Vox Popular Media Arts Festival’s Annual “People’s Choice Awards” are given to the top ten 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 ten 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.
2023
Bridges to the North Expired A Toast to You Carousel of Time Satan Wants You Yesterday’s Rose The Last Stop: Canada’s Lost Locomotive Le Tireur d’Élite | The Sniper Container Language Revitlaization Project
Tony McGuire Tammy Jones Dianne Brothers Adrien Harpelle Sean Horlor & Steve J. Adams Martin King Kaio Kathriner Ron Harpelle & Kelly Saxberg Quan Luong & Erin Hembrador Morningstar Derosier & Noles Dennhardt
2022
Journey to our Homeland
The Marshmallow Mystery Tour
Wrought
Bayou Cirque
Toxic Neighbour
Braided Together
The Hairdresser
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
The Bridge
Hot Dog Guy
Adrien Harpelle Matthew and Jeff Beals Joel Christopher Penner
Wesley Shrum
Colin Scheyen
Victoria Anderson-Gardner & Kyle Schmalenberg
Lauraine Price
Colin Askey
Rodrigue Hammal
Sara Bullhoch
2021
Havar Cradle Moon Le Cri The Gift A Hundred Year Journey Cup Confidential Inheritance Ghost Theory Namid
Shots of Light
by Musa Hajinezhad by Eleanor Albanese by Various Directors by Rachel Garrick by Antti Seppänen by Ryan La Via by Eudald Corominas by Ethan Gillis by Victoria Anderson Gardner & Sagi Kahane-Rapport by Chris Scharfenberg
2020
Five Bucks at the Door Disintegrate Throat Singing in Kangirsuk
Brave Little Army
The Manhattan Project Squeegee Bible Camp Memories Toxic Time Bomb Living in the Story All it Gives
by Kirsten Kosloski by Trivelle Simpson by Evan Kaulai, Manon Chamberland by Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt by Matthew Campanile by Khalid Ali by Damien Ferland by Ron Harpelle by Lynn Estomin by Talia Woodland
2019
Nipigon Brook Trout El Toro Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba Beyond Climate Copenhagen Road The Grizzlies Portrait of a Zamboni Driver Finding Bobbi: A Search for Self Operation Happy Day Mercy
by Daniela Carlino by Danielle Sturk by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi by Ian Mauro by Lee Chambers by Miranda de Pencier by Nadine Arpin by Scot Moriso by Steve Payne by Tony McGuire
2018
At The Edge Third Generation Dad Is Pretty
Turning Tables Laka Darkslide War Paint Towns End Mishkeegogamang Scattered Dying in Vein
by Nathan Hatton by Mohammad Ali Rakshani by Park Soo-Min & Kim Seung-Hyeob by Chrisann Hessing by S. Shakthidharan by Brendan Peterson by Jack Belhumeur by Megan Murphy by Jon Wesselink by Ellie Harvie by Jack Belhumeur & Ben Murray
2017
The Peel Project All Our Father’s Relations That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment Operations Murphy’s Law Daddy Loves You Albert Karvonen: Philosophies on Life Data Mining the Deceased The Canoe Trails of a Paper Bird Autumn Springs Thunder Bay Landmarks
by Calder Cheverie by Alejandro Yoshizawa
by Ryan Boyko by Megan Murphy by Ninni Rokosa
by Ava Karvonen by Julia Creet by Goh Iromoto by Tiina Meling by Jessica Graham by Keegan Richard
2016
Now and Forever The Grandfather Drum Fire Song The Maltese Guinea Pig The Pass System A.K.A SISU:Family, Love & Perseverance from Finland to America Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart Gracie Where Do We Go From Here?
by Tony Maguire by Michelle Derosiers by Adam Garnet Jones by Luke Grandmont by Alex Willams by Ron Harpelle
by Marko Albrecht by Mika Ronkainen by Matthew Morgan by John McPhail
2015
Autistic Artistic Til The Cows Come Home Open Spaces A Mile in These Hooves The Healing Drum Survivor’s Rowe After the Last River Sally’s Way Finding Your Happy Place Beyond Bollywood
by Keegan Richard by Clarke Mackey by Moe Cordeiro by James Brylowski by Justine Clark by Daniel Roher by Victoria Lean by Joanne Gail Johnson by Natasha Belisle by Ruchika Muchhala & Adam Dow
2014
Under The Pearl Moon Empire of Dirt August Fools Miedo
The Scratch Joikefeber I Stop Time (Jag Stannar Tiden) Derby Crazy Love
50 Kisses Les Indiens Comme Nous Looking For Angelina Throat Song Gas Through the Glass
by Eleanor Albanese by Peter Stebbings by Taru Makela by Carlos de Antonio de la Peña by Dianne Brothers by Ellen Astri-Lundby by Gunilla Bresky by Maya Gallus & Justine Pimlott by Chris Jones by Sylvie Jacquemin by Sergio Navarretta by Miranda de Pencier by Caleb Magiskan
2013
Sexual Relations 101 Alias Iceberg Shadows Dream’s Deferred Rites Of Passage Hit n’ Strum Love Sex and Disability Love at First Bite Red Girl’s Reasoning Suddenly Sami
by Jamie Warenzek by Michelle Latimer by Antti Seppanen by Joe Davidow by Phillip Crawford by Kirk Caouette by Carlo Basilone by Levan Sonego by Maija Tailfeathers by Ellen Astri-Lundby
2012
Hard Time Return to Manomin Ping Pong Silent Invaders Mary Maud and the Titanic The Missing Looks Save the Drama The Acute Man My Angel My Hero Mouthy
by Ron Harpelle by Michelle Derosier by Hugh Hartford by Dianne Brothers by Geraldine Carr by Damian Dionisio by Kirsten Kosloski by Knut Eric Jensen by Faizan Sheikh by Nancy Shaw
2011
Gas Through the Glass Under The Red Star House of Branching love Guantanamo Trap Sticky Money A Finn’s Sauna The Experimental Eskimos Inuit High Kick Tunnit: Retracing The Lines of Inuit Tattoos Choke
by Caleb Magiskan by Kelly Saxberg by Mika Kaurismaki by Thomas Wallmer by Ryan La Via by Arthur Fiedler by Barry Greenwald by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril by Michelle Latimer
2010
Sisu Third World Canada In Security 40 Years of One Night Stands Fatality and the Fish Life is But a Dream Dog Eat Dog A Windigo Tale The Bishop who Ate His Boots Ray and Silent Rob
by Chrystene Ells by Andrée Cazabon by Ron Harpelle by Jeff MacKay by Leon Haggarty by Kelly Saxberg by Curtis Jensen by Armand Garnet Ruffo by Richard Stringer by Adrien Harpelle