2016 Vancouver International Film Festival

2016 Vancouver International Film Festival
Opening filmMaudie by Aisling Walsh
Closing filmVoyage of Time by Terrence Mallick
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Festival dateSeptember 29–October 14, 2016

The 2016 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 35th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 29 to October 14, 2016.

The festival's opening gala film was Aisling Walsh's Maudie, and its closing gala was Terrence Mallick's Voyage of Time.[1]

Awards

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Award winners were announced on October 14.[2]

Award Film Filmmaker
People's Choice Maudie Aisling Walsh
Most Popular Canadian Documentary Spirit Unforgettable Pete McCormack
Most Popular International Feature I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach
Most Popular International Documentary Human Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Best Canadian Film Window Horses Ann Marie Fleming
Best Canadian Documentary Living With Giants (Chez les géants) Sebastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
Best Canadian Short Film Those Who Remain (Ceux qui restent) Mathieu Vachon
Emerging Canadian Director Never Eat Alone Sofia Bohdanowicz
Best BC Film Window Horses Ann Marie Fleming
Best BC Short Film Here Nor There Julia Hutchings
Ignite Award Cabbie Jessica Parsons, Jennifer Chiu
BC Emerging Filmmaker Hello Destroyer Kevan Funk
Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Parent, Teacher Roman Tchjen
VIFF Impact Award Power to Change: The Energy Rebellion Carl-A. Fechner

Films

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Special Presentations

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Contemporary World Cinema

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Spotlight on France

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Documentaries

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True North

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Gateway

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BC Spotlight

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Impact

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M/A/D

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Altered States

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Canadian Short Films

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International Short Films

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  • Aeris — Lukas Huffman
  • Affordance — Nove Hatayo
  • Albedo Absolute — Vlad Marsavin
  • Après SuzanneFélix Moati
  • As One — Alan Powell
  • Best Efforts — Hadley Hillel
  • Between Them — Alexia Maltner
  • Black Pudding — Nicole Nabi
  • Catch — Dominic Rees-Roberts, Paul Cooke
  • Champion — Andrés Passoni
  • Conslitruction — Nakanishi Yoshihisa
  • Datum Point — Orikawa Ryo
  • Dear Drew — Dylan Shapiro
  • Don't Leave Me — Laura Jou
  • Éclair — Hugo Keijzer
  • Eden Hostel — Gonzaga Manso
  • Encounter — Fabrizio Rinaldi
  • Fabrizio's Initiation — Mariano Biasin
  • Finder — Satoh Yoshinao
  • Friday Night — Alexis Michalik
  • Grown Up — Hong-Ruei Lin
  • Heaven — Hirabayashi Isamu
  • Her Paradise — Shobi Sen
  • How to Get People to Like You — Alexandra Yakovleva
  • I Have the Future — Ouchi Rieko
  • I Love Anna — Joonas Rutanen
  • Indefinite Pitch — James N. Kienitz Wilkins
  • The Laughing Spider — Tanaami Keiichi
  • The Law of Moments — Emma Samms
  • Litterbugs — Peter Stanley-Ward
  • Lock In — Neville Pierce
  • Minor Setback — Augustine Frizzell
  • On the Roof — Damia Serra Cauchetiez
  • Out of the Village — Jonathan Stein
  • Painterbrain — Glenn Diehl
  • Paris, 1971 — David Khachatorian
  • PromiseAkihiko Shiota
  • Rotten Love — Matt Lacorte
  • Sanun — Kyle Nieva, Miggy Hilario
  • Soju and Ice CreamLee Kwang-kuk
  • The Sparrow's Flight — Tom Schroeder
  • Stars — Krista Vernoff
  • This Modern Man Is Beat — Alex Merkin
  • Three Minute Warning — Iqbal Mohammed
  • Tide — Alexander von Hofmann
  • Today They Took My Son — Pierre Dawalibi
  • Vanya — Christine Rabotenko
  • Walden Pink — Peter Bolte
  • When Day Is Done — Brandon Roots
  • Winds of Furnace — Yamil Quintana
  • Without You — Nariman Aliev

References

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  1. ^ Rafferty Baker, "VIFF reveals feature films for opening and closing galas". CBC News British Columbia, September 8, 2016.
  2. ^ Adrian Mack, "VIFF 2016: And the winner is... Maudie". The Georgia Straight, October 14, 2016.