2005 VIFF Dates
The 24th annual Vancouver International Film Festival will take
place
September 29 - October 14, 2005
2004 AWARD WINNERS
The Vancouver International Film Festival wrapped its 23rd edition
on October 8. The festival was an extraordinary success this year.
For the first time, the not-for-profit festival reached the $1 million
mark in box-office (the balance of the 2.5 million budget being
made up by sponsorship). The festival also surpassed the 150,000
attendance mark, reached for the first time in 2002. In all there
were 537 public screenings for a total of 373 films including 247
features and mid-lengths, of which there were 7 world premieres,
32 international premieres, 34 North American premieres, 58 Canadian
premieres and 25 English-Canadian premieres. Despite the increasingly
guarded nature of film distribution, we were extremely encouraged
to find that audiences responded well to an uncompromising line-up
of often quite challenging fare. Political documentaries, Canadian
films, unheralded premieres and specialized titles sold the bulk
of our tickets. This bodes well for our film society as we head
into year-round programming Spring of 2005 at the Vancouver International
Film Centre and its state-of-the-art 175 seat Vancity Theatre.
The AGF People's Choice Award for Most
Popular International Film
(popular vote, no cash prize)
Winner
Andrés Wood, for MACHUCA
(Chile).
Runners-up
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BUSH dir.
William Karel (France)
BEAUTIFUL BOXER, dir. Ekachai Uekrongtham
(Thailand)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES dir. Walter
Salles (Brazil/USA/Argentina/Chile/Peru)
HARI OM dir. Bharatbala (India)
Click here for a list of
the 25 next most popular international films of the Festival, in
order of popularity.
The Federal Express Award for Most Popular Canadian Film
(popular vote, no cash prize)
Co-Winners
François Prévost and Hugo
Latulippe for WHAT REMAINS
OF US (Quebec)
Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson
for BEING CARIBOU (British Columbia).
Runners-up
PETER RAYMONT for SHAKE
HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: THE JOURNEY OF ROMEO DALLAIRE (Ontario)
Bill Marchant for EVERYONE (British
Columbia)
VELCROW RIPPER for SCAREDSACRED (British
Columbia)
Click here for a list of
the next most popular Canadian films of the Festival, in order of
popularity.
The Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award
(for Best Feature Film from Western Canada)
- award and $12,000 from Citytv)
Winner: GARY
YATES for SEVEN TIMES LUCKY
(Manitoba). "For its economy of cinematic language, consistency
of tone and commitment to entertain"
The Keystone Award
(for Best Young Western Canadian Director
of a Short Film - award with $5,000 cash prize sponsored by International
Keystone Entertainment)
Winner: JENNIFER
CALVERT for RIVERBURN (British
Columbia).
"For its surehanded treatment of the familiar themes of adolescent
alienation and sexual awakening".
Special mention is given for the excellence of
the two animated entries, Steven K.L. Olson's JUDAS'
PANE, and Jason White's OF BURNING
HILLS.
Jury: John Griffin, Montreal Gazette; Vincent Le Leurch,
Le Film Francaise; Helen Loveridge, Seattle International Film Festival.
The National Film Board Award for Best Documentary Feature
Winner: JESSICA
YU for IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL
(USA).
"For its empathetic and innovative portrayal of a complex and
problematic artist in a way that illuminates the convergence of
his life and work."
Jury: John Anderson, Newsday film critic; Karen
Cooper, director of Film Forum in New York; Rob Nelson, film editor,
City Pages, Minneapolis, and programmer, City Pages Documentary
Film Festival.
Dragons & Tigers Award for Young East Asian Cinema
(for first or second feature - award wth
cash prize sponsored by Brad Birarda)
Winner: THE
SOUP, ONE MORNING by TAKAHASHI Izumi from
Japan
"For its visual and emotional precision in mapping out the
slow decay of a relationship. The film gradually accumulates an
overwhelming power, which can only come from feelings that the director
and his actors have experienced and inhabited for themselves."
Jury: Peggy Chiao, writer and educator; Hong Sand-Soo,
filmmaker (The Day the Pig Fell into the Well, Woman
is the Future of Man); Christoph Huber, film critic (Die
Presse)
The Women in Film and Video Vancouver Artistic Merit Award
Winner: JOELY
COLLINS for THE LOVE CRIMES OF
GILLIAN GUESS (British Columbia). For her outstanding performance.
Vancouver International Film Centre
Rapid progress is being made toward the completion of our exciting
new Vancouver International Film Centre. Check back here for updates
in the months to come as our dream of a permanent home for the VIFF
becomes a reality.
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