On April 28th, MFM hosted the ninth annual
Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards Ceremony, in the Great Hall at
Laurentian University. The award ceremony recognized the efforts and
showcase the talent of the Northern
Ontario’s music and film industries by featuring award
presentations, live performances and movie clips.
The 2012 Northern Ontario Music and Film Award winners are:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR BY A SOLO ARTIST
Winner: Cindy
Doire – Sticks and Mud
Nominees:
Angele Desbois – Singularity
Sunday Wilde – What man? Oh THAT man!!!
ALBUM OF THE YEAR BY A DUO OR GROUP
Winner:
Kalle Mattson – Anchors
Nominees:
Faraway Neighbours – Carry On, Man
Ox – tUCo
SOCAN SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Kalle
Mattson – Singing Knives
Nominees:
Cindy Doire – Don’t Let The Bastards Bring You Down
Angela Evans – Still Hope
VOCAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Winner:
Faye Blais – The Ways That I
Love You
Nominees:
Jean-Paul De Roover – Fix
Cindy Doire – Too Long
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Winner:
Faraway Neighbours (for Carry On, Man by Faraway Neighbours)
Nominees:
Chris Dorota (for Pitch Pipes by Jean-Paul De Roover)
Shawn Sasyniuk (for All Is Not Lost by Cody Allen)
FILM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Heather K. Dahlstrom – Dave vs. Death
Nominees:
Joseph Mansourian – Every Emotion Costs
John Alden Milne – The Standoff
DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF CANADA – ONTARIO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Winner:
David Lickley and Rob Gagne – Wildfires!
A 4D Firefighting Adventure
Nominees:
John Alden Milne – The Standoff
Darlene Naponse – Every Emotion Costs
FILM EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Winners:
James Lahti – Wildfires! A 4D
Firefighting Adventure
Nominees:
John Alden Milne – The Standoff
Piotr Skowronski – Jean-Paul De Roover’s “You”
CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Winner:
Dave Clement – Return To Manomin
Nominees:
Ben Bruhmuller – Angel Of Death 1883
Damien Gilbert – Wax Philosophic’s “Devil In A Red Dress”
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Winners:
Lee Chambers – Hugh Jackman
Saves The World
Nominees:
Darlene Naponse – Every Emotion Costs
Brad Stephenson – After The Fire