2024 iF3 Movie Awards Winners
Following four days of jam-packed premieres and parties under the freshly dusted mountains of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, the 17th edition of the iF3 Festival concluded with the iF3 Movie Awards.
The awards gala, which took place at the Maury Young Arts Centre in the heart of Whistler Village, was hosted by the Low Pressure Podcast’s Mark Warner for his seventh time, and professional snowboarder Leanne Pelosi for her third, and broadcasted live around the world on festivalif3.com.
Leanne Pelosi & Mark Warner. Photo by Oisin McHugh
During the event, a total of 25 awards were handed out to the year’s top ski and snowboard athletes and films, which were watched and judged by the iF3 Jury—composed of Forecast Ski Magazine’s Jeff Schmuck, filmmaker Graeme Meiklejohn and professional skiers Alex “Army” Armstrong, Will Wesson and Amy Jane David on the ski side of things, along with filmmakers Jeff Keenan and Ralph Samson, industry veterans Guillaume Morisset and Hugues Beauchamp, and marketing specialist Jen Girardi on the snowboard panel—after a record-breaking 125 films were submitted to the festival for consideration.
So now, without further ado, here’s a look at the full list of winners and nominees…
SKIING
FILM OF THE YEAR
Blank Collective Films - Camp Blank
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness (Winner)
Jeff Thomas Creative & Head Freeskiing - Beyond
Level 1 Productions - Wasteland
Matchstick Productions - Calm Beneath Castles
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Baptiste Sjöström - Ephemere (Winner)
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness
Christopher Maunsell - The War On Style
Level 1 Productions - Wasteland
Matchstick Productions - Calm Beneath Castles
BEST EDITING
Baptiste Sjöström - Ephemere (Winner)
Christopher Maunsell - The War On Style
Dylan Siggers - Spliff
Jeff Thomas Creative & Head Freeskiing - Beyond
Level 1 Productions - Wasteland
Jess Hotter. Photo by Oisin McHugh
STANDOUT FEMALE SKIER OF THE YEAR
Emily Childs in Matchstick Productions - Calm Beneath Castles
Jess Hotter in Jeff Thomas Creative & Head Freeskiing - Beyond (Winner)
Maggie Voisin in Teton Gravity Research - Beyond The Fantasy
Nadine Wallner in MKM - Backyard
Taylor Lundquist in Level 1 Productions - Wasteland
STANDOUT MALE SKIER OF THE YEAR
Colby Stevenson in Westbank Media - Proof
Craig Murray in Matchstick Productions - Calm Beneath Castles
Kai Jones in Teton Gravity Research - Beyond The Fantasy
Markus Eder in Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness (Winner)
Sam Kuch in Matchstick Productions - Calm Beneath Castles
Jacob Belanger. Photo by Oisin McHugh
BREAKOUT SKIER OF THE YEAR
Emil Granbom in Jeff Thomas Creative & Head Freeskiing - Beyond
Jacob Belanger in Joey Kraft - The Harvest (Winner)
Jasper Skidmore in Entourage - Soda
Jenna Keller in Jeff Thomas Creative & Head Freeskiing - Beyond
Wyatt Gentry in Blank Collective Films - Camp Blank
JURY'S PICK (BOTH SKI & SNOWBOARD FILMS ARE ELIGIBLE)
Baptiste Sjöström - Ephemere
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness
Christopher Maunsell - The War On Style (Winner)
Dylan Siggers - Spliff
Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime
BEST SHORT MOVIE (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
Baptiste Sjöström - Ephemere (Winner)
Christopher Maunsell - The War On Style
Dylan Siggers - Spliff
FKN'SNDR - Brap Ski 4
Josh Daiek - Caldor
BEST BACKCOUNTRY SEGMENT
Blank Collective Films - Camp Blank: Alexi Godbout, Stan Rey & Wyatt Gentry
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness: Markus Eder (Winner)
Matchstick Productions - Calm Beneath Castles: Craig Murray, Mark Abma & Sam Kuch
MKM - Backyard: Nadine Wallner
Teton Gravity Research - Beyond The Fantasy: Griffin Post, Jimmy Ryan & Nikolai Schirmer
BEST URBAN SEGMENT
Level 1 Productions - Wasteland: Anni Karava & Taylor Brooke Lundquist
Level 1 Productions - Wasteland: Harald Hellstrom & Oscar Weary
ON3P - ON3P 7: Maximilliam “B-Mac” Smith (Winner)
OS Crew - AbsORB: Justin “Juice” Kennedy
Xavier Mayrand & Mat Duf - Word To The Wise: Mat Dufresne
Giray Dadali & Hennie VJ. Photo by Oisin McHugh
BEST STORYTELLING
Before Apres Media - Farming Turns
Christopher Maunsell - The War On Style
Drew Petersen - Feel It All
Hennie vJ - Of The Black Sea (Winner)
Josh Daiek - Caldor
Jack Benziger & Aaron Durlester. Photo by Oisin McHugh
AMATEUR FILM OF THE YEAR
Nick Thucydides - Fool Me Twice
OS Crew - AbsORB
Ski For The Love - Home, Sick!
