Welcome to the Vancouver International Film Festival

The 2009 VIFF site will be under construction until summer as we finalize details of this year's event. Pages and sections will become available throughout the coming months. To view the 2008 VIFF site, click here.

2009 VIFF SUBMISSIONS

The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2009 festival. Click here to go to Submissions.

2009 Deadlines:
Canadian - June 22
International - July 8
Youth - June 15

VIFF SNAPSHOT

Critically acclaimed as "an unspoiled celebration of world cinema," the 28th VIFF (October 1-16) brings you films from around the world. And many of them may not come this way again, so mark your calendar and watch this space for regular updates.

Both in terms of admissions and number of films screened (142, 425 and 360 respectively in 2008) VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America . We screen films from over 80 countries on 10 screens; most films are screened twice. The international line-up includes, in addition to many undiscovered gems, the pick of the world's top film fests.

Three main programming platforms make our festival unique: we screen the largest selection of East Asian films outside of that region, we are one of the biggest showcases of Canadian film in the world and we have a large and important nonfiction program (over one third of films last year were docs).

Attracting a large, attentive and enthusiastic audience of film lovers, the festival remains accessible, friendly and culturally diverse. As the critics say, VIFF is very much a festival "designed for the benefit of people who love films and people who make them."

VIFF 2008 Award Winners
To read about all the winning films and filmakers at the 2008 festival, click here.

VIFF 2008 trailers
Can't get enough of VIFF's funny pre-screening trailers from last year?
View them here.