2023 Canadian film festival
2023 Vancouver International Film FestivalLocation | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Founded | 1958 |
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Festival date | September 28 - October 8, 2023 |
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Website | VIFF |
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The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 42nd event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 28 to October 8, 2023.[1]
Awards
Winners of the juried Canadian film awards were announced on October 5.[2] The Vanguard award winner was announced on October 8, and Audience Award winners were announced on October 12.
Award | Film | Filmmaker |
Audience Award, Galas & Special Presentations | Monster | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
Audience Award, Showcase | The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji |
Audience Award, Panorama | Irena's Vow | Louise Archambault |
Audience Award, Vanguard | Let Me Go (Laissez-moi) | Maxime Rappaz |
Audience Award, Northern Lights | Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun | Banchi Hanuse |
Audience Award, Insights | Physician, Heal Thyself | Asher Penn |
Audience Award, Spectrum | Asog | Seán Devlin |
Audience Award, Portraits | Call Me Dancer | Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour |
Audience Award, Altered States | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | Ariane Louis-Seize |
Best Canadian Film | Fitting In | Molly McGlynn |
Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention | Gamodi | Felix Kalmenson |
Best Canadian Documentary | Someone Lives Here | Zack Russell |
Best Canadian Documentary, Honorable Mention | Asog | Seán Devlin |
Best Canadian Short Film | Katshinau | Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush |
Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention | Our Grandmother the Inlet | Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George |
Emerging Canadian Director | Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr |
Emerging Canadian Director, Honorable Mention | Richelieu | Pier-Philippe Chevigny |
Best BC Film | WaaPaKe | Jules Arita Koostachin |
Best BC Film, Honorable Mention | Asog | Seán Devlin |
Vanguard Award | Animal | Sofia Exarchou |
Vanguard Award, Honorable Mention | Octopus Skin (La Piel Pulpo) | Ana Cristina Barragán |
Films
The full schedule was announced on September 6.[3]
Galas and special presentations
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
La Chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland |
Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
I'm Just Here for the Riot | Kathleen Jayme, Asia Youngman | Canada |
Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat |
Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe | Robert McCallum | Canada |
A Normal Family | 보통의 가족 | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea |
The Old Oak | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |
The Pot-au-Feu | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |
Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States |
The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark, Germany, Sweden |
Seven Veils | Atom Egoyan | Canada |
Swan Song | Chelsea McMullan | Canada |
The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, Poland, United States |
Showcase
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden |
Close to You | Dominic Savage | Canada, United Kingdom |
Creature | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom |
The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile |
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania |
Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia |
Four Little Adults | Nelja Pienta Aikuista | Selma Vilhunen | Finland, Sweden |
Green Border | Zielona granica | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium |
How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom |
I Am Sirat | Deepa Mehta, Sirat Taneja | Canada |
Il Boemo | Petr Václav | Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia |
Just the Two of Us | L'Amour et les forêts | Valérie Donzelli | France |
Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, United States, Taiwan |
The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia, United Kingdom |
The Teachers' Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | Ilker Çatak | Germany |
They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal | Spain, France |
Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France |
Panorama
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
19B | Ahmad Abdalla | Egypt |
All Ears | Liu Jiayin | China |
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elena Naveriani | Georgia, Switzerland |
The Braid | Laetitia Colombani | France, Canada, Italy |
Days of Happiness | Les Jours heureux | Chloé Robichaud | Canada |
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Joanna Arnow | United States |
Gamodi | Felix Kalmenson | Canada, Georgia |
Goodbye Julia | وداعا جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan |
Here | Bas Devos | Belgium |
Housekeeping for Beginners | Domakinstvo za Pocetnici | Goran Stolevski | Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo |
If Only I Could Hibernate | Баавгай болохсон, Baavgai Bolohson | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia |
In Broad Daylight | 白日之下 | Lawrence Kan | Hong Kong |
