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The 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival , the 36th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival , was held from September 28 to October 13, 2017.[1]
The festival's opening gala film was Mina Shum 's Meditation Park , and its closing gala was Todd Haynes 's Wonderstruck ;[2] during the festival, a special gala was also dedicated to Guy Maddin 's film The Green Fog , with its score performed live in the theatre by the Kronos Quartet .[3]
Awards Award winners were announced on October 13.[4]
Films Special Presentations Contemporary World Cinema 7 Minutes — Michele Placido At the End of the Tunnel — Rodrigo Grande Azar — Mohammad HamzeiBeauty and the Dogs — Kaouther Ben Hania The Bolshoi — Valery Todorovsky Casting — Nicolas WackerbarthCocote — Nelson Carlo de Los Santos AriasColumbus — Kogonada The Desert Bride — Cecilia Atán, Valeria PivatoDirections — Stephan Komandarev Disappearance — Boudewijn KooleThe Divine Order — Petra Volpe The Dragon Defense — Natalia SantaFarewell (Abscheid von den Eltern) — Astrid Johanna OfnerFélicité — Alain Gomis Gabriel and the Mountain — Fellipe Gamarano BarbosaGarden Store: Family Friend — Jan Hřebejk God's Own Country — Francis Lee Golden Exits — Alex Ross Perry Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras) — Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas Holy Air — Shady SrourHotel Salvation (Mukti Bhawan) — Shubhashish Bhutiani Ice Mother (Bába z ledu) — Bohdan Sláma In the Fade — Fatih Akin The Insult — Ziad Doueiri The King's Choice (Kongens nei) — Erik Poppe Last Days in Havana (Últimos días en La Habana) — Fernando Pérez The Line — Peter Bebjak Lipstick Under My Burkha — Alankrita Shrivastava Loveless (Нелюбовь) — Andrey Zvyagintsev Lucky — John Carroll Lynch The Nest of the Turtledove (Гніздо горлиці) — Taras TkachenkoNewton — Amit V. Masurkar The Nile Hilton Incident — Tarik Saleh No Bed of Roses — Mostofa Sarwar Farooki No Date, No Signature (بدون تاریخ، بدون امضا) — Vahid Jalilvand On the Seventh Day (En el séptimo día) — Jim McKay The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) — Aki Kaurismäki The Party — Sally Potter Los Perros — Marcela Said The Queen of Spain (La reina de España) — Fernando Trueba Reseba: The Dark Wind — Hussein HassanSami Blood (Sameblod) — Amanda Kernell Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda) — Ana UrushadzeSexy Durga — Sanal Kumar Sasidharan Son of Sofia (O gios tis Sofias) — Elina PsykouSour Apples (Ekşi Elmalar) — Yılmaz Erdoğan Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993) — Carla Simón Swallows and Amazons — Philippa Lowthorpe Sweet Virginia — Jamie M. Dagg Tales of Mexico (La Habitación) — Natalia Beristáin, Carlos Bolado , Carlos Carrera , Ernesto Contreras , Daniel Giménez Cacho , Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, Alejandro Valle, Iván Ávila DueñasTehran Taboo (تهران تابو) — Ali Soozandeh Tenderness (La Tenerezza) — Gianni Amelio That Trip We Took with Dad (Die Reise mit Vater) — Anca Miruna Lăzărescu Thelma — Joachim Trier Thirst Street — Nathan SilverTom of Finland — Dome Karukoski Vazante — Daniela Thomas Western — Valeska Grisebach Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre) — Hlynur Pálmason The Wound (Inxeba) — John Trengove The Young Karl Marx — Raoul Peck Spotlight on France Documentaries True North Gateway Sea to Sky Impact M/A/D Beuys: Art as a Weapon — Andres Veiel Big Time — Kaspar Astrup SchröderBosch: The Garden of Dreams (El Bosco, el jardin de los sueños) — José Luis López LinaresBunch of Kunst — Christine FranzChaplin in Bali: Journey to the East — Raphaël Millet Chavela — Catherine Gund , Daresha KyiClive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives — Chris PerkelDavid Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts — Phil Grabsky Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy — Thomas RiedelsheimerLouise Lecavalier in Motion — Raymond St-JeanPlaneta Petrila — Andrei DascalescuSchumann's Bar Talks — Marieke SchroederShadowman — Oren Jacoby Song of Granite — Pat CollinsStreetscapes (Dialogue) — Heinz Emigholz Where You're Meant to Be — Paul FeganAltered States Canadian Short Films Alice Ayalik — Reel YouthAnne Doll — Levi MarshallBickford Park — Linsey Stewart, Dane ClarkBird — Molly Parker Birdlime — Evan DerushieBunbun Blast — Drake TuuraCherry Cola — Joseph Amenta Crème de menthe — Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David GagnéThe Crying Conch — Vincent Toi Do We Leave This Here — Julia HutchingsEtymology — Faith ParéFence — Alexis Fortier GauthierFlood — Amanda Strong From Here To — Darynn BednarczykFull Moon Party — Gabriel AdelmanThe Glow Is Gone — Ryan ErmacoraGo Play Outside — Adib AlkhalideyThe Good Fight — Mintie PardoeGrandmother (ʔEtsu) — Trevor Mack His Name Is Willy — Liz CairnsIdizwadidiz — Isiah Medina It Just Might Be True — Evan McDermot, Samantha CampbellThe Knits — Lisa BirkeLet Your Heart Be Light — Deragh Campbell , Sophy Romvari Life Goes On: John Dub — Moe YangLights Beneath My Feet — LazLira's Forest — Connor Jessup Lost Paradise Lost — Yan GirouxLower Plenty Garden Views — Adrian St. LouisManivald — Chintis LundgrenThe Martyr — Devan Scott, Will RossMemory of the Peace — Jennifer Chiu, Jean ParsonsMilk — Heather Young The Mountain of SGaana — Christopher AuchterLa Pesca — Pablo Alvarez-Mesa, Fernando López EscriváRefugee Rescue — Richard YangRupture — Yassmina KarajahScaffold — Kazik Radwanski Scratchy — Marv Newland Sea Monster — Daniel Rocque, Kassandra TomczykShadow Nettes — Phillip Barker Slap Happy — Madeleine Sims-Fewer , Dusty Mancinelli The Tesla World Light — Matthew Rankin There Lived the Colliers — Nelson MacDonaldThug — Daniel BoosVoices of Kidnapping — Ryan McKennaWhen Food Goes Bad — Ben SprengerWhere Do Cats Go After 9 Lives? — Marion DuhaimeA Woman on the Telephone: Carol — Erica Généreux SmithInternational Short Films 100 Second Red Light — Navid ZareAfterglow — Akira KamikiAmerican Psychosis — Amanda ZackemThe Animal — Atasay KoçBackstory — Joschka LaukeninksBallooinator — Joshua SiegelBullroarer — Francesco SavianoC.O.D. — Onur DoganCanton Novelty — Fang LuChasing Stars — Markus EichenbergerDamn Bro! — Travis FrickDivide — Rabbia Arshad, Alysha Siddigi, Jamil Ur RehmanDon't Be Afraid of the Light — Jason A. RostovskyThe Fashion Show — Lucy LumsdenFlag — Matan Ben MorehForever Now — Kristian HaskjoldGame — Jeannie DonohoeThe Good Girls — Clara RoquetHigh Moon — David ZhuHome, Sweet Home — Carlos PoloHsiang Yi — Wu Zi EnHunger — Alejandro MontalvoI Love You Forever Now — Youyang YuImages of Nowhere — Rubén GuzmánInvisible Line — Shahnawaz Chachar, Sourath Behan, Danial ShahThe Kodachrome Elegies — Jay RosenblattLand of Happy Dreams — Josh AuterThe Language of Ball — Ramon RodriguezLife Is Lifeless — Hawar RahimiLunar Dial — Gao YuanMarlon — Jessica PaludMaxwell's Demon — Marcos VazMunchies — Sinéad StoddartNobody Likes You — Mark Sean Haynes, Kelly WydrykOutlines — Ellie RogersOverlove — Lucas HelthPromise — Neville PierceRhythm of Being — Giada GhiringhelliRoyal Fool — Saba KarseladzeSay No to Early Sex — Alusine Kamara, Susan Kargbo, Ibrahim Kamara, Mariama KargboShepherd's Purse — Dong HaoSissyman — Joshua Atesh LittleSisters — Toni KamulaTalking Too Loud — Abel Rubinstein, Georgia MiltonThere Was a Man, a Girl and a Rocket — Terence Chim7ún3l — Klych LópezTV in the Fish Tail — Iesh ThaparWalk of Shame — Maisie BuckWalt & Me — Yaz CanliWardrobe — Pranav BhasinWave — Benjamin Cleary, T.J. O'Grady PeytonWe Belong — Jeremy HerronWho Is in Charge Here? — Studio DaYes, God, Yes — Karen MaineModes 489 Years — Hayoun KwonBatrachian's Ballad — Leonor TelesCharged Landscapes — Sara Naomi GoodmanFind Fix Finish — Sylvain Cruiziat, Mila ZhluktenkoGreen Screen Gringo — Douwe DijkstraJardins d'été — QuayolaMartin Cries — Jonathan Vinel A Photo of Me — Dennis TupicoffRoadside Attraction — Iveta Lucas, Patrick BresnanStrange Says the Angel — Shalimar PreussStudies on the Ecology of Drama — Eija-Liisa AhtilaA Tall Tale — Maya SchweizerTashlikh (Cast Off) — Yael BartanaReferences