A number of creators took home accolades at the closing awards gala for the annual online video festival.
The Buffer Festival Excellence Awards took place at the Paradise Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 12 and saw a number of popular and up-and-coming content creators in attendance, including several UK YouTubers. It followed a weekend of video premieres at what was Buffer Festival‘s 10th annual event.
As with previous years, the winners were chosen by those who attended the festival and voted online. In a first, the awards gala was aired on LiveMe, a live-streaming app.
Congratulations to @ScarfDemon for winning the Excellence in Comedy award presented by @FaskenLaw for the film “I Think My Cat is Sick” pic.twitter.com/x2VJQtEJ0F
— Buffer Festival 📽️ (@BufferFestival) November 13, 2023
British creators were among those to take home awards. Chloe Dungate won the award for Excellence in Comedy for her video, I Think My Cat Is Sick, which combined her artistic skills with real-life footage, while Sammy Paul was the recipient of the Festival Honour for his animated short film, Goodbye Forever Maybe?.
A total of nine awards were handed out. Julie Nolke secured the Excellence in Writing award for her deeply personal short film, miscarry, while comedy duo BriTANicK (Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher) took home the award for Excellence in Production Design for Sitcom Preview. Buffer Festival regular Dom Fera was the recipient of the Excellence in Music, Sound & Score award for his short film, Spellbook.
The Festival Honour award goes to @ICOEPR for the film “Goodbye Forever Maybe?” pic.twitter.com/DmNq7nrlY0
— Buffer Festival 📽️ (@BufferFestival) November 13, 2023
The full list of winners is as follows:
- Excellence in Animation – Devon St. Arnaud, A Conversation with ADHD
- Excellence in Music, Sound & Score – Dom Fera, Spellbook
- Excellence in Performance – MattColbo, gum
- Excellence in Production Design – BriTANicK, Sitcom Preview
- Excellence in Comedy – Chloe Dungate, I Think My Cat Is Sick
- Excellence in Writing – Julie Nolke, miscarry
- Excellence in Cinematography – Tope Babalola, The Delivery
- Excellence in Inspiration – Olan Rogers, GODSPEED
- Festival Honour – Sammy Paul, Goodbye Forever Maybe?
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