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Wondering if your project qualifies? The qualifying airing period for the 2026 CAFTCAD Awards is September 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026. If your project falls within those dates then you should submit!

Your work deserves the spotlight at our 7th annual celebration. Plus, submit by October 13th to save on submission fees.

📅 Submissions Period: September 11 – November 10, 2025
🐦 Early Bird Deadline: October 13, 2025

Visit www.thecaftcadawards.com/submissions for the application and rules and regulations.

It’s that time of year again! The 2026 CAFTCAD Awards are now accepting entries!

📅 Submissions Period: September 11 – November 10, 2025
🐦 Early Bird Deadline: October 13, 2025

Click the link in our bio or visit www.thecaftcadawards.com/submissions for the application and rules and regulations. We can’t wait to see your incredible work!

Happy Asian Heritage Month! This May, we’re celebrating the incredible costume designers and craftspeople whose work has brought Asian stories and characters to life on screen. Celebrate with us as we reflect on the productions previously nominated for the CAFTCAD Awards. From martial arts epics to intimate family dramas, these productions were elevated by the artistry of the CAFTCAD community. 👏

Honours & Highlights:

🎥 Shōgun, 106, “Ladies of the Willow World”
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner for International Costume Design - Film & TV
Carlos Rosario
AND
Episodes 106–110
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Excellence in Crafts - Textile Arts
Samantha Stroman and Lanny Campbell

🎥 Avatar: The Last Airbender, 104, “Into The Dark”
2025 Nominee CAFTCAD, Best Costume Design in TV Period
Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh
AND
106, “Masks”
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Best Costume Design in TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh
AND
Season 1
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Excellence in Crafts - Costume Illustration
Keith Lau
AND
Season 1
2025 CAFTCAD Award Winner
Excellence in Crafts - SPFX Building
Shelby Page

🎥 Mustache
2025 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Best Costume Design in Indie Feature
Ginger Martini

🎥 Streams Flow from a River, 104, Benny and the Jets”
2025 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Best Costume Design in a Web Series
Lucy Wong

🎥 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
2022 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Excellence in Crafts - Textile Arts
Lanny Campbell, Samantha Stroman, Ellie Schultz, Carolyn Bentley

🎥 Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan, 104, “Enter the One-Eyed Dragon”
2021 CAFTCAD Award Winner, Best Costume Design in TV Period
Lyndsay Reader

🎥 Quickening
2021 CAFTCAD Award Nominee,
Best Costume Design in Indie Feature
Courtney Mitchell

🎥 Wu Assassins
2020 CAFTCAD Award Nominee, Excellence in Crafts - Costume Illustration
Shelby Page

First slide is from Streams Flow from a River.

As one of Canada’s largest IATSE unions, our gold sponsors ’s support has been instrumental for the 2025 CAFTCAD Awards. Home to Toronto’s talented technicians, we’re honoured to have the generous and continued support of IATSE 873. 👏 We thank IATSE 873 for their support of three phenomenal categories and congratulate all the 873 members who were nominated and who took home an award!

Photography by Michael T