post-festival follow-up, including interviews with winners and judges, thematic analyses, and festival reports;
- Toolkits for arts-based community projects, including food-based activities, resources for digital storage and connection, guides to storyboarding and photo-voice, and movement-based initiatives;
- Cellphilm references for deeper research, featuring publications and reports by specialists in education, cellphilming, and participatory visual methodology;
- Links to other similar initiatives focusing on cellphilms and the use of mobile technologies from around the world;
- Connections to PCL/IHDW sponsors and partnerships within Canada and abroad.
2021 Winners!
2020 Winners!
1st Prize: IMPERI(a)L
By Alexa Ahooja, Kevin Ah-Sen
2nd Prize: Circa Diem (About a Day)
By Emily Liang, Sunny Liang
3rd Prize: Our experiences during the lockdown, SA 2020
By Young Girls Leading Change: Amahle Dlala, Siphosethu Nyamakazi, Siyathanda Nogaya, Phelokazi Mahashi, Xabisa Bless
14 Years and Under Prize: Changing Perspectives
By Kendra Ley
People's Choice Prize: What do I do NOW??
By Darshan Sanju Daryanani
2019 Winners!
1st Prize: Be Green, Be Sustainable
Produced by Huiling Su
2nd Prize: What are we moving on with?
Produced by Queency Fernandes & Oko Moncar
3rd Prize: Be Kind to Bees
Produced by Vanessa Gold & Mitchell McLarnon
2018 Winners!
1st Prize: Community Gardening for Social Ills (Montreal, Canada)
Produced Sven 7ven Creese, Mitchell McLarnon, and Lyne Dwyer
2nd Prize (tie): Juala, Nairobi, Kenya
Produced by Queency Fernandes & Oko Moncar
2nd Prize (tie): Indigenous Young Women’s Utopia, Saskatoon, Canada. (video not availble for public by producers)
Produced by the Treaty 6 Girls and their mentors Jennifer Altenberg, Sarah Flicker, Katie MacEntee and Kari Wuttunee
2017 Winners!
1st Prize: Toxic Tour in Aamjiwnaang
By Krist inaHedlund & GaranceMalivel
2nd Prize: The Power Within Us
By Lorielle Anderson
3rd place: Abuses is the Crime (video not availble for public by producers)
Produced by Vumile Mazibuko, Bonakele Mazibuko, Nompumelelo Gwala, Sindiswa Mazibuko (sent by UKZN from South Africa)
2016 Winners!
1st Prize: Exploring Consent: Bodies, Lands & Media
Information not available to public by producers
2nd Prize (tie): The Day After
By Nicole Boudreau
3rd place: Are You Watching? A Cellphilm about Consent and Surveillance
Produced by Nick S
2015 Winners!
1st Prize: Who am I in Hong Kong?
By Katrina & Ann
2nd Prize: The Mountain
By Patrick Richard
3rd place: Binniza` – Cultura Zapoteca. The GR-records Producciones
By Giovanny Rodriguez
2014 Winners!
1st Prize: Cold Nights
By Nwabisa Amanda Holby
2nd Prize: Home
By Raumina Rezai
3rd place: Finding Truth
By Angelina Weenie
2013 Winners! (1st Festival)
International Submission: Bridging Communities
By Sonwabise, April, Zethu Jiyana, Thina Kamnqa, Bongiwe Maome, Elethu, Ntseth
Local/Canadian submissions (1): On the Number One
By Casey Burkholder
Local/Canadian submissions (2): All hope
By Nick Dangeli
Local/Canadian submissions (3): Intercultural Recipe Share: Canadian-esque Egg & Tempura Don Bori
By Laurel Hart
