VIFF Awards
Beginning in 1988 when the VIFF gave out its first "Most Popular
Film" prize to Some Girls, the Festival has offered a number
of awards, both adjudicated and voted on by you, the audience, to
deserving films. These awards are:
The AGF People's Choice Award For Most Popular International Film
Each year, the audience determines this important awards.
The 2004 winner of the AGF People's
Choice Award for Most Popular International Film
is 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)
Following is a list of the 25 next most popular
international films of the Festival, in order of popularity. These
films were all very well attended, substantially voted for, and
averaged between 4 and 5 out of 5 (4 being “very good”;
5 being “excellent”) in public voting. Please note that
Canadian films have their own separate category.
Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch’s RHYTHM
IS IT! (Germany)
Ian Gabriel’s FORGIVENESS (South Africa); Xiao Jiang’s
ELECTRIC SHADOWS (Meng Ying Tongnian)
(China)
Gastón Biraben’s CAPTIVE
(Cautiva) (Argentina)
Shona Auerbach’s DEAR FRANKIE
(UK)
Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally’s HIJACKING
CATASTROPHE: 9/11, FEAR AND THE SELLING OF AMERICAN EMPIRE
(USA)
Richard Eyre’s STAGE BEAUTY
(UK)
Nicole Kassell’s THE WOODSMAN
(USA)
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s NOBODY KNOWS
(Daremo Shiranai) (Japan)
Thomas Riedelsheimer’s TOUCH THE SOUND
(UK/Germany)
Nimród Antal’s KONTROLL
(Hungary)
Itthi-sunthorn Wichailak’s THE OVERTURE
(Hoam-rong) (Thailand)
Jan Hrebejk’s UP AND DOWN (Horem
Padem) (Czech Republic)
Ryu Seung-Wan’s ARAHAN (South
Korea)
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s TRAVELLERS
AND MAGICIANS (Bhutan)
Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth’s THE
FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Denmark)
Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda’s CZECH
DREAM (Czech Republic)
Hilmar Oddsson’s COLD LIGHT
(Kaldajos) (Iceland)
Phil Grabsky’s THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON
THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN (UK)
Stefan Fjeldmark, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Kresten Vestbjerg
Andersen’s TERKEL IN TROUBLE
(Terkel I Knibe) (Denmark)
Maren Ade’s THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
(Der Wald Vor Lauter Baumen) (Germany)
Michaela Pavlátova’s FAITHLESS
GAMES (Czech Republic)
Joseph Cedar’s CAMPFIRE (Medurat
Hashevet) (Israel)
Gandulf Hennig’s FALLEN ANGEL: GRAM
PARSONS (Germany/UK)
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón’s YOUR
NEXT LIFE (La Vida que te espere) (Spain).
Thanks for playing your part. Your votes helped detemine this winner
and your participation is much appreciated.
Films are ranked based on the number of ballots received
and average rating. The information provided by the ballots not
only determines the award winning films, but also provides feedback
to the Festival and to the party that has kindly supplied the film.
• The Federal Express Award For
Most Popular Canadian Film
• The Citytv Western Canada Feature
Film Award
• The Keystone Award (for Best Young
Western Canadian Director of a Short Film)
• The National Film Board Award For Best
Documentary Feature
• The Dragons And Tigers Award For Young
Cinema
• The Women In Film And Video Vancouver
Artistic Merit Award
Click here to see a full list of VIFF
awards from 1988 to 2003.
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