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Vancouver International Film Festival 25th Vancouver International Film Festival Announces Award Winners Alan Franey, Director of the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Centre, today announced the following award winners (click here to read the full release): The People's Choice Award for Most Popular International Film The People's Choice Award for Most Popular International Film goes to DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN / THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Germany). This unexpectedly heartwarming political thriller tells a story of surveillance, deception and betrayal in 1984 East Berlin. It is the debut feature of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Federal Express Award for Most Popular Canadian Feature Film This year the voters for the Federal Express Award for Most Popular Canadian Feature Film selected Greg Hamilton's MYSTIC BALL (Ontario). The National Film Board Award for Best Documentary Feature Jurors Mark Achbar (filmmaker, The Corporation ), Thom Andersen (California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles Plays Itself ), and Mike Maggiore (New York Film Forum) gave the National Film Board Award for Best Documentary Feature to HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG? by Connie Field (USA). SPECIAL JURY PRIZE "For its innovative narrative strategies to engage, amuse, and enlighten about the changing face of the suburbs, we award a Special Jury Prize to Gary Burns and Jim Brown for RADIANT CITY (Canada)." Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award Director Paul Fox wins the Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award for his feature Everything's Gone Green (British Columbia). Fox's film earned praise from jurors Mark Adams (ICA Films, London, UK), Carl Spence (Palm Springs and Seattle Film Festivals), and Anne Wheeler (filmmaker, Bye Bye Blues ) , "for its skillful storytelling, eloquent visual style, and genuine sense of humour". The jury continued, "Coming to a conclusion was a difficult process - so we would like to give special mention to a film that had a bold and provocative directorial style - Unnatural and Accidental (British Columbia) by Carl Bessai ." Women in Film & Video Vancouver's Artistic Merit Award Carmen Moore receives the Women in Film & Video Vancouver's Artistic Merit Award for Carl Bessai's Unnatural and Accidental. The award is given annually to a B.C. woman filmmaker or performer of distinction. Dragons & Tigers Award Winner Announced This year's jury members were Robert Koehler, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Jessica Winter...read the full jury statement here This year's Dragons & Tigers Award goes to: TODO TODO TEROS by John TORRES The jury wishes to single out two films for Special Mentions. FACELESS THINGS by KIM Kyong-Mook and GEO-LOBOTOMY by KIM Gok and KIM Sun Hot News Looking for the latest information on the 2006 VIFF schedule? Check out our Updates page. All the added films, added screenings, cancelled screenings, advance-ticket sell-outs and more, available in one location for easy review. New for 2006 Industry Hour at the Vancity Theatre This year we introduce a new event program at the VIFF. As part of our hospitality and networking initiatives, the festival is hosting a regular series of receptions at our spacious new Vancouver International Film Centre. We're calling these "Industry Hours"...More Information Mobile VIFF The future is mobile. The VIFF has partnered with Seam Mobile Technologies and MobileMuse.ca for a new experiment. We invite you to take part in this trial and help us with feedback. The program guide is offered in some new formats: iPod, mobile phone and interactive voice. In addition, you will be able to vote for and rate films, inform your friends about films like and sign up for timely reminders and suggestions. Start by going to: www.viff.org/mobile or call toll free: 1.877.303.FILM (3456) Win at the VIFF! Visit our contest page to see the answers to our Know Your VIFF Trivia contest, sponsored by Zip.ca. Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winner for the Ultimate Film Lover's Contest sponsored by Canada NOW. Daniel Code has won a Private Movie Premiere for himself and 50 friends at one of Festival Cinema's theaters here in Vancouver. 2006 Souvenir Program Guide Here's a handy reference for all your 25th VIFF program needs:
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