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Foundations & Donors

The Vancouver International Film Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of our generous donors. Thank you!

VIFF would like to thank and recognize our incredible donor community whose investment in 2023 helped us share the magic of cinema with film lovers across BC and beyond.

 

Show your love for cinema by making a donation today!

$20,000+ Major Donors

Paul Bennett & Catherine Olsen

Kevin Campbell

David & Linda Cornfield

Eileen Mate

Chris & Heidi Stolte

$10,000+ Major Donors

Leonard Schein & Barbara Small

Linda Siegel

Brian Wilks

$5,000+ Major Donors

John Bell, Honorary Consul of Côte d’Ivoire

Melina Buckley

Mike & Kathy Gallagher

Barry & Anne Macdonald

Lucille Pacey

Sarah Pearse & Rob Calder

Valerie Prodanuk

$1,000+ Major Donors

Vida Balciunas

Lynne Beszant

Alix Brown

John Chandler

Walter Daroshin

Jacqueline Dupuis

Jennifer Roe Emery

Robert Farringer

Kyle Fostner

Alison Fujino

Mark Gatha

Marilyn Goebel

Linda Gorrie

Am Johal

Reet Kana

Anndraya Luui

Jane Macdonald

Kevin Mitchell

Edward Pascal, in memory of Kathy Evans

James Allan Quinn

Sirish Rao

Jane Reid

Jim Russell

Terry Whitehead

Sharon Woloschuk

Gus Wong

$500+ Major Donors

William Abbott

Jane Antil

Leanne Averbach

Val Bradshaw

JoAnna Cassie

Janice Dalzell

Louise Francis-Smith

Aila Frishman

Sabrina Fung

Georgeann Glover

David & Dana Hewitt

Lynn Kagan

Susan Keller

Irma Lamoureux

Ian Merkel

James McKenzie

Meite Moser

Matt Ogglesby

Susan Pollock

Kassie Ruth

Vivienne Taylor & Anton Kuipers

Paul Tildsley

Jay Weiler

Michelle Yung

Monthly Donors

Neda Agres-Palmer

Margaret Allison

Daniel Almodóvar Rico

Deborah Alves

Molly Anderson

Gabriela Araujo Britto

Arivarul Arivazhagan

William Azaroff

Brenda Benham

John Blum

Cynthia Bodman

Ana Brinkerhoff

Rieuwert Buitenga

Amy Burbridge

Gillian Campbell

Spencer Carson

Michelle Catroppa

Ann Caulfield

Raymond Corkum

Robert Currier

Nhung Davis

Jimena Diaz Jirash

Hoang Long Dinh

Tine Dupre

Deb & Lionel Durocher

Brian Ellis

Margaret Ellis

Theresa Fibish

Amanda Fraser

Patsy George

Albert Giesbrecht

Georgeann Glover

Jason Goldberg

Atzin Gonzalez

Catherine Gordon

Diane Hartley

Daniel Hearn

Richard Hearnden

Victoria Henderson

Dean Hollett

Mike Holmwood

Muriel Honey-Richards

Chelsea Hug

Ann Hughes

Shelley James

Am Johal

Rey Jones

Houman Kamali

Azra Kamrudin

Carrie Keen

Brie Koniczek

Robin Kort

Gerry Kowalenko

Ralph Lake

Karen W Lam

Irma Lamoureux

Anette Larsen

Annick Lavender

Julia Liu

Blair Lockhart

Michael Lytton

Margot Maclaren

Ismael Mascayano

Wendy Maynard

James McKenzie

Pam McPhail

Patricia Mitchell

Badrinath Narayan

Thy Nguyen

Joel Oger

Matt Ogglesby

Lucille Pacey

Salvador Pineda

Sandeep Prasad

Rachel Price

Valerie Prodanuk

James Quinn

Karen Ranalletta

Sirish Rao

Hayley Ray

Andrea Rayment

Kyle Robertson

Francis Rogers

Deborah Roitberg

Pablo Ruiz

Tasha Salman

Selma Savage

Mark Scott

Melanie Semlacher

Manoj Shankar

Shamim Shivji

Sonja Siddle

Veronica Singer

Danny Singh

Lainé Slater

Dylan Steer

Mary Sullivan

John Swanson

Laina Tanahara

Matthew Tichenor

Paul Tildsley

Cail Turner

Scott Van

Brenda Vanry

Tabitha Viscontas

Deborah Vivian

Sabrina Wang

Sean Wicks

Faye Wightman

Harriet Williams

Claude Xu

VIFF+ Patrons

Clifford Bell

Melina Buckley

Maggie Chandler

Peter Cheng

Maret Christiansen

Vicki Corker

Maria Csemi

Maggie Deegan

Beverley Dondale

Alison Fujino

Kathy Gallagher

Mike Gallagher

Michelle Gontier

Stefan Habel

Huamei Han

Pavol Hell

Rohini Hira

John Hooge

Jordan Hudson

Annie Huston

Selwyn Jacob

Kieran Johnson

MaryGrace Johnstone

Heather Kennedy

Catherine Kingfisher

Paul Kjekstad

Collin Koo

Janet Kwong

Marie Madeleine Masse

Eileen Mate

Mahmoud Meralli

Ian Merkel

Shelby Miller

Esther Palivoda

Faye Parlow

Rosemary Perera

James Allan Quinn

Judy Rhodes

Martin Roland

Soha Salem

Steven Savitt

Adam Seliski

Ken Shields

Patricia Shields

Cheryl Stevens

Nancy Sweedler

Vivienne Taylor

Vincent Wheeler

Calvin Woida

