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2023 Canadian film festival
2023 Vancouver International Film Festival Location Vancouver , British Columbia , CanadaFounded 1958 Festival date September 28 - October 8, 2023 Website VIFF 43rd
The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival , the 42nd event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival , was held from September 28 to October 8, 2023.[1]
Awards Winners of the juried Canadian film awards were announced on October 5.[2] The Vanguard award winner was announced on October 8, and Audience Award winners were announced on October 12.
Award Film Filmmaker Audience Award, Galas & Special Presentations Monster Hirokazu Kore-eda Audience Award, Showcase The Monk and the Gun Pawo Choyning Dorji Audience Award, Panorama Irena's Vow Louise Archambault Audience Award, Vanguard Let Me Go (Laissez-moi) Maxime Rappaz Audience Award, Northern Lights Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun Banchi Hanuse Audience Award, Insights Physician, Heal Thyself Asher Penn Audience Award, Spectrum Asog Seán Devlin Audience Award, Portraits Call Me Dancer Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour Audience Award, Altered States Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)Ariane Louis-Seize Best Canadian Film Fitting In Molly McGlynn Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention Gamodi Felix Kalmenson Best Canadian Documentary Someone Lives Here Zack Russell Best Canadian Documentary, Honorable Mention Asog Seán Devlin Best Canadian Short Film Katshinau Julien G. Marcotte , Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention Our Grandmother the Inlet Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George Emerging Canadian Director Valley of Exile Anna Fahr Emerging Canadian Director, Honorable Mention Richelieu Pier-Philippe Chevigny Best BC Film WaaPaKe Jules Arita Koostachin Best BC Film, Honorable Mention Asog Seán Devlin Vanguard Award Animal Sofia Exarchou Vanguard Award, Honorable Mention Octopus Skin (La Piel Pulpo) Ana Cristina Barragán
Films The full schedule was announced on September 6.[3]
Galas and special presentations English title Original title Director(s) Production country Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet France The Boy and the Heron 君たちはどう生きるか Hayao Miyazaki Japan La Chimera Alice Rohrwacher Italy, France, Switzerland Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet Aki Kaurismäki Finland, Germany I'm Just Here for the Riot Kathleen Jayme , Asia Youngman Canada Last Summer L'Été dernier Catherine Breillat Monster 怪物 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe Robert McCallum Canada A Normal Family 보통의 가족 Hur Jin-ho South Korea The Old Oak Ken Loach United Kingdom, France, Belgium The Pot-au-Feu La Passion de Dodin Bouffant Tran Anh Hung France Priscilla Sofia Coppola United States The Promised Land Bastarden Nikolaj Arcel Denmark, Germany, Sweden Seven Veils Atom Egoyan Canada Swan Song Chelsea McMullan Canada The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom, Poland, United States
Showcase English title Original title Director(s) Production country About Dry Grasses Kuru Otlar Üstüne Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden Close to You Dominic Savage Canada, United Kingdom Creature Asif Kapadia United Kingdom The Delinquents Los delincuentes Rodrigo Moreno Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii Radu Jude Romania Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Japan Four Daughters بنات ألفة Kaouther Ben Hania France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia Four Little Adults Nelja Pienta Aikuista Selma Vilhunen Finland, Sweden Green Border Zielona granica Agnieszka Holland Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker United Kingdom I Am Sirat Deepa Mehta , Sirat TanejaCanada Il Boemo Petr Václav Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia Just the Two of Us L'Amour et les forêts Valérie Donzelli France Kidnapped Rapito Marco Bellocchio Italy, France, Germany The Monk and the Gun Pawo Choyning Dorji Bhutan, France, United States, Taiwan The Royal Hotel Kitty Green Australia, United Kingdom The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer Ilker Çatak Germany They Shot the Piano Player Dispararon al pianista Fernando Trueba , Javier Mariscal Spain, France Tótem Lila Avilés Mexico, Denmark, France
