McKenzie made her feature film directorial debut with '' Werewolf '' ( 2016 ) , a film about two drug addicts in Cape Breton . '' Werewolf '' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has since won several awards ; at the 2016 Atlantic Film Festival , '' Werewolf '' won the awards for Best Director ( McKenzie ) , Best Actress ( MacNeil ) , and Best Actor ( Gillis ) . At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards , McKenzie was nominated for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Editing . Gillis was nominated for Best Actor and MacNeil was nominated for Best Actress . In 2016 , for her work on the film , McKenzie won the Stella Artois Jay Scott Prize . The following year , after its theatrical release , '' Werewolf '' won the $ 100,000 Toronto Film Critics Association prize for best Canadian film of the year
5th Canadian Screen Awards
5th Canadian Screen Awards
Ashley McKenzie (director)