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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
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]
Winners of the juried Canadian film awards were announced on October 5.[2]
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
The full schedule was announced on September 6.[3]
Galas and special presentations [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ] Insights [ edit ] Spectrum [ edit ]
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 [ edit ] Altered States [ edit ]
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
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
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
References [ edit ]
