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
For the forteenth year running, the National Film Board
of Canada will present a juried award for Best Documentary Feature.
Once again the ever-growing field has been narrowed to a manageable
size by the Festival nominating a group a films that best manifests
the "spirit of the NFB:" innovation, relevance and excellence.
Jurors Kristine Anderson, Matt Henderson and Josh Siegel gave the National Film Board Award for Best Documentary Feature to A PARTICULAR SILENCE by Stefano Rulli (Italy).
The jury stated: “It is a truism to say that music, poetry and film have the power to heal, but rarely is this demonstrated with the kind of conviction and love that Italian filmmaker Stefano Rulli expresses in A Particular Silence. Intelligent and restrained, sensitive and often humorous, A Particular Silence brings us one humble step closer to the solitary world of autism.”
• 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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