Strong has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts , Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada . In 2009 , Strong was the recipient of the ImagineNATIVE/LIFT mentorship . In 2013 , Strong was awarded the K.M. Hunter Artist Award for Film and Video . In 2015 , she was awarded the Vancouver Mayor 's Arts Award for Emerging Media Artist . In 2016 , she was selected by Alanis Obomsawin to receive $ 50,000 in services from Technicolor as part of Obomsawin 's Clyde Gilmour Technicolor Award at the 2016 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards . In 2018 , she was awarded best script as well as Special Mention for her short film '' Biidaaban '' at the Ottawa International Animation Festival . Biidaaban is also a nominee for best animated short in the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards
2016 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2016
Amanda Strong