Awards

Vox Popular Film Festival’s Annual “People’s Choice Awards” are given to the top five favourite films as voted by Festival audiences.

All official selections are candidates for the People’s Choice Awards. People’s Choice Awards are determined by ballot entry filled by festival attendees and awarded to the top five films as selected by and voted for by viewing audiences. The award carries no cash value, however a certificate will be presented to the director(s) of winning films at the close of the festival with the potential to tour Northwestern Ontario in the upcoming years.

2024

The Best Man’s Speech • by Jennifer Weller
Kam Theatre Lab: The Old Same Story • by Paula Thiessen
Oshki-aya’aa  • by Jordan Wanakamik
Mr Noah & the Second Flood • byDianne Brothers & Kelly Saxberg
A Sobering Story • by Ryan La Via

2023

Bridges to the North • by Tony McGuire 
Expired • by Tammy Jones 
A Toast To You • by Dianne Brothers
Carousel of Time • by Adrien Harpelle
Satan Wants You • by Sean Horlor & Steve J. Adams
Yesterday’s Rose • by Martin King
The Last Stop: Canada’s Lost Locomotive • by Kaio Kathriner
Le Tireur d’Élite | The Sniper • by Ron Harpelle & Kelly Saxberg
Container • by Qyab Kying & Erin Hembrador 
Language Revitlaization Project • by Morningstar Derosier & Noles Dennhardt

2022

Journey to our Homeland • by Adrien Harpelle
The Marshmallow Mystery Tour • by Mattew & Jeff Beals
Wrought • by Joel Christopher Penner
Bayou Cirque • by Wesley Shrum
Toxic Neighbour • by Colin Scheyen
Braided Together • by Victoria Anderson-Gardner & Kyle Schmalenberg
The Hairdresser • by Lauraine Price
Love in the Time of Fentanyl • by Colin Askey
The Bridge• by Rodrigue Hammal
Hot dog Guy • by Sara Bullhoch

2021

Havar • by Musa Hajinezhad
Cradle Moon • by Eleanor Albanese
Le Cri • by Various Directors
The Gift • by Rachel Garrick
A Hundred Year Journey • by Antti Seppänen 
Cup Confidential • by Ryan La Via
Inheritance • by Eudald Corominas
Ghost Theory • by Ethan Gillis
Namid • by Victoria Anderson Gardner & Sagi Kahane-Rapport
Shots of Light • by Chris Scharfenberg

2020

Five Bucks at the Door • by Kristen Kosloski
Disintegrate• by Trivelle Simpson
Throat Sining in Kangirsuk • by Evan Kaulai & Manon Chamberland
Brave Little Army• by Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt
The Manhattan Project • by Matthew Campanile
Squeegee • by Kahalid Ali
Bible Camp Memories • by Damien Ferland
Toxic Time Bomb • by Ron Harpelle
Living in the Story • by Lynn Estomin
All it Gives • by Talia Woodland

2019

Nipigon Book Trout • by Daniela Carlino 
El Toro • by Danielle Sturk
Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba • by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi 
Beyond Climate • by Ian Mauro
Copenhagen Road • by Lee Chambers
The Grizzlies • by Miranda de Pencier
Portrait of a Zamboni Driver  • by Nadine Arpin
Finding Bobbi: A Search for Self • by Scot Moriso
Operation Happy Day • by Steve Payne
Mercy • by Tony McGuire

2018

At the Edge • by Nathan Hatton
Third Generation • by Mohammad Ali Rakshani
Dad is Pretty • by Park Soo-Min & Kim Seung-Hyeob
Turning Table • by Chrisann Hessing
Laka • by S. Shakthidharan
Darkslide • by Brendan Peterson
War Paint • by Jack Belhumeur
Towns End • by Megan Murphy
Mishkeegogamang • by Jon Wesselink
Scattered • by Ellie Harvie
Dying in Vein • by Jack Belhumeur & Ben Murray