Panorama English title Original title Director(s) Production country 19B Ahmad Abdalla Egypt All Ears Liu Jiayin China Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry Elena Naveriani Georgia, Switzerland The Braid Laetitia Colombani France, Canada, Italy Days of Happiness Les Jours heureux Chloé Robichaud Canada The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Joanna Arnow United States Gamodi Felix Kalmenson Canada, Georgia Goodbye Julia وداعا جوليا Mohamed Kordofani Sudan Here Bas Devos Belgium Housekeeping for Beginners Domakinstvo za Pocetnici Goran Stolevski Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo If Only I Could Hibernate Баавгай болохсон, Baavgai Bolohson Zoljargal Purevdash Mongolia In Broad Daylight 白日之下 Lawrence Kan Hong Kong Irena's Vow Louise Archambault Canada, Poland Let the River Flow Ellos Eatnu Ole Giæver Norway, Sweden, Finland Measures of Men Der vermessene Mensch Lars Kraume Germany Oceans Are the Real Continents Los océanos son los verdaderos continentes Tommaso Santambrogio Cuba, Italy One Day All This Will Be Yours En dag kommer allt det här bli ditt Andreas Öhman Sweden Only the River Flows 河边的错误 Wei Shujun China Puan Maria Alché, Benjamín Naishtat Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil Raging Grace Paris Zarcilla United Kingdom The Rapture Le Ravissement Iris Kaltenbäck France Red Rooms Les Chambres rouges Pascal Plante Canada Robot Dreams Pablo Berger Spain, France The Settlers Los Colonos Felipe Gálvez Haberle Chile Snow in Midsummer 五月雪 Chong Keat Aun Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan Suddenly Melisa Önel Turkey There's No Place Like Home Den, der lever stille Puk Grasten Denmark Toll Pedágio Carolina Markowicz Brazil, Portugal A Tour Guide Eun-mi Kwak South Korea Tsugaru Lacquer Girl バカ塗りの娘 Keiko Tsuruoka Japan Undercurrent アンダーカレント Rikiya Imaizumi Japan Wild Swans Gorai Phakhri Rajni Basumatary India
Vanguard English title Original title Director(s) Production country Animal Sofia Exarchou Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria Bitten La Morsure Romain de Saint-Blanquat France The Face of the Jellyfish El Rostro de la Medusa Melisa Liebenthal Argentina Let Me Go Laissez-moi Maxime Rappaz Switzerland, France, Belgium Octopus Skin La Piel Pulpo Ana Cristina Barragán Ecuador On the Go María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro Spain The Sea and Its Waves La Mer et ses vagues Liana Kassir, Renaud Pachot Lebanon, France Tomorrow Is a Long Time Míng tian bi zuo tian chang jiu Jow Zhi Wei Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal
Northern Lights Insights Spectrum English title Original title Director(s) Production country Asog Seán Devlin Canada, Philippines Between Revolutions Între revoluții Vlad Petri Romania, Croatia, Iran Hello Dankness Soda Jerk Australia Kim's Video David Redmon, Ashley Sabin United States, United Kingdom, France Lonely Oaks Vergiss Meyn Nicht Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff Germany Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods Angelos Rallis Greece, France, Germany The Mother of All Lies Kadib Abyad Asmae El Moudir Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar Orlando, My Political Biography Orlando, ma biographie politique Paul B. Preciado France Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Savvusanna sõsarad Anna Hints Estonia, France, Iceland The Tuba Thieves Alison O'Daniel United States
Portraits Altered States English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Animal Kingdom Le Règne animal Thomas Cailley France Animalia Parmi nous Sofia Alaoui Morocco, France, Qatar Chronicles of a Wandering Saint Crónicas de una Santa Errante Tomas Gomez Bustillo Argentina, United States Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant Ariane Louis-Seize Canada My Animal Jacqueline Castel Canada Restore Point Bod obnovy Robert Hloz Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia The Sacrifice Game Jenn Wexler United States Tiger Stripes Amanda Nell Eu Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Germany The Wait La espera F. Javier Gutierrez Spain White Plastic Sky Műanyag égbolt Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó Hungary, Slovakia
Leading Lights A special program curated by guest programmer Anthony Shim , featuring a selection of films that had influenced his own journey as a filmmaker.
Focus: Women, Life and Freedom A special program curated by guest programmer Fay Nass, screening films about misogyny and the subjugation of women.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Joonam Sierra Urich United States Numb Amir Toodehroosta Iran Seven Winters in Tehran Sieben Winter in Teheran Steffi Niederzoll Germany, France Terrestrial Verses Ayeh Haye Zamini Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami Iran Valley of Exile Anna Fahr Canada, Lebanon
Short Forum All films in this short film program are Canadian.
