
VIFF 2025 Juried Awards

SUMMIT Award
The Things You Kill (Alireza Khatami)
Presented to the director of an outstanding narrative feature by an established Canadian or Indigenous filmmaker.
$15,000 award presented by

HORIZON Award
Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari)
Presented to the director of an outstanding first or second narrative feature by a Canadian or Indigenous filmmaker.
$3,000 award presented by

TIDES Award
The Track (Ryan Sidhoo)
Presented to the director of an outstanding documentary feature by a Canadian or Indigenous filmmaker.
$15,000 award presented by

ARBUTUS Award
Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari)
Presented to the director of an outstanding feature film production in British Columbia.
$10,000 award presented by
$15,000 in post-production services credit provided by

SHORT FORUM Award
No Skate! (Guil Sela)
All official selections in the Short Forum are eligible for this award.
$5,000 award presented by

VANGUARD Award
Wind, Talk to Me (Stefan Djordjevic)
All feature films in our competitive Vanguard section are eligible for this award.
$5,000 award presented by
VIFF 2025 Audience Awards

Special Presentations
Kokuho (Sang-il Lee)

Showcase
In the Room (Brishkay Ahmed)

Panorama
Meadowlarks (Tasha Hubbard)

Vanguard
Gazelle (Nadir Saribacak, Samy Pioneer [Selman])

Northern Lights
Akashi (Mayumi Yoshida)

Insights
Free Leonard Peltier (Jesse Short Bull, David France)

Spectrum
Khartoum (Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox)

Portraits
The Essence of Eva (Alex Fegan, Malcolm Willis)

Altered States
Fucktoys (Annapurna Sriram)

Spotlight on Korea
3670 (Park Joon Ho)

Focus
Bad Girl (Varsha Bharath)