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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)
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Emerging Canadian Director
Anna Fahr (Valley of Exile)
$3,000 award presented by
Honourable Mention
Pier-Philippe Chevigny (Richelieu)
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Best Canadian Documentary
Someone Lives Here (Zachary Russell)
$15,000 award presented by
Honourable Mention
Asog (Seán Devlin)
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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)
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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)
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Vanguard Award
Animal (Sofia Exarchou)
$5,000 award presented by
Honourable Mention
Octopus Skin (Ana Cristina Barragan)
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)