Judges

In 2024, Adrian Wills released A Quiet Girl with the NFB, earning a DGC Allan King Award nomination and becoming one of the year’s most-viewed films on NFB.ca. He then released Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will (CBC, SBS Australia), which was nominated for both the Canadian Screen Awards and the Banff Rockie Awards. With Telefilm Canada’s support, Adrian is adapting Jennie’s Boy (Stephen Leacock Award winner, CBC Canada Reads finalist) with Panoramic Pictures and Sherry White (Maudie). He also co-created the WWII docu-series Zero Hour with CSA winner Eric Sabaag (The Detectives), partnering with Attraction Media.

Tony Parnis is a prominent television producer and director with a diverse and accomplished career in both Canada and Malta. He began his journey in the media industry by undertaking film studies in Canada. While there, he produced and hosted "Servizz Xandir Malti" on Graham Cable TV in Toronto, a Maltese-language program. His early career achievements include winning four Graham Awards for drama in Maltese, being named Producer of the Year by Graham Cable Television, and receiving the Canada Birthday Award for Achievement from the Government of Ontario.