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VIFF 2009
Vancouver International Film Festival October 1 – 16
An Open Mind is Advised
Check it out VIFF’s Trailer Subtitles
VIFF News
Additional post-festival screenings:
- THIS WAY OF LIFE – Saturday October 17, 7:00 pm, VCT
- QUEEN TO PLAY – Saturday October 17, 9:00 pm, VCT
- ONLY WHEN I DANCE – Sunday October 18, 6:30 pm, VCT
- AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD – Sunday October 18, 8:30 pm, VCT
- NORA’S WILL – Monday October 19, 6:30 pm, VCT
- 65_REDROSES – Monday October 19, 8:30 pm, VCT
- THE MAN WHO BOTTLED CLOUDS - Tuesday October 20, 6:30 pm, VCT
- BREATHLESS – Tuesday October 20, 8:45 pm, VCT
VIFF 2009 Winners
The jury for the Canadian Images program awarded the inaugural Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film and its $20,000 cash prize to director Xavier Dolan of Montreal for I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’ai tué ma mere). The winner was selected from 19 films in competition.
The Canadian Images jury has awarded a $2,000 cash award to directors Jan Binsse and David Tougas of Montreal for their film THE LAST ACT (Le dernier acte). The competition was open to first-time filmmakers.
65 Red Roses (Canada/BC) directed by Nimisha Mukerjee and Philip Lyall, won the NFB’s Most Popular Canadian Documentary award. And, Women in Film & Television Vancouver presented its Artistic Merit Award toNimisha Mukerji, co-director, producer and editor, and Gillian Lowry, co-producer, of 65 RED ROSES.
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION (USA), directed by Bill Guttentag, has won the Rogers People’s Choice Award. All of the festival’s 377 films – dramas and nonfiction, short, mid- and feature length – were eligible.
The audience chose FACING ALI (Canada/BC), directed by Pete McCormack for the second annual documentary Audience Award for most popular nonfiction film.
AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (USA), directed by Dan Stone, has won the VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award.
EIGHTEEN WINS VIFF DRAGONS & TIGERS AWARD FOR YOUNG CINEMA
The Festival has announced EIGHTEEN directed by JANG Kun-Jae of South Korea has won the 16th annual Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema and a cash prize of $10,000.
Our favorites/Coup de coeur:
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
O homem que engarrafava nuvens
Directed By: Lírio Ferreira
A fabulous Brazilian music documentary and a treasure trove of performances from the man who started it all, Humberto Teixeira, through to contemporary luminaries—Os Mutantes, Bebel Gilberto (photo above), Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, David Byrne (photo below), Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia, etc. singing Teixeira’s sertaneja music style: Baião! Don’t miss it!
The Wind and the Water
Burwa dii Ebo
Directed By: Vero Bollow and Igar Yala Collective
The first feature film ever from the country of Panama is a disarming and strikingly beautiful drama made by a collective of young indigenous filmmakers from Kuna Yala–an archipelago consisting of 365 islands in the Caribbean. Its focus is the lure of the city and modernity for young people anywhere, and the forgetting of what makes life worthwhile.
More VIFF’s 2009 reviews
Film Festival
VIFF 2009
Vancouver International Film Festival October 1 – 16
An Open Mind is Advised
Check it out VIFF’s Trailer Subtitles
VIFF News
Additional post-festival screenings:
- THIS WAY OF LIFE – Saturday October 17, 7:00 pm, VCT
- QUEEN TO PLAY – Saturday October 17, 9:00 pm, VCT
- ONLY WHEN I DANCE – Sunday October 18, 6:30 pm, VCT
- AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD – Sunday October 18, 8:30 pm, VCT
- NORA’S WILL – Monday October 19, 6:30 pm, VCT
- 65_REDROSES – Monday October 19, 8:30 pm, VCT
- THE MAN WHO BOTTLED CLOUDS - Tuesday October 20, 6:30 pm, VCT
- BREATHLESS – Tuesday October 20, 8:45 pm, VCT
VIFF 2009 Winners
The jury for the Canadian Images program awarded the inaugural Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film and its $20,000 cash prize to director Xavier Dolan of Montreal for I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’ai tué ma mere). The winner was selected from 19 films in competition.