English title Original title Director(s) Province All the Days of May Tous les jours de mai Miryam Charles Quebec Ancestral Threads Sean Stiller British Columbia Between You and Me Cameron Kletke British Columbia Black Box Investigations Paige Smith British Columbia Cassandra Bea Santos Ontario Cloud Striker Allan W. Hopkins British Columbia Conviction Bruce Thomas Miller Alberta The Company We Keep Wojtek Jakubiec Quebec Cristo Negro Paul Stavropoulos, Brendan Mills Ontario Death Mask John Greyson Ontario Defining Human Daniel Code British Columbia Dickinsonia Charline Dally Quebec Donna Keenan MacWilliam Ontario Dream Tricks: Over a Six Stair Adam Seward Ontario Element Will Niava Quebec Four Mile Creek Ryan McKenna Quebec Gentle Hum of Spring Simon Garez Saskatchewan The Great Kind Mystery Ella Morton Newfoundland and Labrador Hair or No Hair Janessa St. Pierre British Columbia Her Name Is Like a Sigh Solara Thanh-Binh Dang British Columbia In the Wake of the Cedar Tree Towustasin British Columbia Katshinau Julien G. Marcotte , Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush Quebec Lake Baikal Baigal Nuur Alisi Telengut Quebec Les Lavandières Laura Kamugisha Quebec Making Babies Faire un enfant Éric K. Boulianne Quebec Master of the House Dylan Maranda British Columbia Modern Goose Karsten Wall Manitoba Mothers and Monsters Édith Jorisch Quebec My Tomato Heart Mon cœur de tomate Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard Quebec Nigiqtuq (The South Wind) Lindsay McIntyre Alberta Our Grandmother the Inlet Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George British Columbia Outside Center Eli Jean Tahchi Quebec Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man Ryan Leedu Alberta Redlights Eva Thomas Ontario Return to Hairy Hill Retour à Hairy Hill Daniel Gies Quebec Return to Ombabika Ma-Nee Chacaby , Zoe Gordon, Shayne Ehman Ontario Silkworm Amir Honarmand British Columbia Sisters Marisa Hoicka Ontario Soleil de Nuit Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias Quebec Something Else Autre Chose Étienne Lacelle Quebec Swallow Flying to the South Mochi Lin British Columbia Sub Terra Jeffrey Zablotny Ontario Sun, Moon and Four Peaks Kevin Jin Kwan Kim British Columbia Take Care Tony Massil British Columbia Two Apples Bahram Javahery British Columbia, Yukon Two One Two Shira Avni Quebec Unspeakable Heap Kara Ditte Hansen British Columbia Where Rabbits Come From D'où viennent les lapins Colin Ludvic Racicot Quebec You Feel Soft Cameron Kletke British Columbia Yun Yuezhang Qin British Columbia
International Shorts English title Original title Director(s) Production country Almost Fall Presque l'automne Margot Pouppeville France Basri and Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy Basri & Salma Dalam Komedi Yang Terus Berputar Khozy Rizal Indonesia Beyond the Sea Hippolyte Leibovici Belgium, France Big Bang Carlos Segundo Brazil Big Day Chung Chieh Chiang Taiwan Confessions Stephanie Kaznocha United States Cuarto de Hora Nemo Arancibia Chile, France Cut Samuel Lucas Allen Australia Fairplay Zoel Aeschbacher Switzerland, France The Family Circus Andrew Fitzgerald United States Far from the Tree Daleko od stromu Emma Marková Czech Republic Headdress Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire United States Hedgehog D. Mitry United States Hide Your Crazy Austin Kase United States In Too Deep Chris Overton United Kingdom Jeong-Dong Choi Woo Gene South Korea Just a Rehearsal Solo un Ensayo Hugo Sanz Spain Just the Two of Us Toutes les deux Clara Lemaire Anspach France A Lien Sam Cutler-Kreutz, David Cutler-Kreutz United States Lovebugs Teddy Alvarez-Nissen United States Mira Eva Louise Hall United States Night Shift Turno nocturno Santiago LagoArgentina Nowhere Garin Hovannisian Armenia, United States An Ordinary Day Ju-yeon Gim South Korea Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love Makoto Nagahisa Japan Snif & Snüf Michael J. Ruocco United States Southern Afternoon Nan fang wu hou Tian Lan China Spasm اسپاسم Sahra Asadollahi Iran Sushi Iván Morales Spain Where the Time Goes Justin Tyler Close United States, Canada Youssou & Malek Youssou et Malek Simon Frenay France
Modes English title Original title Director(s) Production country Aqueronte Manuel Muñoz Rivas Spain A Bird Called Memory Leonardo Martinelli Brazil, United Kingdom Let's Talk Simon Liu Hong Kong Loving in Between Jyoti Mistry South Africa, Austria Mast-del Maryam Tafakory Iran, United Kingdom Mother Land Kantarama Gahigiri Rwanda, Switzerland NYC RGB Viktoria Schmid Austria, United States Shadow Does Laure Prouvost Belgium, France, Austria Slow Shift Shambhavi Kaul India, United States Square the Circle Hanna Hovitie Finland This Is Not Here Charlotte Mungomery Australia, Peru, Spain
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