Story of depressed mom wins award at Worldwide Short Film Fest

Can You Wave Bye-Bye, a film about a young mother struggling with depression, has won the award for best Canadian short film at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto.

Filmmaker Sarah Galea-Davis won a $10,000 award for the film, which will now be eligible for a Genie Award.

Jury members said the film handled the subject of postpartum depression with sensitivity.

The audience choice award went to Out of Spajald, a Danish film by Thomas Glud and Lars Wass. It was chosen over 268 other films at the festival.

Boar Attack, an animated film from Yukon-based Jay White about a man who fears the worst while awaiting his father's return from a walk in the woods, won the award for best animated film.

White used hand drawings to create the film and watercolour backgrounds to show the northern landscape.