Paul Hunter & Lesley Mackay Hunter – The Nut Job 2 *WINNER*
Annellie Samuel – Magic School Bus, Rides Again: Space Mission Selfie
Dan Lee, Noah Yates & Doug Appeldoorn – Wishfart: We Can Eat Sand/We Are Cheetah Face
Pete Watson, CCE, Jon Hutton & Vish Hansa – Napkin Man: Go With The Flow
Stephanie Duncan, Jason Cohen & Lee Maund – Hotel Transylvania: Adventures in Vampiresitting
Thom Smalley – Prince’s Tale *WINNER*
Alan Flett – Inseparable: Ten Years Joined At The Head
Katie Chipperfield – NUUCA: Field of Vision
Luke Sargent – The Love Songs of Oedipus Rex
Tiffany Beaudin – On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi
Andres Landau – Unarmed Verses *WINNER*
Cathy Gulkin, CCE – In The Name of Your Daughter
Eamonn O’Connor – My Enemy, My Brother
Jean-Denis Rouette – Shut Up And Say Something
Hart Snider & J.R. Mackie – I Am Heath Ledger
Mike Banas, CCE – It’s Not What you Know *WINNER*
Alexander Farah & Paolo Kalalo – Cypher
Holly Pavlik – The Ultimate Thief
Lisa Jane Robison, CCE – The Black Ghiandola
Maureen Grant – L’Audition
Greg Ng – The Wrestlers: The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores *WINNER*
Cathy Gulkin, CCE & Paul Winestock, CCE – We Are Canada: Ep5
James Yates – Arctic Secrets: Rhythm of the Bay
Rob Chandler – Mayday Season 17: Ep4 Explosive Proof
Steven Budd & Ben Kaplan – Tattoo Age: Ed Hardy
Lauren Brandon – The Next Step – The Off Season: Riley’s Dance *WINNER*
Ashley Brook, Josef Beeby & Kyle Cucco – Canadiana: The Bizarre History of O’Canada
Lisa Barley – Backstage: Studio Pass – Montreal
Simone Smith – That’s My DJ: The Finale
Thom Smalley – Played: Ep06 Level Up
Al Manson, Jonathan Dowler, Andrew Gurney, Baun Mah, Mike Scott, Kyle Martin & Seth Poulin – Top Chef Canada: All Stars (Ep5059 Lock It Up! It’s the Finale!) *WINNER*
Allan Hughes, Miles Davren & Jared Bryer – Masterchef Canada (Ep408 – Auberge Anniversary)
Cynthia Flengeris, Michael Tersigni, Kyle Martin & Jonathan Dowler – Top Chef Canada: All Stars (Ep5050 All-Stars Assemble)
Michael Tersigni, Jonathan Dowler, Kyle Martin & Cynthia Flengeris – Top Chef Canada: All Stars (p5056 Ice Cream, You Scream, All Aboard!)
Michael Tersigni, Jonathan Dowler, Wesley Finucan, Cynthia Flengeris, David Yenovkian & Clare Elson – The Amazing Race Canada (Ep501 Who Wants To Be The Python?)
Daniel Benoit – Animal (Centennial College)
Daniel Shpuntov & Alex Xiao – Tempest (Ryerson University)
Ellora Dela Fuente – Perception (Sheridan College)
Emily Stranges & Brett Sherman – An Art Ting (Ryerson University)
Joanna Su – Fermata (Humber School of Media Studies & Information Technologies)
Trevor Ambrose, CCE – Schitt’s Creek: Singles Week *WINNER*
Aren Hansen – Kim’s Convenience: Ep210 Janet’s Boyfriend
Ehren Davis & Dean Soltys – Mr.D: Ep 711 Insiders Look
Gordon Rempel, CCE – Mech-X4 (Vs the Dark Night)
Robert de Lint – Kim’s Convenience: Ep213 A Handy Graduation
Lisa Grootenboer, CCE – Mary Kills People: The Means *WINNER*
Daniel Sadler – Cardinal: Blackfly Season – Red
Duncan Christie – Mary Kills People: Fatal Flaw
Matthew Anas – Cardinal: Blackfly Season – Toof
Ron Wisman SR, CCE – Flint
Wendy Hallam Martin, CCE – The Handmaid’s Tale: Late *WINNER*
Aaron Marshall – Vikings: Moments of Vision Ep510
Christopher Donaldson, CCE – The Handmaid’s Tale: Birth Day
D. Gillian Truster, CCE – Anne: Remorse is the Poison of Life Ep106
Jay Prychidny, CCE – Orphan Black: To Right the Wrongs of Many
Isabelle Malenfant, CCE – Pieds nus dans l’aube *WINNER*
Chris Mutton & Erin Gulas – Luba
Duff Smith – Sweet Virginia
Jane MacRae & Kye Meechan – 22 Chaser
Michael Pierro – Room For Rent
Starting his career in 1970, master documentary editor Steve Weslak, CCE, remembers that working in the tiny film community of the era felt more like being in a garage rock band, rather than the mature industry that we have today. Almost five decades later he is still a vital part of the documentary scene, editing feature docs for HBO, BBC, PBS, NFB and all the major Canadian broadcasters. His editing assignments on international co-productions have taken him around the world, from Sydney, Australia to London, England. Along the way he’s been privileged to work with many outstanding directors such as Ric Bienstock, Alex Gibney, Larry Weinstein and Barbara Willis Sweete.
Steve’s 2015 year saw him win both a Canadian Screen Award for “Best Picture Editing in a Documentary” for Our Man in Tehran as well as the Black Dolphin award in Cannes for editing the HBO feature Tales From the Organ Trade—the only editing prize awarded from the 725 entrants at the Dolphin Film Festival. He’s been a six-time Gemini award nominee and a number of the films he’s edited, such as The Planets, Empire of the Word, and Deadly Currents, have won awards at home and internationally, including an International Emmy for Concerto. Perhaps the most important and enduring impact that he’s had on Canada’s industry is through his mentorship. Steve loves to work with first-time filmmakers, sharing what he has learned over the decades. Throughout the years he has also helped many of his editing assistants graduate into fulltime professional editors.