Canadian Images
Each year the best current features, documentaries and shorts from all regions of Canada are presented in what has become one of the largest annual public exhibitions of new Canadian film in the world. From an average of more than 600 submissions, our programmers select the top 100, and the Vancouver public responds very enthusiastically, making this one of our best-attended series.
2011 Awards
Prizes awarded to Canadian filmmakers at the 2011 VIFF will include:
- The biggest prize at VIFF, the $20,000 Shaw Media Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, will be selected by an esteemed jury.
- The Canadian Images jury also chooses the $2,000 Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film.
- The NFB Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award, providing $2,500 in technical services, is selected by audience ballot.
- All Canadian films are also eligible for the Most Popular Canadian Film Award, chosen by audience ballot, and the Rogers People’s Choice Award for the favourite film in the festival.
The Canadian Images Jury
Beth Barrett
Beth has been with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) since 2003, and is currently responsible for managing all aspects of film programming, the staff of film programmers, and securing films and guests for the 25-day Festival. She is also instrumental in the programming and management of SIFF Cinema at the Film Center and the Uptown, as well as SIFF’s other year-round programs. An aficionado of short films, she secured SIFF’s status as an Academy Award®-qualifying festival in 2008.
Dana Claxton
Dana Claxton works in film, video, photography, multichannel installation and performance art. Her works have been screened internationally at the Sundance Film Festival and in over 25 countries. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Art, Art History and Theory at the University of British Columbia and her family reserve is Wood Mountain Lakota First Nations.
Greg Hamilton
A lifelong student of Asian culture, Greg Hamilton is the leading foreign authority on chinlone, the national sport of Myanmar, and the first foreigner to play the game at the highest level. His film about the sport, Mystic Ball, won VIFF’s Most Popular Canadian Film Award in 2006. Greg has practiced and taught martial arts, and created games and workshops to enhance balance, awareness, and agility. He ran a very popular annual art festival in Toronto. He has travelled extensively, including 18 trips to Myanmar.
