Karl Willems – 2025 HNIFF Judge

Born November 12, 1967, Karl Willems is a Vancouver born voice director. He has 30 years of experience in the business and started out as a sound engineer before falling into directing. He has directed many pre-lay and ADR shows over the years, including Death Note, Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods, and X-Men Evolution. […]

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Corey Woods – 2025 HNIFF Judge

Corey Woods was born in the small village of Fruitvale, BC. After graduating she decided to move out to Vancouver to pursue her passion in acting. Soon after moving she booked her first role in “The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story” and since then had opportunities to work on Lifetimes “The Unauthorized Melrose Place […]

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Stirling Bancroft – HNIFF 2025 Judge

Graduate of the film program at the University of British Columbia, Bancroft just finished photographing the Second unit of Final Destination 6. He enjoys working on gritty independent projects like She Who Must Burn (2015) with Larry Kent, one of the “original English-Canadian auteurs,”¹ and Cadence (2016) for which director, Alex Lasheras, won an audience […]

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Katie Boland – 2025 HNIFF Judge

Katie Boland (born 1987 or 1988) is a Canadian actress, writer, director, and producer.[1] She began her career as a child actress in film and television and has since branched out into adult roles, in addition to writing, directing, and producing her own projects. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092677/

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Mike Dopud – 2025 HNIF Judge

Having a background in not just acting, but stunts as well, Mike Dopud is a very well-rounded and experienced actor whose knowledge is a huge addition to our judges panel. Coming from a background of football, his leap over to the film industry and all the learning curves that come with that give him a […]

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Dean Redman – 2025 HNIFF Head Judge & Master Of Ceremony

With 20+ years of acting behind him, Dean Redman has a lot of knowledge and experience he has picked up along the way. Carrying a strong belief that the future of the industry, and the careers of everyone in it, rely on the up and coming talents from around the globe, Dean jumped in with […]

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Cory Woods – 2025 HNIFF Judge

Corey Woods was born in the small village of Fruitvale, BC. After graduating she decided to move out to Vancouver to pursue her passion in acting. Soon after moving she booked her first role in “The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story” and since then had opportunities to work on Lifetimes “The Unauthorized Melrose Place […]

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ANCiEnT SkY – Best Sound

A poetic fever dream filmed within a small radius of the filmmaker’s home during the COVID lockdowns of 2020/2, meditating on the idea of timelessness, quantum time, past lives, nature and subliminal psychedelia.

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The Bathtub – Best Short Film

Ramon Riera is taking a well-deserved bath when his cell phone suddenly rings. On the other side of the line is Clara, a girl who insistently tries to sell him a life insurance.

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