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Wondering if your project qualifies? The qualifying airing period for the 2026 CAFTCAD Awards is September 1, 2024, to M...
09/28/2025

Wondering if your project qualifies? The qualifying airing period for the 2026 CAFTCAD Awards is September 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026. If your project falls within those dates then you should submit!

Your work deserves the spotlight at our 7th annual celebration. Plus, submit by October 13th to save on submission fees.

📅 Submissions Period: September 11 – November 10, 2025
🐦 Early Bird Deadline: October 13, 2025

Visit www.thecaftcadawards.com/submissions for the application and rules and regulations.


The early bird deadline for the 2026 CAFTCAD Awards is quickly approaching! Be sure to submit by October 13 to save on s...
09/26/2025

The early bird deadline for the 2026 CAFTCAD Awards is quickly approaching! Be sure to submit by October 13 to save on submission fees.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of Canada’s largest celebrations of costume arts and design. Submit today and join us for the 7th annual CAFTCAD Awards!

📅 Submissions: Sept 12 – Nov 10, 2025
🐦 Early Bird Deadline: Oct 13, 2025

Visit www.thecaftcadawards.com/submissions the application and full rules and regulations.

Your work should be celebrated and there’s no better stage than the CAFTCAD Awards. Every year, the CAFTCAD Awards celeb...
09/24/2025

Your work should be celebrated and there’s no better stage than the CAFTCAD Awards.

Every year, the CAFTCAD Awards celebrate the industry’s brightest talents who define Canadian costume design. Together, we honour the designers who bring characters and worlds to life. Submissions are now open for the 7th annual CAFTCAD Awards. Submit your work and be part of the celebration!

📅 Submissions: Sept 12 – Nov 10, 2025
🐦 Early Bird Deadline: Oct 13, 2025

Visit www.thecaftcadawards.com/submissions the application and full rules and regulations.

Your work deserves the spotlight and this is your moment to shine! Join us at the 7th Annual CAFTCAD Awards as we celebr...
09/22/2025

Your work deserves the spotlight and this is your moment to shine! Join us at the 7th Annual CAFTCAD Awards as we celebrate the talent shaping Canada’s costume design industry. Submit your work and be part of the celebration.

📅 Submissions: Sept 11 – Nov 10, 2025
🐦 Early Bird Deadline: Oct 13, 2025

Visit www.thecaftcadawards.com/submissions the application and full rules and regulations.

It’s that time of year again! The 2026 CAFTCAD Awards are now accepting entries! 📅 Submissions Period: September 11 – No...
09/15/2025

It’s that time of year again! The 2026 CAFTCAD Awards are now accepting entries!

📅 Submissions Period: September 11 – November 10, 2025
🐦 Early Bird Deadline: October 13, 2025

Click the link in our bio or visit www.thecaftcadawards.com/submissions for the application and rules and regulations. We can’t wait to see your incredible work!

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As Pride celebrations roll-out across the country, we’re incredibly proud to reflect on som...
06/27/2025

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As Pride celebrations roll-out across the country, we’re incredibly proud to reflect on some of the powerful LGBTQIA2S+ stories that have been honoured at the CAFTCAD Awards. 🌈 These stories shine a light on the beauty, diversity, and resilience of a vibrant community, and we’re proud to celebrate them. Swipe through to revisit some of the inspiring LGBTQIA2S+ stories celebrated at the CAFTCAD Awards! ➡️

Nominations:

Dandyland
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in a Web Series
Rafaella Rabinovich
AND
2025 CAFTCAD Award Nominee
Excellence in Crafts – Building
Amara Ann, Tracey Carlisle, Kristin Thurber

Sort Of
2023 CAFTCAD Award Nominee
Costume Design in TV East – Contemporary
Crystal Silden
AND
2022 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in TV Contemporary – East
Shelley Mansell

Slo Pitch S2
2023 CAFTCAD Award Nominee
Best Costume Design in a Web Series
Eyob Desalgne

Queens
2021 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in a Web Series
Vanessa Magic

JT LeRoy
2020 CAFTCAD Award Nominee
Best Costume Design in Film Contemporary
Avery Plewes

Unspeakable
2020 CAFTCAD Award Nominee
Best Costume Design in TV - Period
Maria Livingstone

First slide is from Sort Of.

Did you know that the CAFTCAD Awards has four specialized categories dedicated to the costume crafts? ✂️🧵One of them is ...
06/24/2025

Did you know that the CAFTCAD Awards has four specialized categories dedicated to the costume crafts? ✂️🧵One of them is the Excellence in Crafts – Textiles category, which celebrates the skilled and detail-oriented textile artists who bring designs to life. Swipe through to see past winners of the Textiles category and get a closer look at some of your favourite costumes! ➡️

Today on National Indigenous Peoples Day, and throughout Indigenous History Month, we honour the rich traditions, artist...
06/21/2025

Today on National Indigenous Peoples Day, and throughout Indigenous History Month, we honour the rich traditions, artistry, and cultural storytelling of Indigenous stories. We are also proud to celebrate previous CAFTCAD Awards nominees and winners who have worked on this stories, weaving history and identity into their designs and talented craftsmanship. Swipe through to look back at some of the Indigenous stories celebrated at the CAFTCAD Awards and within the CAFTCAD community!

