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 People's Choice Award For
Most Popular International Film
• The Federal Express Award
For Most Popular Canadian Film
• The Citytv Western Canada
Feature Film Award
• The BRAVO!Fact 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
For the eleventh year running, the Festival offered the
Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema to the most creative
and innovative feature by a new director from the Asia-Pacific
region. It is given to a first or second feature. Once again in
2005 we were very grateful to Brad Birarda for continuing to sponsor
this award.
The winner of the 2005 Dragons
& Tigers Award is:
China's Liu Jiayin wins the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema for her film OX HIDE. The award, which includes a $5,000 prize, is sponsored by Brad Birarda.
The jury was comprised of: David Bordwell (USA), Li Cheuk-To (Hong Kong) and Gerwin Tamsma (The Netherlands). Amongst other virtues, the jury praised OX HIDE for showing how formal experimentation can coexist with engrossing human drama and powerful emotion.
The jury included three Special Mentions, in alphabetical order, they are Shibutani Noriko's BAMBI (Heart) BONE (Japan), Shin Jane's SHIN SUNG-IL IS LOST (South Korea) and Wanma-caidan's THE SILENT HOLY STONES (China/Tibet).
• The Women In Film And Video
Vancouver Artistic Merit Award
Click here to see a full
list of VIFF awards from 1988 to 2004.
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