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2023 Awards and Competitions

VIFF 2023 Juried Awards

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Best Canadian Film

Fitting In (Molly McGlynn)

$15,000 award presented by

Honourable Mention
Gamodi (Felix Kalmenson)

Jury: Mina Shum, Sophie Jarvis & Zoe Hopkins

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Emerging Canadian Director

Anna Fahr (Valley of Exile)

$3,000 award presented by

Honourable Mention
Pier-Philippe (Richelieu)

Jury: Charlie Hidalgo, Dan Montgomery & Nisha Platzer

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Best Canadian Documentary

Someone Lives Here (Zachary Russell)

$15,000 award presented by

Honourable Mention
Asog (Seán Devlin)

Jury: Elad Tzadok, John Bolton & Kier-La Janisse

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Best BC Film

WaaPaKe (Jules Arita Koostachin)

$10,000 award presented by

$15,000 in post-production services credit provided by

Honourable Mention
Asog (Seán Devlin)

Jury: Chandler Levack, Jason Karman & Dr. Joseph Clark

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Best Canadian Short

Katshinau (Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush)

$2,000 award presented by

Honourable Mention
Our Grandmother the Inlet (Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George)

Jury: Brendan Prost, Liz Cairns & Pawan Deol

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Vanguard Award

Animal (Sofia Exarchou)

$5,000 award presented by

Honourable Mention
Octopus Skin (Ana Cristina Barragan)

Jury: Clement Virgo, Nadia Shihab & Shaun Inouye

VIFF 2023 Audience Awards

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Galas & Special Presentations

Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda)

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Showcase

The Monk and the Gun (Pawo Choyning Dorji)

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Panorama

Irena’s Vow (Louise Archambault)

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Vanguard

Let Me Go (Maxime Rappaz)

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Northern Lights

Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun (Banchi Hanuse)

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Insights

Physician, Heal Thyself (Asher Penn)

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Spectrum

Asog (Seán Devlin)

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Portraits

Call Me Dancer (Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour)

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Altered States

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Ariane Louis-Seize)

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