iF3 MOVIE AWARDS WINNERS
On Saturday, October 20th, with an enthusiastic crowd of skiers and snowboarders in attendance for the conclusion of the 11th edition of the iF3 Festival in Montreal, Quebec, the 2018 iF3 Movie Awards, presented by Rossignol, Burton and Lettrage Estrie, took place at Bain Mathieu.
Hosts with the most: Low Pressure Podcast's Mark Warner and Hugues Beauchamps.
Over the course of the prestigious awards show, 26 trophies, which were produced and provided by the good people at Rossignol and Burton, were awarded to the best of this year’s ski and snowboard films in four categories: Amateur, Athlete, Open (for which both ski and snowboard films were jointly nominated) and Pro.
The iF3 Jury.
Here’s a look at the winners (click here to see the full list of the nominees), which were selected out of nearly 80 films by the iF3 Jury, which consisted of Forecast’s Jeff Schmuck, professional skier Vincent Gagnier and Newschoolers’ Evan Heath on the ski side of things, alongside industry legend Guillaume Morissette, Burton’s Zach Aller and professional filmmaker Ralph Samson for the snowboarders…
AMATEUR CATEGORY
Snowboarding
Best Cinematography, presented by Rossignol
Poveri Noi - Rusty Toothbrush
Film of the Year, presented by Hype Energy Drink
Poveri Noi - Rusty Toothbrush
Skiing
Best Cinematography, presented by Rossignol
Strictly Business - Andrew Mildenberger
Film of the Year, presented by Hype Energy Drink
Strictly Business - Andrew Mildenberger
ATHLETE CATEGORY
Snowboarding
Discovery of the Year, presented by the Freeride World Tour
Severin Van Der Meer in Stay Tuned - Absinthe Films
Best Female Performance
Maggie Leon in Mercy - Darkside Snowboards
Best Male Street Segment, presented by Axis
Jacob Krugmire in BETA - Snowboarder Magazine
Best Male Freeride Segment, presented by ASSQ
Kazu Kokubo in Kamikazu - Transworld Snowboarding
Sam Kuch accepting the award for Discovery of the Year in the ski division for his performance in Beyond The Powder Highway.
Skiing
Discovery of the Year, presented by the Freeride World Tour
Sam Kuch in Beyond The Powder Highway - Forecast Ski Magazine
Best Female Performance
Elyse Saugstad in All In - Matchstick Productions
Best Male Street Segment, presented by Axis
Pär Peyben Hägglund in Zig Zag - Level 1 Productions
Best Male Freeride Segment, presented by ASSQ
Parker White in Zig Zag - Level 1 Productions
iF3 Head Judge (and Forecast's very own) Jeff Schmuck presenting the award for Best Stoytelling to Guillaume Tessier from Matchstick Productions for HOJI.
OPEN CATEGORY
Ski movies, snowboard movies or movies combining both sports were eligible in this category, which were judged and awarded by the entire iF3 Jury.
Best Crash
Benny Milan in BETA - Snowboarder Magazine
Best Storytelling, presented by Forecast & King Snow Magazines
HOJI - Matchstick Productions
Best Short Video (under 10 minutes)
Oh My Ghost - Kevin Rolland
Standout Urban Movie
Color - The Bunch
Standout Big Mountain Film, presented by Orage
Before Blank - Blank Collective Films
Jury’s Pick, presented by the iF3 Judges
Kamikazu - Transworld Snowboarding
Alexi Godbout and Stan Rey of Blank Collective Films accepting the award for Best Big Mountain Film.
PRO CATEGORY
Snowboarding
Best Short Movie (10-30 minutes), presented by Boreale
Sparks - Mon Epic
Best Cinematography
The Sky Piercer - De Le Rue Creative
Best Editing, presented by Transworld Snowboarding
Frozen Mind - Ivresse Films
Film of the Year
The Future of Yesterday - Transworld Snowboarding
Skiing
Best Short Movie (10-30 minutes), presented by Boreale
Here After - Tanner Hall
Best Cinematography
Far Out - Teton Gravity Research
Best Editing, presented by Newschoolers
Far Out - Teton Gravity Research
Film of the Year
Zig Zag - Level 1 Productions
Stephan Chaikovsky of Level 1 Productions accepting the award for Film of the Year in the ski division.
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees, and a big thank you to everyone who supported and attended the 2018 edition of the iF3 Movie Awards in Montreal. For more information on the iF3 Movie Awards and iF3 Festival, visit if3festival.com.