VIFF 2023 Juried Awards
Best Canadian Film
Fitting In (Molly McGlynn)
$15,000 award presented by
Honourable Mention
Gamodi (Felix Kalmenson)
Emerging Canadian Director
Anna Fahr (Valley of Exile)
$3,000 award presented by
Honourable Mention
Pier-Philippe Chevigny (Richelieu)
Best Canadian Documentary
Someone Lives Here (Zachary Russell)
$15,000 award presented by
Honourable Mention
Asog (Seán Devlin)
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)
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)
Vanguard Award
Animal (Sofia Exarchou)
$5,000 award presented by
Honourable Mention
Octopus Skin (Ana Cristina Barragan)
VIFF 2023 Audience Awards
Galas & Special Presentations
Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Showcase
The Monk and the Gun (Pawo Choyning Dorji)
Panorama
Irena’s Vow (Louise Archambault)
Vanguard
Let Me Go (Maxime Rappaz)
Northern Lights
Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun (Banchi Hanuse)
Insights
Physician, Heal Thyself (Asher Penn)
Spectrum
Asog (Seán Devlin)
Portraits
Call Me Dancer (Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour)
Altered States
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Ariane Louis-Seize)