Toby Ryter - Orka: A Human Powered Freeride Experience
Variance - Maybe I Should (Winner)
Justin "Juice" Kennedy. Photo by Oisin McHugh
AMATEUR SKIER OF THE YEAR
Aaron Durlester in Variance - Maybe I Should
Hannah Langes in Bungee Breakers - Frozen Babiez
Jed Kravitz in Ski For The Love - Home, Sick!
Justin “Juice” Kennedy in OS Crew - AbsORB (Winner)
Stephen Lindsay-Ross in Nick Thucydides - Fool Me Twice
SNOWBOARDING
Victor de Le Rue. Photo by Oisin McHugh
FILM OF THE YEAR
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness
Finlay Woods - Halation
Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime (Winner)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness
Craig Gouweloos - Great Alaskan Adventure
Finlay Woods - Halation
Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime (Winner)
Pachamama Film - The Beginning
BEST EDITING
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness
Finlay Woods - Halation (Winner)
Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime
Pachamama Film - The Beginning
Videograss - Search Party
STANDOUT FEMALE SNOWBOARDER OF THE YEAR
Jamie Anderson in Craig Gouweloos - Great Alaskan Adventure
Jill Perkins in Videograss - Search Party (Winner)
Madison Blackley in Factotum Cinema - Hinterland
Melissa Riitano in Factotum Cinema - Hinterland
STANDOUT MALE SNOWBOARDER OF THE YEAR
Reid Smith in Videograss - Search Party
Ryland Bell in The Outliers - The Outliers 2
Victor de Le Rue in Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime (Winner)
Xavier de Le Rue in Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime
BREAKOUT SNOWBOARDER OF THE YEAR
Chris Galvin in The Outliers - The Outliers 2
Justin Phipps in Videograss - Search Party
Mitchell Davern in Finlay Woods - Halation (Winner)
Pedro “Dr. Pepe” Pizarro in La Tabla Snow / Yoga Roots Art Films - Antis
Finlay Woods & Ben Poechman. Photo by Oisin McHugh
BEST SHORT MOVIE (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
Emil Leenderts - The Secret Ingredient of Scoring
Factotum Cinema - Hinterland
Finlay Woods - Halation (Winner)
Samuel McMahon - Unplugged
Vernis Production - The Octopus
Victor de Le Rue. Photo by Oisin McHugh
BEST BACKCOUNTRY SEGMENT
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness: Victor de Le Rue (Winner)
Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime: Xavier de Le Rue
The Outliers - The Outliers 2: Che Contreras, Chris Galvin, Lucas Merli & Ryland Bell
Vernis Production - The Octopus: Laurent Bibollet, Manu Gross, Nick Russell & Pica Herry
BEST URBAN SEGMENT
Videograss - Search Party: Dan Liedahl & Tommy Gesme
Videograss - Search Party: Jed Anderson
Videograss - Search Party: Justin Phipps
Videograss - Search Party: Reid Smith (Winner)
BEST STORYTELLING
Charlene Brochu - Welcome To The Pit
Christoph Thoresen - Circle of Madness
Emil Leenderts - The Secret Ingredient of Scoring
Finlay Woods - Halation
Jérôme Tanon - Of A Lifetime (Winner)
AMATEUR FILM OF THE YEAR
First Tracks Productions - Next Steps 2.0
Gale - Things We Never Told You
Johanna Brunner & Richard Buchner - From Here (Winner)
Umami - Flowerself
AMATEUR SNOWBOARDER OF THE YEAR
Arthur Milleville in Umami - Flowerself (Winner)
Claire Hewitt-Demeyer in First Tracks Productions - Next Steps 2.0
Eliot Dänzer in Rivages Films - OFF LINEs
The iF3 Festival would like to congratulate all of the winners and nominees of the 2204 iF3 Movie Awards, and thanks its sponsors of iF3 Whistler, including Whistler Blackcomb, Massif du Sud resort, Scandinave Spa Whistler, Coast Mountain Brewing, Low Pressure Podcast, Forecast Ski Magazine, King Snow, Newschoolers, Surefoot, Blizzard Tecnica, Nordica, Head Tyrolia, RMU, Ferreol, Les Saisons, IKON Pass, Aava Whistler, Whistler Executive Transportation, Orage and FQME.
Photo by Oisin McHugh
Stay tuned for more from iF3, which will now head to Québec City for iF3 Big Mountain on November 1st, before making its way to Europe for the 4th annual iF3 Chamonix on December 5th - 8th.
For more information on the iF3 Festival and iF3 Movie Awards, visit festivalif3.com.