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
  • Vancity People's Choice Award for Most Popular Canadian Film: She's a Boy I Knew directed by Gwen Haworth
  • Rogers People's Choice Award for Most Popular International Film: Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
  • People's Choice Award for Most Popular International Nonfiction Film: Garbage Warrior directed by Oliver Hodge
  • Kyoto Planet "Climate for Change" Award: The Planet directed by Johan Söderberg, Michael Stenberg, and Linus Torell
  • Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema: shared by Fujian Blue directed by Weng Shouming (Robin Weng) and Mid-Afternoon Barks directed by Zhang Yuedong
  • Citytv Western Canadian Feature Film Award: Normal directed by Carl Bessai
  • National Film Board of Canada Best Canadian Documentary Feature Award: Up the Yangtze directed by Yung Chang
  • Women In Film and Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: She's a Boy I Knew directed by Gwen Haworth
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film: The Windfisherman directed by Anna McRoberts

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
  • ET Canada Award for Best Canadian Feature Film Incendies directed by Denis Villeneuve
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Mokhtar, Directed by Halima Quardiri
  • Rogers People's Choice Award Waste Land (UK,Brazil), Directed by Lucy Walker
  • VIFF Most Popular Nonfiction Film Award, Kinshasa Symphony (Germany), directed by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award, Two Indians Talking, directed by Sara McIntyre
  • NFB Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award, Leave Them Laughing, directed by John Zaritsky
  • VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award, Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (Canada), directed by Sturla Gunnarsson
  • Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema, Good Morning To The World (Japan), directed by Hirohara Satoru

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
  • Award for Best Canadian Film ($8,000 prize) – Violent, Andrew Huculiak (Canada)
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Award – The Cut, Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada)
  • Rogers People's Choice Award – The Vancouver Asahi, Ishii Yuya (Japan)
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award – Preggoland, Jacob Tierney (Canada)
  • VIFF Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award – All the Time in the World, Suzanne Crocker (Canada)
  • VIFF Most Popular International Documentary Film Award – Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, James Keach (USA)
  • VIFF BC Emerging Filmmaker Award – Sitting on the Edge of Marlene, Ana Valine (Canada)
  • VIFF Best BC Film Award – Violent, Andrew Huculiak (Canada)
  • VIFF Impact Award – Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story, Grant Baldwin (Canada)
  • VIFF Best New Director (international) – Miss and the Doctors, Axelle Ropert (France) and Rekorder, Mikhail Red (Philippines)
  • Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award – Sitting on the Edge of Marlene, Ana Valine

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

  • Best Canadian Film – Black Cop, Cory Bowles
  • Emerging Canadian Director – Kathleen Hepburn (Never Steady, Never Still)
  • Best Canadian Documentary – Unarmed Verses, Charles Officer
  • Best BC Short Film – Rupture, Yassmina Karajah
  • Best Canadian Short Film – Shadow Nettes, Phillip Barker
  • Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film – Vincent Toi (The Crying Conch)

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
  4. "Brooklyn Wins VIFF Rogers People's Choice Award" (Press release). Jive Communications. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  5. "Award Winners + Highlights". VIFF. October 9, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  6. "2017 Awards + Competitions". VIFF. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  7. "VIFF 2019 BC Spotlight Gala Award Winners". archive.viff.org. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
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