| Vancouver International Film Festival | |
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| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Hosted by | Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society |
| Language | International |
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The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival began in 1982 and is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, a provincially-registered non-profit and federally-registered charitable organization.
The festival shows both Canadian and international films, and has established a reputation as a stepping stone for many young Asian filmmakers, particularly in its Dragons and Tigers Award competition. In 2004, it was the largest exhibitor of Asian films outside of Asia. Documentary films are also a major component of the festival. The 2006 festival screened over 300 films from more than 50 countries, nearly a quarter of which were nonfiction.
Annual attendance has exceeded 150,000 since 2003.
The Festival also manages the Vancouver Film and Television Forum, a four-day conference supporting the Canadian film and television production industry. The Forum takes place immediately prior to the start of the Festival.
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Awards
Each year, the festival offers a number of juried and audience-voted awards. Select results from recent years:
2002
- Most Popular International Film: Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore
- Most Popular Canadian Film: Expecting by Deborah Day and Fix: The Story of an Addicted City by Nettie Wild
- National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: Gambling, Gods and LSD by Peter Mettler
2003
- Most Popular International Film: Kamchatka by Marcelo Piñeyro
- Most Popular Canadian Film: The Corporation by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
- National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: Los Angeles Plays Itself by Thom Andersen
2004
- Most Popular International Film: Machuca by Andrés Wood
- Most Popular Canadian Film: What Remains of Us by François Prévost and Hugo Latulippe and Being Caribou by Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson
- National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: In the Realms of the Unreal by Jessica Yu
- Best Young Canadian Director of a Short Film: Jennifer Calvert for Riverburn
2005
- Most Popular International Film: Go, See, and Become by Radu Mihaileanu
- Most Popular Canadian Film: Eve and the Fire Horse by Julia Kwan
- National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: A Particular Silence by Stefano Rulli
2006
- Most Popular International Film: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Most Popular Canadian Film: Mystic Ball by Greg Hamilton
- National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: Have You Heard From Johannesburg? by Connie Field
2009
- Dragons & Tigers Award : Eighteen by Jang Kun-jae (The film wins the $10,000 prize) [1]
References
- ^ S. Korean film captures $10,000 Vancouver fest prize - CBC News retrieved October 11, 2009
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