The Tom Berner Award award, sponsored by LIFT at the Images Festival commemorates the late Tom Berner, who for many years supported and nurtured Canadian filmmakers. The award is presented annually to an individual who has provided extraordinary support to the cause of independent filmmaking in Toronto. In 2011 the Tom Berner Award is presented to Phillip Hoffman.
The Tom Berner Award award, sponsored by LIFT at the Images Festival commemorates the late Tom Berner, who for many years supported and nurtured Canadian filmmakers. The award is presented annually to an individual who has provided extraordinary support to the cause of independent filmmaking in Toronto. In 2011 the Tom Berner Award is presented to Phillip Hoffman.
"Philip Hoffman is already one of the most acclaimed and influential experimental filmmakers currently working in Canada. But what is often forgotten is the extraordinary support he offers to independent filmmakers in a number of capacities: as a teacher and mentor, as a curator and programmer, and most strikingly, as founder of the "Film Farm," which touches the lives of many independent artists in Toronto and abroad." -Mike Zryd, nominator
The 2011 Tom Berner Award is presented at the Images Festival Awards Ceremony following the Closing Night Gala, 10PM at the United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (just West of Beverly Street).
Previous Tom Berner Award winners:
2010: Margaret Wagner
2009: Mike Hoolboom
2008: Sebastjan Henrickson
2007: Roberto Ariganello
2006: Ray Cook
2005: Catherine Rankin
2004: Martin Heath
2003: Marc Glassman
2002: Tom Berner