Nominations:
Rosie
2023 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in Indie Feature
Ginger Martini

Bones of Crows
2023 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in Film Period
Carmen Thompson, Jessica Kalan

Tribal
2022 CAFTCAD Award Nominee
Best Costume Design in TV Contemporary – West
Adejoke Taiwo

Kiri and The Girl
2022 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in a Short Film
Carmen Thompson

Portraits from a Fire
2022 CAFTCAD Award Nominee
Best Costume Design in Indie Feature
Florence Barrett

Trickster
2021 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in TV - Contemporary
Adriana Fulop

SGaawaay K’uuna | The Edge of the Knife
2019 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Best Costume Design in Low Budget Feature
Athena Theny

At the CAFTCAD Awards, we proudly celebrate the craftspeople within the costume industry, including the talented costum...
06/07/2025

At the CAFTCAD Awards, we proudly celebrate the craftspeople within the costume industry, including the talented costume illustrators who bring characters to life. Join us as we revisit past nominees and winners in the Excellence in Crafts – Costume Illustration category and celebrate the immense talents these illustrators have to offer!

As we approach the end of Jewish Heritage Month, we would like to honour the powerful Jewish stories told on screen and...
05/28/2025

As we approach the end of Jewish Heritage Month, we would like to honour the powerful Jewish stories told on screen and the outstanding costume design and talented craftspeople who brought them to life. These CAFTCAD-nominated and award-winning productions explore identity, resilience, memory, and survival through costume. 👏

Honours and Highlights:

🎥 Demon Box
After festival rejections, a director reworks his deeply personal short film about trauma, su***de, and the Holocaust into a raw, self-reflective piece.
2025 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Styling/Design in Short Form
John Dunnett

🎥 The Boy in the Woods
A Jewish boy fights to survive alone in the forests of N**i-occupied Eastern Europe in this true story of resilience and endurance.
2025 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Best Costume Design in Indie Feature
Florence Barrett

🎥 The Song of Names
Years after his adopted brother, a Jewish violin prodigy from Poland, disappears on the eve of a major concert, Martin travels across Europe to find him.
2020 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Best Costume Design in International Feature
Anne Dixon

🎥 The Man in the High Castle, Season 3
In a dystopian America ruled by N**i Germany and Imperial Japan, a woman uncovers a mysterious film that could change everything.
2019 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Excellence in Crafts – Building
Leslie Cairns, Sandy Dunn, Alicia Devonshire, Tracey Gauvin

Happy Asian Heritage Month! This May, we’re celebrating the incredible costume designers and craftspeople whose work has...
05/21/2025

Happy Asian Heritage Month! This May, we’re celebrating the incredible costume designers and craftspeople whose work has brought Asian stories and characters to life on screen. Celebrate with us as we reflect on the productions previously nominated for the CAFTCAD Awards. From martial arts epics to intimate family dramas, these productions were elevated by the artistry of the CAFTCAD community. 👏

Honours & Highlights:

🎥 Shōgun, 106, “Ladies of the Willow World”
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner for International Costume Design - Film & TV
Carlos Rosario
AND
Episodes 106–110
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Excellence in Crafts - Textile Arts
Samantha Stroman and Lanny Campbell

🎥 Avatar: The Last Airbender, 104, “Into The Dark”
2025 Nominee CAFTCAD, Best Costume Design in TV Period
Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh
AND
106, “Masks”
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Best Costume Design in TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh
AND
Season 1
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Excellence in Crafts - Costume Illustration
Keith Lau
AND
Season 1
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Excellence in Crafts - SPFX Building
Shelby Page

🎥 Mustache
2025 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Best Costume Design in Indie Feature
Ginger Martini

🎥 Streams Flow from a River, 104, Benny and the Jets”
2025 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Best Costume Design in a Web Series
Lucy Wong

🎥 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
2022 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Excellence in Crafts - Textile Arts
Lanny Campbell, Samantha Stroman, Ellie Schultz, Carolyn Bentley

🎥 Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan, 104, “Enter the One-Eyed Dragon”
2021 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Best Costume Design in TV Period
Lyndsay Reader

🎥 Quickening
2021 CAFTCAD Award Nominee,
Best Costume Design in Indie Feature
Courtney Mitchell

🎥 Wu Assassins
2020 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Excellence in Crafts - Costume Illustration
Shelby Page

First slide is from Streams Flow from a River.

As one of Canada’s largest IATSE unions, our gold sponsors ’s support has been instrumental for the 2025 CAFTCAD Awards....
05/16/2025

As one of Canada’s largest IATSE unions, our gold sponsors ’s support has been instrumental for the 2025 CAFTCAD Awards. Home to Toronto’s talented technicians, we’re honoured to have the generous and continued support of IATSE 873. 👏 We thank IATSE 873 for their support of three phenomenal categories and congratulate all the 873 members who were nominated and who took home an award!

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