The Canadian Images jury has awarded a $2,000 cash award to directors Jan Binsse and David Tougas of Montreal for their film THE LAST ACT (Le dernier acte). The competition was open to first-time filmmakers.
65 Red Roses (Canada/BC) directed by Nimisha Mukerjee and Philip Lyall, won the NFB’s Most Popular Canadian Documentary award. And, Women in Film & Television Vancouver presented its Artistic Merit Award toNimisha Mukerji, co-director, producer and editor, and Gillian Lowry, co-producer, of 65 RED ROSES.
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION (USA), directed by Bill Guttentag, has won the Rogers People’s Choice Award. All of the festival’s 377 films – dramas and nonfiction, short, mid- and feature length – were eligible.
The audience chose FACING ALI (Canada/BC), directed by Pete McCormack for the second annual documentary Audience Award for most popular nonfiction film.
AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (USA), directed by Dan Stone, has won the VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award.
EIGHTEEN WINS VIFF DRAGONS & TIGERS AWARD FOR YOUNG CINEMA
The Festival has announced EIGHTEEN directed by JANG Kun-Jae of South Korea has won the 16th annual Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema and a cash prize of $10,000.
VIFF News
Additional post-festival screenings:
- THIS WAY OF LIFE – Saturday October 17, 7:00 pm, VCT
- QUEEN TO PLAY – Saturday October 17, 9:00 pm, VCT
- ONLY WHEN I DANCE – Sunday October 18, 6:30 pm, VCT
- AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD – Sunday October 18, 8:30 pm, VCT
- NORA’S WILL – Monday October 19, 6:30 pm, VCT
- 65_REDROSES – Monday October 19, 8:30 pm, VCT
- THE MAN WHO BOTTLED CLOUDS - Tuesday October 20, 6:30 pm, VCT
- BREATHLESS – Tuesday October 20, 8:45 pm, VCT
The jury for the Canadian Images program awarded the inaugural Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film and its $20,000 cash prize to director Xavier Dolan of Montreal for I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’ai tué ma mere). The winner was selected from 19 films in competition.The Canadian Images jury has awarded a $2,000 cash award to directors Jan Binsse and David Tougas of Montreal for their film THE LAST ACT (Le dernier acte). The competition was open to first-time filmmakers.65 Red Roses (Canada/BC) directed by Nimisha Mukerjee and Philip Lyall, won the NFB’s Most Popular Canadian Documentary award. And, Women in Film & Television Vancouver presented its Artistic Merit Award toNimisha Mukerji, co-director, producer and editor, and Gillian Lowry, co-producer, of 65 RED ROSES.SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION (USA), directed by Bill Guttentag, has won the Rogers People’s Choice Award. All of the festival’s 377 films – dramas and nonfiction, short, mid- and feature length – were eligible.The audience chose FACING ALI (Canada/BC), directed by Pete McCormack for the second annual documentary Audience Award for most popular nonfiction film.AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (USA), directed by Dan Stone, has won the VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award.EIGHTEEN WINS VIFF DRAGONS & TIGERS AWARD FOR YOUNG CINEMAOur favorites/Coup de coeur:
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
O homem que engarrafava nuvens
Directed By: Lírio Ferreira
A fabulous Brazilian music documentary and a treasure trove of performances from the man who started it all, Humberto Teixeira, through to contemporary luminaries—Os Mutantes, Bebel Gilberto (photo above), Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, David Byrne (photo below), Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia, etc. singing Teixeira’s sertaneja music style: Baião! Don’t miss it!
The Wind and the Water
Burwa dii Ebo
Directed By: Vero Bollow and Igar Yala Collective
The first feature film ever from the country of Panama is a disarming and strikingly beautiful drama made by a collective of young indigenous filmmakers from Kuna Yala–an archipelago consisting of 365 islands in the Caribbean. Its focus is the lure of the city and modernity for young people anywhere, and the forgetting of what makes life worthwhile.
More VIFF’s 2009 reviews
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