Irena's Vow | Louise Archambault | Canada, Poland |
Let the River Flow | Ellos Eatnu | Ole Giæver | Norway, Sweden, Finland |
Measures of Men | Der vermessene Mensch | Lars Kraume | Germany |
Oceans Are the Real Continents | Los océanos son los verdaderos continentes | Tommaso Santambrogio | Cuba, Italy |
One Day All This Will Be Yours | En dag kommer allt det här bli ditt | Andreas Öhman | Sweden |
Only the River Flows | 河边的错误 | Wei Shujun | China |
Puan | Maria Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil |
Raging Grace | Paris Zarcilla | United Kingdom |
The Rapture | Le Ravissement | Iris Kaltenbäck | France |
Red Rooms | Les Chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Spain, France |
The Settlers | Los Colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile |
Snow in Midsummer | 五月雪 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan |
Suddenly | Melisa Önel | Turkey |
There's No Place Like Home | Den, der lever stille | Puk Grasten | Denmark |
Toll | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil, Portugal |
A Tour Guide | Eun-mi Kwak | South Korea |
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl | バカ塗りの娘 | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan |
Undercurrent | アンダーカレント | Rikiya Imaizumi | Japan |
Wild Swans | Gorai Phakhri | Rajni Basumatary | India |
Vanguard
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Animal | Sofia Exarchou | Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria |
Bitten | La Morsure | Romain de Saint-Blanquat | France |
The Face of the Jellyfish | El Rostro de la Medusa | Melisa Liebenthal | Argentina |
Let Me Go | Laissez-moi | Maxime Rappaz | Switzerland, France, Belgium |
Octopus Skin | La Piel Pulpo | Ana Cristina Barragán | Ecuador |
On the Go | María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro | Spain |
The Sea and Its Waves | La Mer et ses vagues | Liana Kassir, Renaud Pachot | Lebanon, France |
Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Míng tian bi zuo tian chang jiu | Jow Zhi Wei | Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal |
Northern Lights
Insights
Spectrum
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Asog | Seán Devlin | Canada, Philippines |
Between Revolutions | Între revoluții | Vlad Petri | Romania, Croatia, Iran |
Hello Dankness | Soda Jerk | Australia |
Kim's Video | David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | United States, United Kingdom, France |
Lonely Oaks | Vergiss Meyn Nicht | Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff | Germany |
Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods | Angelos Rallis | Greece, France, Germany |
The Mother of All Lies | Kadib Abyad | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Savvusanna sõsarad | Anna Hints | Estonia, France, Iceland |
The Tuba Thieves | Alison O'Daniel | United States |
Portraits
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Anselm | Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit | Wim Wenders | Germany |
Apolonia, Apolonia | Lea Glob | Denmark, Poland |
Caiti Blues | Justine Harbonnier | Canada, France |
Call Me Dancer | Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour | United States, India |
A Cooler Climate | James Ivory, Giles Gardner | France |
Invisible Beauty | Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng | United States |
It's Only Life After All | Alexandria Bombach | United States |
Pianoforte | Jakub Piątek | Poland |
Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling | Jennifer Lane | United States |
Sculpting the Giant | Banu Wirandoko, Rheza Arden Wiguna | Indonesia |
Altered States
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France |
Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | Morocco, France, Qatar |
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint | Crónicas de una Santa Errante | Tomas Gomez Bustillo | Argentina, United States |
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
My Animal | Jacqueline Castel | Canada |
Restore Point | Bod obnovy | Robert Hloz | Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia |
The Sacrifice Game | Jenn Wexler | United States |
Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Germany |
The Wait | La espera | F. Javier Gutierrez | Spain |
White Plastic Sky | Műanyag égbolt | Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | Hungary, Slovakia |
Leading Lights
A special program curated by guest programmer Anthony Shim, featuring a selection of films that had influenced his own journey as a filmmaker.
Focus: Women, Life and Freedom
A special program curated by guest programmer Fay Nass, screening films about misogyny and the subjugation of women.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Joonam | Sierra Urich | United States |
Numb | Amir Toodehroosta | Iran |
Seven Winters in Tehran | Sieben Winter in Teheran | Steffi Niederzoll | Germany, France |
Terrestrial Verses | Ayeh Haye Zamini | Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami | Iran |
Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr | Canada, Lebanon |
Short Forum
All films in this short film program are Canadian.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
All the Days of May | Tous les jours de mai | Miryam Charles | Quebec |
Ancestral Threads | Sean Stiller | British Columbia |
Between You and Me | Cameron Kletke | British Columbia |
Black Box Investigations | Paige Smith | British Columbia |
Cassandra | Bea Santos | Ontario |
