Following four days of premieres, parties and the gathering of the snow sports community in Whistler, BC, and beyond, the iF3 Festival concluded with the iF3 Movie Awards presented by Rossignol.

The gala, which took place at the Maury Young Arts Centre in the heart of Whistler Village, was once again hosted by the Low Pressure Podcast’s Mark Warner and professional snowboarder Leanne Pelosi, and broadcasted live on festivalif3.com.

Over the course of the night, 25 awards were handed out to the year’s top ski and snowboard films, which were watched and judged by the iF3 Jury—composed of Forecast Ski Magazine’s Jeff Schmuck, filmmaker Graeme Meiklejohn and professional skiers Will Wesson and Amy Jane David on the ski side of things, and industry veterans Guillaume Morisset and Hugues Beauchamp alongside filmmaker Ralph Samson on the snowboard panel—after a record-breaking 121 films were submitted to the festival for consideration.

2023 iF3 Movie Awards

Ski Amateur

AMATEUR FILM OF THE YEAR

Water The Plants (Joey Kraft)

AMATEUR SKIER OF THE YEAR

Jacob Belanger in Water The Plants (Joey Kraft)

SKI PRO

FILM OF THE YEAR

Descendance (Legs of Steel/Dennis Ranalter)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Descendance (Legs of Steel/Dennis Ranalter)

BEST EDITING

Sensus (The Bunch)

STANDOUT FEMALE SKIER OF THE YEAR

Maggie Voisin in Legend Has It (Teton Gravity Research)

STANDOUT MALE SKIER OF THE YEAR

Colby Stevenson in Crescendo (Good Company)

BREAKOUT SKIER OF THE YEAR

Xander Guldman in Unified (Head Freeskiing/Jeff Thomas)

JURY'S PICK

Here, Hold My Kid (Here Hold My Kid Productions)

BEST SHORT MOVIE

Sensus (The Bunch)

BEST BACKCOUNTRY SEGMENT

 Josh Daiek & Trevor Semmens, Mountain State 2.0

BEST URBAN SEGMENT

Alex Hall & Hunter Hess, Magma 3

BEST STORYTELLING

Descendance (Legs of Steel/Dennis Ranalter)

congratulations to all the winners!

Miss the iF3 Awards live show? You can watch the full replay here.