VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The 'Vancouver International Film Festival' ('VIFF') is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival began in 1982 and is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, a provincially-registered non-profit and federally-registered charitable organization.
The festival shows both Canadian and international films, and has established a reputation as a stepping stone for many young Asian filmmakers. In 2004, it was the largest exhibitor of Asian films outside of Asia. Documentary films are also a major component of the festival. The 2006 festival screened over 300 films from more than 50 countries, nearly a quarter of which were nonfiction.
Annual attendance has exceeded 150,000 since 2003.

Contents
Awards
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
External links

Awards

Each year, the festival offers a number of juried and audience-voted awards. Select results from recent years:

2002

★ Most Popular International Film: ''Bowling for Columbine'' by Michael Moore

★ Most Popular Canadian Film: ''Expecting'' by Deborah Day and '' by Nettie Wild

★ National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: ''Gambling, Gods and LSD'' by Peter Mettler

2003

★ Most Popular International Film: ''Kamchatka'' by Marcelo Piñeyro

★ Most Popular Canadian Film: ''The Corporation'' by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott

★ National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: ''Los Angeles Plays Itself'' by Thom Andersen

2004

★ Most Popular International Film: ''Machuca'' by Andrés Wood

★ Most Popular Canadian Film: ''What Remains of Us'' by François Prévost and Hugo Latulippe and ''Being Caribou'' by Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson

★ National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: ''In the Realms of the Unreal'' by Jessica Yu

2005

★ Most Popular International Film: ''Go, See, and Become'' by Radu Mihaileanu

★ Most Popular Canadian Film: ''Eve and the Fire Horse'' by Julia Kwan

★ National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: ''A Particular Silence'' by Stefano Rulli

2006

★ Most Popular International Film: ''The Lives of Others'' by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

★ Most Popular Canadian Film: ''Mystic Ball'' by Greg Hamilton

★ National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: ''Have You Heard From Johannesburg?'' by Connie Field

External links

★ Official site

★ Award history

★ 2006 fact sheet