Videodrunk presented several prizes. The King Videor, named for famed director King Vidor, was awarded for best overall production and the Evangeline Canadiana Prize, named for the first Canadian film, went to the best Canadian production. The prizes couldn’t be shared by a film.
The Wooden Spoon was awarded to the film the scored the lowest accepted judge’s score. It is awarded with filmmaker approval.
King Videor
2014: ‘Nile Perch’ by Joshua Gibson (Uganda)
2015: ‘Collinsville Trade Day, 1988’ by Jason and Charles Keener (USA)
2016: ‘Less Would Do’ by Louis Brousseau (Canada)
2017: ‘Full Waveform Inversion’ by David Nast Cole (USA)
2018: ‘Entropia’ by Marinah Janello (USA)
2019: ‘Pate’ by Matthew Emery (USA)
2020: ‘Cold Blooded’ by Kidd Tommy (USA)
2021: ‘Home Movie’ by Tal Alperstein (Israel)
2022: ‘Hubbards’ by Kevin Ralston (USA)
Evangeline Canadiana Prize
2014: ‘The Dentist’ by Jonathon Hunter
2015: ‘Craig, the Loneliest Man in the World, Makes a Friend, Loses a Friend and Subsequently Learns the Value of Solitude’ by Ted Stenson
2016: ‘McDavid’ by Conor McNally
2017: ‘Poor Man’s Evil Dead’ by Kristine Kleist, Kevin Buessecker and Zach Bryson
2018: ‘Night Terrier’ by Neil Krowly and Adam Singer
2019: ‘NOVA’ by Andréanne Germain
2020: ‘When You Are Wild’ by Greg Hemmings
2021: ‘The Phone Interview’ by Kassy Gascho and Melissa Jones
2022: ‘Musings of a Sinner’ by Nadine L’Esperance
Special Mention for Individual Achievement
2014: Myles Cranford for his performance in ‘Carolina Parakeet’
2017: Austen Payne for animiation on ‘One Hell of a Party’
2020: Heather Heinrichs for her work as actor, writer, and director on ‘The Clog’
Wooden Spoon
2016: ‘teleVision Quest’ by Terry Cover (USA)
2017: ‘The Power’ by Jacob Smith (USA)
2018: Not Awarded
2019: ‘Spurlock.’ by Vincent Masson (Canada) and ‘Crypto’ by Charles A Townsend (USA)
2020: Not Awarded
2021: Not Awarded
2022: ‘The Big D’ by Nathan Ludwig and Chad Farmer (USA)
Micro Film Prize
2019: ‘He and Me’ by Michele Kaye (Canada)
2020: Not Awarded
2021: Not Awarded
2022: ‘Landmine of Mine’ by Kevin T. Landry (Canada)
Feature Film Prize
2020: ‘Sleeze Lake: Vanlife at its Lowest & Best’ by Andrew J. Morgan and Nick Nummerdor (USA)
2021: ‘For Roger’ by Aaron Bartuska (USA)
Pop Film Prize
2020: ‘Betty June Gloom’ (USA) by Autumn Perrotta and ‘Ninja Badass’ (USA) by Ryan Harrison
Videodrunk Regulars Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Festival
2020: Virgil Widrich and Gabrielle Lenhard
2021: Art on Fire
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