VANCOUVER WEB FEST  announces their 2017 Official Selections and Nominees for the 4th annual festival to be held March 17 to 19, 2016, at Performance Works on Vancouver’s Granville Island.  These Official Selections are up for awards across 22 categories.  VWF2017 continues the successes of its previous years, bringing together International and Canadian digital content creators, their teams and viewers to celebrate entertainment and programming created exclusively for the Internet. The three-day festival will host workshops, screenings, pitch sessions, networking, industry panels, parties and an awards ceremony and gala.

“The selection process for our 2017 Official Selections was incredibility difficult. The talent of digital series submitted from the 27 countries was outstanding.” says Suzette Laqua, Founder and Executive Director. “Vancouver Web Fest 2017’s line up of screenings, panels, keynotes, workshops and our ‘Speed Dating’ pitch sessions will be a year you don’t want to miss.  We are excited to have CBC Comedy doing a comedy panel this year. ADOBE and Ron Howard’s New Form Digital will be back.  A new addition to the line-up of events on the weekend is our YouTube afternoon.  More details to come.”

Best Action/Adventure
ANA – Buenos Aires, Argentina
BRUTAL – Puteaux, France
Divine Shadow – Burien, USA
Surf Therapy – France
TO BELIEVE OR NOT – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Best Animation
Meet the Ladybugs – North Bergen, USA
Life Sucks! But at least I’ve got elbows – Tallinn, Estonia
THE ADVENTURES OF BROKEN HEART – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Best Comedy
All About the Britos – Brazil
BERTRAND – Paris, France
Craigslist Therapist – Valley Village, USA
Dropping the Soap – North Hollywood, United States
Fools For Hire – Vancouver, Canada
Mimosas with #Millie – California, USA
Single and Dating in Vancouver – Vancouver, Canada
Sublets – California, USA
The Room Actors: Where Are They Now? – Los Angeles, USA
This Is That – Vancouver, Canada

Best Documentary
INVANCITY – Vancouver, Canada
No Strings Attached – Australia
Seasonal Life – Maisonnette, Canada
The Forgotten Salmon – Ontario, Canada
Theater So Good – Rome, Italy

Best Drama
JLT’s The Other Love Story – London, UK
Mom and Me (and everyone online) – Vancouver, Canada
Nasty Habits – Los Angeles, USA
SCOUT – Brisbane, Australia
Starting From Now Season – Sydney, Australia
Teenagers – Mississauga, Canada

Best Family
Fluffy Marky – Quebec, Canada
Growing Up Guide Pup – Hayward, USA
Stay At Home Mom – Calabasas, USA

Best Fantasy
JourneyQuest – Seattle, USA
Mina Murray’s Journal – London, UK
The Spell Tutor – Toronto, Canada
The Wizards of Aus – Collingwood, Australia

Best Horror
Discocalypse – Germany
Don’t Do It – USA
Ghost Cam – Viterbo, Italy
Or So the Story Goes – USA

Best Musicals
CUMBIA NENA – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Roo-ining Christmas – Hawthorne, USA
The Plateaus – Toronto, Canada

Best Mystery
Gold Mountain – San Francisco, United States
Petrol – Mississauga, Canada
Tea Time – Lyon, France
TELEGRAPH COVE – Vancouver, Canada
Thornbrook – Kingston, USA

Best Reality
Late Bloomer – Pacific Palisades, USA
Untourage – Eindhoven, Netherlands
Verde Noir – Washington, USA

Best Science Fiction
Conversations from the Afterlife – Maplewood, USA
JULIE – Paris, France
Soldiers of Earth – Vancouver, Canada
The Invitation to Armageddon – USA
The Partitioned- USA

Best Thriller
Hidden – Ustica, Italy
Kill Skill – Magenta, France
Madame Hollywood – France
ONYROS – Carmignano di Brenta, Italy

Best Editing
INVANCITY – Vancouver, Canada
Tea Time – Lyon, France
TELEGRAPH COVE – Vancouver, Canada
The Wizards of Aus – Collingwood, Australia
This Is That – Vancouver, Canada

Best Director
Ellie Kanner – Dropping the Soap -North Hollywood, USA
Benoit Lach – Fluffy Marky – Quebec, Canada
Camille Chastrusse – JULIE – Paris, France
Tom Francis – SCOUT – Brisbane, Australia
Darren Borrowman – TELEGRAPH COVE – Vancouver, Canada
Michael Shanks – The Wizards of Aus – Collingwood, Australia
Christopher Kelly – This Is That – Vancouver, Canada

Best Actor
Bertrand Usclat – BERTRAND – Paris, France
Dean Cates – Craigslist Therapist – Valley Village, USA
Paul Witten – Dropping the Soap – North Hollywood, USA
Étienne Galloy – Fluffy Marky – Quebec, Canada
Sébastien Robert – JULIE – Paris, France
Diego De Francesco – ONYROS – Carmignano di Brenta, Italy
Kane Mahon – Petrol – Mississauga, Canada
Tony Nixon – SCOUT – Brisbane, Australia
Richard Meen – Soldiers of Earth – Vancouver, Canada
Michael Shanks – The Wizards of Aus – Collingwood, Australia

Best Actress
Marguerite Bouchard – Fluffy Marky – Quebec, Canada
Marion Plantier – JULIE – Paris, France
Dre Davis – Madame Hollywood – France
Kristi Lauren – Mimosas with #Millie – California, USA
Hope Lauren – Nasty Habits – Los Angeles, USA
Rosie Lourde – Starting From Now – Sydney, Australia
Jane Lynch – Dropping the Soap – North Hollywood, USA
Pascale Rousseau – Tea Time – Lyon, France
Savonna Spracklin – TELEGRAPH COVE – Vancouver, Canada
Lawrene Denkers – The Spell Tutor – Toronto, Ontario

Best Cinematography
INVANCITY – Vancouver, Canada
Kill Skills – France
Seasonal Life – Maisonnette, Canada
TELEGRAPH COVE – Vancouver,     Canada
The Wizards of Aus – Collingwood, Australia
Thornbrook – Kingston, United States

Best Screenplay
BERTRAND – Paris, France
Conversations from the Afterlife – Maplewood, United States
Tea Time – Lyon, France
The Forgotten Salmon – Canada
This Is That – Vancouver, Canada

Best Special/Visual Effects
Discocalypse – Germany
ONYROS – Carmignano di Brenta, Italy
Soldiers of Earth – Vancouver, Canada
TELEGRAPH COVE – Vancouver, Canada

Best Original Score
CUMBIA NENA – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fools For Hire – Vancouver, Canada
INVANCITY – Vancouver, Canada
SCOUT – Brisbane, Australia
Soldiers of Earth – Vancouver, Canada
Starting From Now – Sydney, Australia
Tea Time – Lyon, France
The Wizards of Aus – Collingwood, Australia
Thornbrook – Kingston, USA

Best Sound Design
INVANCITY – Vancouver, Canada
Starting From Now – Sydney, Australia
Tea Time – Lyon, France
TELEGRAPH COVE – Vancouver,    Canada
The Wizards of Aus – Brisbane, Australia