Alfie
12 minutes | Digital
After discovering an abandoned house on a walk home from school, cousins Alfie and Julia, begin a journey of self-exploration where they start to push the boundaries of binary gender expression and reject gendered fashion.

Awards & Honours:

2022 Best Emerging Filmmaker Award Winner, presented by UN Women USA GCC
2022 Lindalee Tracey Award Semi-Finalist, co-presented by White Pine Pictures and Hot Docs International Film Festival
2022 Audience Choice Award Winner, National Film Festival for Talented Youth
2022 Student Achievement Award Winner, Canadian Cinema Editors Association
2022 Student Achievement Nominee, Cinema Audio Society Awards
2022 Student Achievement Nominee, Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
2022 Audience Choice Award Winner, Breakthroughs Film Festival
2022 Jury Award Honourable Mention, Breakthroughs Film Festival
2022 Best Student Film Award Winner, Oakville Festivals of Film and Art
2022 Best Direction Award Winner, Toronto Youth Shorts

Screenings:

2022 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival *
2022 Irish Film Institute’s GAZE International Film Festival
2022 Breakthroughs Film Festival
2022 National Film Festival for Talented Youth, Programmer Pick
2022 Oakville Festivals of Film and Art *
2022 Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
2022 Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival

* Canadian Screen Award Qualifying

Reviews:

“Equally joyous and heartbreaking, this queer coming of age story is so special. I’m so glad NFFTY audiences will get to meet Alfie and watch them grow up and learn to understand how they feel about themselves and the world around them.” - Theresa Robinson, NFFTY Programmers’ Picks