Award Winners

2026 CAFTCAD Award Winners

2026 CAFTCAD Award Winners

A wonderful night was had on Sunday, celebrating the incredible work and accomplishments of costume artists and designers in Canada. We were delighted to see so many members nominated. Congratulations to all the nominees, and especially to those who took home awards. Please see the full list of winners below.

Meghan Ancheta, Aimée Tobolka, Olivia Aubrecht, Sylvie Smith, Robert Mathieson, Renee Fontana, Cori Burchell
Excellence in Crafts Award – Textiles
Frankenstein

Geoff Hughes, Stephen Wong, Sue Furlong, Sam Wyton, Jennifer Johnson, Jen Bowen, Alexander Silberberg, Sarah Goodwin, Heather English, Emily Jasper, Karen Lee, Bernadette Croft
Excellence in Crafts Award – Building
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 3

Chelsea Graham and Messina Salter
Costume Design in Indie Feature
Deathstalker

Leslie Kavanagh, Sherri Lawrence, Nola Chaters, Michelle Rivers, Yuliya Osavelyuk, Muhammad Alamgir, Tamara Rigby-Funke, Graham McMaster, Shila Rashid, Jennifer Bunt, Jo Jin, Cristiana Lobo, Cassandra Serpa, Teresa Veerkamp
Costume Design in TV – Contemporary
The Handmaid’s Tale, 603, “Devotion” 

Luis Sequeira, Ann Steel, Daina Valiulis, Cristiana Lobo, Barb Cardoso, Miles Caswell, Cara Johnson, Sara Schilt, Anita Bacic, Brenda Broer, Eva Adams, Tamiyo Tomihiro, Ahmad Zargaran, Nancy DaSilva, Roland Heizinger, Paula Ling, Ying Zhao, Kateryna Maryevych, Tamara Tarazi, Peter Stuckless, Yuen Wa Cheung, Bianka Meroe, Shane Johnson-Hartley, Sophia Rickson, Elizabeth Traicus, Alex Goldman, Jane Edmondson, Ilana Solomon
Costume Design in TV – Period
It: Welcome to Derry

Bernadette Croft, Emily Jasper, Heather English, Sarah Goodwin, Karen Lee, Jen Bowen, Claire Levick, Nathan Laws
Costume Design in TV – Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, 302, “Wedding Bell Blues” 

Paula Dunfield, Silvana Sacco, Caroline Forde
Costume Design in Film - Period
The Long Walk

Gersha Phillips, Gillian Steinhardt, Carly Nicodemo, Becky MacKinnon, Tova Harrison, Heather Constable, Shannon Pomakov, Tanya Batanau-Chuiko, Ashley McKee, Olena Fedorenko, Donald Procunier, Chole Tekavcic, Malia Janveaux, Tori Lang, Tish Northrup, Bonnie McCabe, David Webb, Chantelle Hermiston, Kayso Wong, Scott Ground
Costume Design in Film – Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Star Trek: Section 31

Linda Muir, Alima Meyboom, Silvana Sacco
Canadian Costume Designer in Film – International
Nosferatu

Kate Hawley, Renée Fontana, Courtney Mitchell, Shannon Wilson, Nicole Vezina, Phil Atfield, Loreen Lightfoot, Meghan Ancheta,  Cori Burchell
International Costume Design for Film - Made in Canada
Frankenstein

Additionally, two prestigious honours were awarded to our members.

Congratulations to Antoinette Messam on receiving the well-deserved Distinguished Service Award for her longstanding contributions to the costume community. 

The Judy's Choice Award, an industry-recognized distinction celebrating excellence and peer respect, was awarded posthumously to Loretta Chin