2017

The Peel Project • by Calder Cheverie
All Our Father’s Relations • by Alejandro Yoshizawa
That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment Operations • by Ryan Boyko
Murphy’s Law • by Megan Murphy
Daddy Loves You • by Ninni Rokosa
Albert Karvonen: Philosophies on Life • by Ava Karvonen
Data Mining the Deceased • by Julia Creet
The Canoe • by Goh Iromoto
Trails of a Paper Bird • by Tiina Meling
Autumn Springs • by Jessica Graham
Thunder Bay Landmarks • by Keegan Richard

2016

Now and Forever • by Tony McGuire 
The Grandfather Drum • by Michelle Derosiers 
Fire Song • by Adam Garnet Jones
The Maltese Guinea Pig • by Luke Grandmont
The Pass System • by Alex Williams 
A.K.A • by Ron Harpelle
SISU:Family, Love & Perseverance from Finland to America • by Marko Albrecht
Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart • by Mika Ronkainen
Gracie • by Matthew Morgan
Where Do We Go From Here? • by John McPhail

2015

Autistic Artistic • by Keegan Richard
Til The Cows Come Home • by Clarke Mackey
Open Spaces • by Moe Cordeiro
A Mile in These Hooves • by James Brylowski
The Healing Drum • by Justine Clark
Survivor’s Rowe • by Daniel Roher
After the Last River • by Victoria Lean
Sally’s Way • by Joanne Gail Johnson
Finding Your Happy Place • by Natasha Belisle
Beyond Bollywood • by Ruchika Muchhala & Adam Dow

2014

Under The Pearl Moon • by Eleanor Albanese 
Empire of Dirt• by Peter Stebbings
August Fools • by Taru Makela
Miedo • by Carlos de Antonio de la Peña 
The Scratch • by Dianne Brothers 
Joikefeber • by Ellen Astri-Lundby 
I Stop Time (Jag Stannar Tiden) • by Gunilla Bresky 
Derby Crazy Love • by Maya Gallus & Justine Pimlott 
50 Kisses • by Chris Jones
Les Indiens Comme Nous • by Sylvie Jacquemin 
Looking for Angelina • by Sergio Navarretta 
Throat Song • by Miranda de Pencier 
Gas Through Glass • by Caleb Magiskan 

2013

Sexual Relations 101 • by Jamie Warenzek
Alias • by Michelle Latimer
Iceberg Shadows • by Antti Seppanen
Dream’s Deferred • by Joe Davidow
Rites Of Passage • by Phillip Crawford
Hit n’ Strum • by Kirk Caouette
Love, Sex and Disability • by Carlo Basilone
Love at First Bite• by Levan Sonego
Red Girl’s Reasoning • by Maija Tailfeathers
Suddenly Sami • by Ellen Astri-Lundby

2012

Hard Time • by Ron Harpelle 
Return to Manomin • by Michelle Derosier
Ping Pong • by Hugh Hartford
Silent Invaders • by Dianne Brothers 
Mary Maud and the Titanic • by Geraldine Carr 
The Missing Looks • by Damian Dionisio 
Save the Drama • by Kirsten Kosloski 
The Acute Man • by Knut Eric Jensen 
My Angel My Hero • by Faizan Sheikh 
Mouthy • by Nancy Shaw

2011

Gas Through the Glass • by Caleb Magiskan 
Under the Red Star • by Kelly Saxberg 
House of Branching Love• by Mika Kaurismaki 
Guantanamo Trap• by Thomas Wallmer
Sticky Money • by Ryan La Via 
A Finn’s Sauna • by Arthur Fiedler 
The Experimental Eskimos • by Barry Greenwald 
Inuit High Kick • by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril 
Tunnit: Retracing The Lines of Inuit Tattoos • by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril 
Choke • by Michelle Latimer

2010

Sisu • by Chrystene Ells
Third World Canada • by Andrée Cazabon 
In Security • by Ron Harpelle 
40 Years of One Night Stands • by Jeff MacKay
Fatality of the Fish • by Leon Haggarty 
Life is But a Dream • by Kelly Saxberg 
Dog Eat Dog • by Curtis Jensen 
A Windigo Tale • by Armand Garnet Ruffo 
The Bishop Who Ate His Boots • by Richard Stringer 
Ray and Silent Rob • by Adrien Harpelle