The film garnered two nominations at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards , for Best Original Screenplay ( Buxton ) and Best Editing ( Kimberlee McTaggart ) . The film was also a co-winner , alongside Brandon Cronenberg 's '' Antiviral '' , for the Best Canadian First Feature Film award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival . The film won three awards at that year 's Atlantic Film Festival : Best Atlantic Feature , Best Atlantic Director , and the Michael Weir Award for Outstanding Atlantic Screenplay ( sponsored by the Michael Weir Foundation for the Arts ) . and Vancouver International Film Festival award for Best Canadian Feature Film . It also won the 2013 Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian film by a first-time film director .
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Blackbird (2012 film)