2005
- SPRING 24 HOUR
- SUMMER 48 HOUR
- FALL 24 HOUR
Chasing Aces
Mighty Brave
Best Film, Best Actor, Best Editing, Audience Choice Award, the Bite TV award for Best Irreverent Short
When aces fly, they are committed.
Three pilots reflect on war in the emotional battlefield.
Team Members: Donnie Mullins, David Kohn, Anita DeYonge, Tony Poser, Rachel, Lisa Wegner, Reg Heide, Bruce LaPointe.
In June 2005, the Toronto Film Challenge oversold its first annual 48-Hour Challenge and Gala.
On Friday June 10th, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. 50 teams of 10 met at the CBC Building to gather their challenge packs and begin the caffeine induced quest to write, shoot, edit and deliver a 10 minute short in 48-Hours.
- Best Film Challenge Pack Sample (All packages were different but contained the same 5 elements)
- Prop: Googles
- Soundbyte: Highway Traffic
- Location: Airplane Cockpit
- Character Trait: Determined
- Colour: Green
- Produced by: Steve Sloan
- Competing Team: 50
- Teams completed on time: 48
- Jury selected Top 20
Eligible films were screened over three nights at the Bloor Cinema and the Royal Cinema. The top ten films were chosen and screened at the Gala and Award Evening held at the Great Hall on Saturday June 18th, 2005.
Scorched - "Dandelions"
Mark Raso, Alan Poon, Noah Plener, Chris Mably, Mike Flippov, Tim Burton, Jessica Greenberg, Harry Crane, Jayne Rae, Joseph Rasos.
Mango - "100% WOW"
Sofia Bohdanowicz, Mark Tytler, Dan Robinson, Giacomo Griganzio, Adam White, Sylvia Kim, Jamie Corneal, Jamie Algie, Theo Avraam, Nick Mirka.
Eh! - "Tango in the Park"
Michaelle Lee, Ryan Lee, Dave Wason, Jeff Hill, Agustin Waisman, Fiorella Melzi, Chris Austin, Yasmin Rajwani, Jason Ngo, Evelyn Ostrowski.
Glitchless - "Invisible"
Katie Pow, Anne Harding, Kali Pearson, Diandra Lee, Dawn Sadler, Rachel Bartels, Nicole Torok, Ioana Vasile, Melinda Francis, Christie Tucker.
Puny Mammoth - "Legend in Music - The burning Spurs"
Mandy Worthy, Braden Klassen, Ashleigh Hutchcroft, Jarod Preston, Renee Lottridge, Carla Paluzzi, Tricia Griffith, Mark Driver, Ian Bell, Kevin Weber.
Huron - "The Harbour"
Jessica Poyton, Nick Takticos, Brad Dworkin, Brandon Cronenberg, Mohammed Abbas, Charles Taylor, Alex Bateman.
Exploding Motor Car - "Pointless Gesture"
Winston Hacking, Barry Cheong, Nick Wallace, Brett Long, Jamie Klopko, Darrell Faria, Troy Yorke, Tanya Turner.
Mighty Brave - "Chasing Aces"
Donnie Mullins, David Kohn, Anita DeYonge, Tony Poser, Rachel, Lisa Wegner, Reg Heide, Bruce LaPointe.
Light Switch - "Cooling Off"
Paulina Robak, Wendi Marchioni, Kerilee Underwood, Matthew Swiderski, Dwight Phipps, Arnold Caylakyan, Martin-Andre Young, Nicholas Faria, Kevin MacKenzie, April Suen, Paulina Robak.
Room 104 - "Thursday"
Daniel Chan, Simon Young, Damir Badjani, Michael Imperial, Maciej Jasiobedzki, Celeste Diamos, Paul De La Merced, Andrea Fernandez.
- Arsinée Khanjian
Actor and Gemini Recipient, Foolish Heart, Sabah - Mark Smith
Producer, Oscar Winner, Ryan - Bob Thompson
Movie Features Writer, The National Post
- Dean Armstrong
Actor, Queer as Folk, Armstrong Acting Studio - Ron Leach
Producer/Casting Director, Spectacle Entertainment Productions, Inc.
A total of $15,000 in cash and prizes was given away to the winners of the following categories. This year the TFC provided a special treat to the winners: The teams name engraved on the original 35mm canisters containing the release prints for the film 'Meatballs'
