List of Vancouver International Film Festival award winners

The following is a list of Vancouver International Film Festival award winners.

Award Winners By Year

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

  • Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) directed by Xavier Dolan
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film: The Last Act directed by Jan Binsse and David Tougas
  • Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: 65 Redroses directed and produced by Nimisha Mukerji and Gillian Lowry
  • Rogers People's Choice Award: Soundtrack for a Revolution directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
  • documentary Audience Award for Most Popular Nonfiction Film: Facing Ali directed by Pete McCormack
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award: 65 Redroses by Nimisha Mukerji & Philip Lyall
  • National Film Board's Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award: 65 Redroses by Nimisha Mukerji & Philip Lyall
  • VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award: At the Edge of the World directed by Dan Stone
  • Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema: Eighteen directed by Jang Kun-jae[2]

2010

2011

2012

  • Award for Best Canadian Feature Film ($10,000 prize) Blackbird, Jason Buxton (Canada)
  • Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema, presented by Brad Birarda ($5,000 prize) Emperor Visits The Hell (Tang Huang You Difu), Li Luo (China)
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Award ($2,000 prize) Float, Juan Riedinger (Canada)
  • Rogers People's Choice Award The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark)
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award Becoming Redwood, Jesse James Miller (Canada)
  • NFB Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award Blood Relative, Nimisha Mukerji (Canada)
  • VIFF Most Popular International Documentary Film Award Nuala, Patrick Farrelly and Kate O'Callaghan (Ireland)
  • VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award Revolution, Rob Stewart (Canada)
  • VIFF Most Popular International First Feature Award I, Anna, Barnaby Southcombe (UK)
  • Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: Liverpool directed and written by Manon Briand

2013

  • Award for Best Canadian Feature Film ($5,000 prize each) Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Jeff Barnaby (Canada) and That Burning Feeling, Jason James (Canada)
  • Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema, presented by Brad Birarda ($5,000 prize) Anatomy of a Paperclip, Ikeda Akira (Japan)
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Award ($2,000 prize) Nathan, Mathieu Arsenault (Canada)
  • Rogers People's Choice Award Like Father, Like Son, Koreeda Hirokazu (Japan)
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award Down River, Benjamin Ratner (Canada)
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award When I Walk, Jason DaSilva (Canada)
  • VIFF Most Popular International Documentary Film Award Desert Runners, Jennifer Steinman (USA)
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Environmental Documentary Award Salmon Confidential, Twyla Roscovich (Canada)
  • VIFF Most Popular International First Feature Award Wadjda, Haifaa al-Mansour (Germany, Saudi Arabia)
  • Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: Sarah Prefers to Run directed and written by Chloé Robichaud

2014

2015

The 34th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was held from September 24 to October 9, 2015. The VIFF Industry Conference – the premier media conference in Western Canada – runs from September 30 to October 3, 2015.[3]

2016

The 35th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was held from September 29 to October 14, 2016.[5]

2017

The 36th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was held from September 28 to October 13, 2017[6]

BC Spotlight Awards

Canadian Awards

Impact Awards

  • VIFF Impact Award BLUE, Karina Holden)

Audience Awards

  • Super Channel People's Choice Award Indian Horse, Stephen Campanelli
  • VIFF Most Popular International Feature Loving Vincent, Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman (Poland, UK)
  • VIFF Most Popular International Documentary Faces Places, Agnès Varda, JR (France)
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Documentary Shut Up and Say Something, Melanie Wood
  • #mustseebc Shut Up and Say Something, Melanie Wood

2018

The 37th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was held from September 27 to October 12, 2018.

BC Spotlight Awards

Canadian Awards

  • Best Canadian Film Edge of the Knife, Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown
  • Emerging Canadian Director – Sean Devlin, When the Storm Fades
  • Best Canadian Documentary The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs, Bojan Bodružić
  • Best Canadian Short Film Fauve, Jérémy Comte
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film – Claire Edmondson EXIT

Impact Awards

Audience Awards

  • Super Channel People's Choice Award Finding Big Country, Kathleen Jayme
  • VIFF Most Popular International Feature Shoplifters, Kore-eda Hirokazu
  • VIFF Most Popular International Documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway, Dava Whisenant
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Feature Edge of the Knife, Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown
  • #mustseebc Finding Big Country, Kathleen Jayme

Sustainable Production Excellence Awards

  • Sustainable Production Impact - X-Files, season 11
  • Sustainable Production Champion - Keep it Green Recycling (Kelsey Evans); Portable Electric (Mark Rabin); Clara George; Ronny Fritsch

2019

The 38th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was held from September 26 to October 11, 2019.[7]

BC Spotlight Awards

Canadian Awards

Impact Awards

Audience Awards

References

  1. "National Film Board of Canada".
  2. S. Korean film captures $10,000 Vancouver fest prize – CBC News retrieved October 11, 2009
  3. "Brooklyn Wins VIFF Rogers People's Choice Award" (Press release). Jive Communications. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  4. "Award Winners + Highlights". VIFF. October 9, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  5. "2017 Awards + Competitions". VIFF. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  6. "VIFF 2019 BC Spotlight Gala Award Winners". archive.viff.org. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
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