Cloud Striker | Allan W. Hopkins | British Columbia |
Conviction | Bruce Thomas Miller | Alberta |
The Company We Keep | Wojtek Jakubiec | Quebec |
Cristo Negro | Paul Stavropoulos, Brendan Mills | Ontario |
Death Mask | John Greyson | Ontario |
Defining Human | Daniel Code | British Columbia |
Dickinsonia | Charline Dally | Quebec |
Donna | Keenan MacWilliam | Ontario |
Dream Tricks: Over a Six Stair | Adam Seward | Ontario |
Element | Will Niava | Quebec |
Four Mile Creek | Ryan McKenna | Quebec |
Gentle Hum of Spring | Simon Garez | Saskatchewan |
The Great Kind Mystery | Ella Morton | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Hair or No Hair | Janessa St. Pierre | British Columbia |
Her Name Is Like a Sigh | Solara Thanh-Binh Dang | British Columbia |
In the Wake of the Cedar Tree | Towustasin | British Columbia |
Katshinau | Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush | Quebec |
Lake Baikal | Baigal Nuur | Alisi Telengut | Quebec |
Les Lavandières | Laura Kamugisha | Quebec |
Making Babies | Faire un enfant | Éric K. Boulianne | Quebec |
Master of the House | Dylan Maranda | British Columbia |
Modern Goose | Karsten Wall | Manitoba |
Mothers and Monsters | Édith Jorisch | Quebec |
My Tomato Heart | Mon cœur de tomate | Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard | Quebec |
Nigiqtuq (The South Wind) | Lindsay McIntyre | Alberta |
Our Grandmother the Inlet | Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George | British Columbia |
Outside Center | Eli Jean Tahchi | Quebec |
Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man | Ryan Leedu | Alberta |
Redlights | Eva Thomas | Ontario |
Return to Hairy Hill | Retour à Hairy Hill | Daniel Gies | Quebec |
Return to Ombabika | Ma-Nee Chacaby, Zoe Gordon, Shayne Ehman | Ontario |
Silkworm | Amir Honarmand | British Columbia |
Sisters | Marisa Hoicka | Ontario |
Soleil de Nuit | Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias | Quebec |
Something Else | Autre Chose | Étienne Lacelle | Quebec |
Swallow Flying to the South | Mochi Lin | British Columbia |
Sub Terra | Jeffrey Zablotny | Ontario |
Sun, Moon and Four Peaks | Kevin Jin Kwan Kim | British Columbia |
Take Care | Tony Massil | British Columbia |
Two Apples | Bahram Javahery | British Columbia, Yukon |
Two One Two | Shira Avni | Quebec |
Unspeakable Heap | Kara Ditte Hansen | British Columbia |
Where Rabbits Come From | D'où viennent les lapins | Colin Ludvic Racicot | Quebec |
You Feel Soft | Cameron Kletke | British Columbia |
Yun | Yuezhang Qin | British Columbia |
International Shorts
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Almost Fall | Presque l'automne | Margot Pouppeville | France |
Basri and Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy | Basri & Salma Dalam Komedi Yang Terus Berputar | Khozy Rizal | Indonesia |
Beyond the Sea | Hippolyte Leibovici | Belgium, France |
Big Bang | Carlos Segundo | Brazil |
Big Day | Chung Chieh Chiang | Taiwan |
Confessions | Stephanie Kaznocha | United States |
Cuarto de Hora | Nemo Arancibia | Chile, France |
Cut | Samuel Lucas Allen | Australia |
Fairplay | Zoel Aeschbacher | Switzerland, France |
The Family Circus | Andrew Fitzgerald | United States |
Far from the Tree | Daleko od stromu | Emma Marková | Czech Republic |
Headdress | Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire | United States |
Hedgehog | D. Mitry | United States |
Hide Your Crazy | Austin Kase | United States |
In Too Deep | Chris Overton | United Kingdom |
Jeong-Dong | Choi Woo Gene | South Korea |
Just a Rehearsal | Solo un Ensayo | Hugo Sanz | Spain |
Just the Two of Us | Toutes les deux | Clara Lemaire Anspach | France |
A Lien | Sam Cutler-Kreutz, David Cutler-Kreutz | United States |
Lovebugs | Teddy Alvarez-Nissen | United States |
Mira | Eva Louise Hall | United States |
Night Shift | Turno nocturno Santiago Lago | Argentina |
Nowhere | Garin Hovannisian | Armenia, United States |
An Ordinary Day | Ju-yeon Gim | South Korea |
Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love | Makoto Nagahisa | Japan |
Snif & Snüf | Michael J. Ruocco | United States |
Southern Afternoon | Nan fang wu hou | Tian Lan | China |
Spasm | اسپاسم | Sahra Asadollahi | Iran |
Sushi | Iván Morales | Spain |
Where the Time Goes | Justin Tyler Close | United States, Canada |
Youssou & Malek | Youssou et Malek | Simon Frenay | France |
Modes
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
Aqueronte | Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Spain |
A Bird Called Memory | Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil, United Kingdom |
Let's Talk | Simon Liu | Hong Kong |
Loving in Between | Jyoti Mistry | South Africa, Austria |
Mast-del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom |
Mother Land | Kantarama Gahigiri | Rwanda, Switzerland |
NYC RGB | Viktoria Schmid | Austria, United States |
Shadow Does | Laure Prouvost | Belgium, France, Austria |
Slow Shift | Shambhavi Kaul | India, United States |
Square the Circle | Hanna Hovitie | Finland |
This Is Not Here | Charlotte Mungomery | Australia, Peru, Spain |
References
- ^ Bridget Stringer-Holden, "Vancouver International Film Festival 2023 announces live performances and special presentations". The Georgia Straight, August 11, 2023.
- ^ V.S. Wells, "VIFF announces Canadian film award winners". The Georgia Straight, October 5, 2023.
- ^ Becca Clarkson, "Lineup for 2023 VIFF revealed ahead of the 1st fully in-cinema event since the pandemic". CTV News Vancouver, September 6, 2023.