VIFF 2012 Facts + Figures

VIFF 2012 Snapshot

Media Contacts

 Size + Scope

• 380+ films (235+ of which are feature-length )
• 75 countries
• more than 600 screenings
• 107 Canadian films (including 15 co-productions):
  • 36 features (16 of which are nonfiction) + 61 shorts
  • Selected from 800 Canadian submissions
• 95 nonfiction films (80 of which are feature-length)
• 152,000 admissions in 2011
• 750 volunteers
• 10 screens at four theatres (not including a few special events elsewhere):
  • Empire Granville 7 Cinemas
  • Pacific Cinémathèque
  • Vancity Theatre
  • Vogue Theatre

• 600 accredited industry guests in 2011
• 1,200 Film and Television Forum delegates

2012 Gala Films

Opening Gala, September 27: MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - Deepa Mehta, Dir (Canada)

Canadian Images Opening, September 28: MOVING DAY - Mike Clattenburg, Dir (Canada)

Dragons & Tigers Awards Gala, October 4: MYSTERY ­- Lou Yi, Dir (China/France)

Sponsor Gala, October 6: I, ANNA -Barnaby Southcombe, Dir (UK/Germany/France)

Closing Gala, October 12: HOLY MOTORS- Leos Carax, Dir (France)

2012 Programming Strands

• Galas and Special Presentations
• Garden in the Sea
• Dragons and Tigers: The Cinemas of East Asia
• Canadian Images
• Cinema of Our Time
• Spotlight on France
• Nonfiction Features of 2012
• Nonfiction Features: Arts and Letters 

Awards

Adjudicated Awards

• Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema, presented by Brad Birarda($5,000 prize)
• Best Canadian Feature Film Award ($10,000 prize)
• Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Award ($2,000 prize)

Audience Awards

Rogers People's Choice Award

• VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award

• VIFF Most Popular Documentary Film Award
• Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award
• VIFF Environmental Film Award
• VIFF Most Popular First Feature 

VIFF is a not-for-profit charitable organization whose mandate is:

A)   to encourage understanding of the world's cultures through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world, and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia. 

B)   to operate an annual Vancouver International Film Festival, a festive public celebration bringing to British Columbia the best in contemporary Canadian and international cinema and retrospective programs.

C)   to operate the Vancouver International Film Centre, providing the public and film community with an excellent facility for the appreciation of cinema and related art forms throughout the year.