Mari Yukawa

VIFF Centre Renewal Campaign Donors

Neale Adams

Jean Adler

Maureen Aird

Maureen Albanese

Graham Allen

K Louise Allen

Christine Apolzer

Erin Ashenhurst

Jennifer Ashley

Leanne Averbach

Bob Ayers

Sarah Bakker

Warren Banks

Jo Baxendale

Mike Bell

Donna Bellew

Richard Biederman

Maya Bleiler

Cynthia Bodman

Karen Boyes

Barbara Bradbury

Patricia Breen

Peter Broomfield

James Buck

Amy Burbridge

Shauna Butterwick

Dylan Byth

Richard Cameron

David Campbell

Marcia Carlyn

Spencer Carson

Catherine Carvell

Beverley Cenaiko

John Chandler

Brenda Chinn

Shawna Clarke

Stuart Cohn

Tim Collins

Heather Conn

Lynn Coughlan

Caroline Coutts

Ann Cowan

Elody Croullebois

Terri Damiani

Lorne Davidson

Lesley Dawson-Burns

Frances de Grace

Maureen DeLandreville

Donald D’Ercole

Susan Devitt

Weslley Dias Soares

Kandi Dibley

Donna Dixon

Ann Doyle

Mannie & Armelle Druker

Deb and Lionel Durocher

Marie Dussault

Sarah Ellis

Barbara Fancy

Anita Clair Fellman

Jean Fisher

Ian Fisher

Sarah Fleming

Debra Flewelling

Robert Florko

Tony Fogarassy

Kyle Fostner

Amanda Fraser

Irene Fritschi Nelin

John Fuerst

Alison Fujino

Robert Gander

Jim Gaskell

Peggy Geary

Cheryl Geisler

Sima Godfrey

Marilyn Goebel

Jason Goldberg

Atzin Gonzalez

Catherine Gordon

Seth Gordon

Ellen Gordon

Linda Gorrie

Gordon and Kathleen Gray

Marisa Grizenko

Doreen Grossman

Matthew Guevara

Oliver Harden

Gretchen Harlow

Jim Heinmiller

Martha Lou Henley

Anna Holeton

Simon Holwill

Jana Horak

Doug and Sandra Howard

Georgia Hunter

Lowell Ing

Peter Jackson

Am Johal

Linda Jones

David Jones

Lynn Kagan

Margery Kaplan

David Kauffman

Susan Keller

Tori Kent

Ronald Kidd

Andrew Kidd

Joshua Kim

Michael Klassen

Ken Klonsky

Gena Kolson

Brie Koniczek

Lorraine Koren

Robert Kraljii

Gillian Krantz

Jasmin Lacanienta

Ralph Lake

Karen Lam

Elizabeth Laquer

Jakob Leben

Raynard LeBlond

Lana Lee

Lubomyra Lesychyn

Eleanor Lipov

Blair Lockhart

Michele Lum

Steven Maduro

Marta Maftei

Jerry Mah

Brenda Maitlandwhitelaw

John Malcolmson

Doreen Manuel

Ron Markey

Ismael Mascayano

Eileen Mate

Mary Lee McCormick

Margaret McCoy

Anne McIlvaney

Pauline Mckay

Janette McMillan

Richard McMullan

Pam McPhail

Neil Melliship

Richard Melville

Ian Merkel

Elena Miller

Yvonne Miller

Joy Miller

Patricia Mitchell

Diana Mitchell

Stephanie Moore

Lorene Morgan

Stephen Morris

Bonita Morrison

Jane Mortifee

D’arcy Mulligan

Todd Mundle

Tom Nesbit

Trudy Nickel

Steve Norris

Barbara O’Brien

Matt Ogglesby

Carlos Roberto Ortiz

Thomas O’Shea

Lucille Pacey

Anne Marie Paquin

Wendy Parry

Edward Pascal

Anil Patade

Colby Payne

Shelley Penner

Laurie Phipps

Daniel Pierce

Sara Pou

Julie Prendiville

David Price

Valerie Prodanuk

James Allan Quinn

Howard Rabey

Lee Rachar

Haroon Rashid

Stacy Reader

David Rehorick

Bob Rennie

Maureen Reynolds

Judy Rhodes

Farnaz Riahi

Ingrid Rose

Karen Rose

John & Jacki Ross

Carina Roter

Eddie Rothman

Margo Ryan

Martina Schad

Leonard Schein

Thomas Schneider

Bernard Schulz

Peter Scott

Margot Scott

Kristin Selle

Larry Shapiro

Junko Shinozaki

Elana Sigal

Cecil Sigal

Albarosa Simonetti

Anastasia Simonovich

Danny Singh

Lainé Slater

Methody Slobogean

Adam PW Smith

Eileen Smithies

Dylan Steer

Gillian Stegemann

Kevin Steiner

Elaine Stoll

David Stouck

Charly Stratton

Patricia Sullivan

Mary Sullivan

Nancy Sweedler

Holly Sykes

Dianne Szigety

Laina Tanahara

Lisa Tant

Rita Taylor

Dallas Taylor

Peter Topolewski

Marlene Triggs

Louise Turgeon

Cail Turner

Laya Vaezmir

Brenda Vanry

Marija Velickovic

Greg Vickers

Jan Wade

Jasmeet Wahid

Ian Wallace

Betty Anne Wang

Jay Weiler

Drew Wells

Enid Western

Claire Westlake

Vincent Wheeler & Peter Cheng

Terry Whitehead

Angela Wicentowich

Sean Wicks

Annabelle Wilczur

WJ Wilde

Harriet Williams

Craig Williams

Michelle Wilson

Bill Wong

Eugenie Wong

Kathryn Wood

Elizabeth Wootten

Daniel Worsley

Shao-Chun Wu

Claude Xu

Michelle Yung

Judy Zaichkowsky

Deborah Zbarsky

Marsha Zuest

Foundations

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