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
Each year, the audience determines this important awards.
The 2005 winner of the People's Choice Award for Most Popular International Film was Rahu Mihaileanu's LIVE AND BECOME (Israel/France).
Runner-up for Most Popular International Film is Josh Gilbert 's AKA TOMMY CHONG (USA).
Following is a list of the 25 next most popular international films of the 2004 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.
Jessica Sanders' AFTER INNOCENCE (USA)
Shonali Bose's AMU (South Africa)
Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine's BALLET RUSSES (USA)
Mika Kaurismaki's BRASILEIRINHO (Switzerland/Finland/Brazil)
Micha Peled's CHINA BLUE (USA)
Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani's THE DEVIL'S MINER (Germany/USA)
Markku Polonen's DOG NAIL CLIPPER (Koirankynnen leikkaaja) (Finland)
Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary's FAVELA RISING (Brazil/USA)
Ismael Ferroukhi's LE GRAND VOYAGE (Morocco/France)
Marcelo Pinero's THE GRONHOLM METHOD (Spain/Argentina/Italy)
Roberta Grossman's HOMELAND: FOUR PORTRAITS OF NATIVE ACTION (USA)
Lu Chan's KEKEXILI: MOUNTAIN PATROL (Kekexili) (China)
Shane Black's KISS KISS BANG BANG (USA)
Georges Gachot's MARIA BETHANIA: MUSIC IS PERFUME (Switzerland)
Fernando Trueba's THE MIRACLE OF CANDEAL (Spain)
Gerard Undgerman and Audrey Brohy's THE OIL FACTOR: BEHIND THE WAR ON TERROR (USA)
Pete Travis' OMAGH(Ireland/UK)
Nacer Khemir's THE PRINCE CONTEMPLATING HIS SOUL (Bab'Aziz) (Tunisia/France)
Taggart Siegel's THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN (USA)
Adolfo Aristarain's ROMA (Argentina)
Eddy Terstall's SIMON (Netherlands)
Pamela Yates' STATE OF FEAR (USA)
Rupert Murray's UNKNOWN WHITE MALE (UK)
Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti's VIVA CUBA (Cuba)
Eugene Jarecki's WHY WE FIGHT (USA).
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 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
• 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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