Opening film | The Hummingbird Project by Kim Nguyen |
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Closing film | The Front Runner by Jason Reitman |
Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Festival date | September 27 - October 12, 2018 |
The 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) took place from September 27 to October 12, 2018.[1]
The festival award winners were announced on October 12.[2]
Award | Film | Director |
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People's Choice | Finding Big Country | Kathleen Jayme |
Most Popular Canadian Feature | Edge of the Knife | Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown |
Most Popular International Feature | Shoplifters | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
Most Popular International Documentary | Bathtubs Over Broadway | Dava Whisenant |
Best Canadian Film | Edge of the Knife | Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown |
Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention | Genesis (Genèse) | Philippe Lesage |
Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention | The Grizzlies | Miranda de Pencier |
Best Canadian Documentary | The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs | Bojan Bodružić |
Best Canadian Documentary, Honorable Mention | A Sister's Song | Danae Elon |
Best Canadian Short Film | Fauve | Jérémy Comte |
Emerging Canadian Director | When the Storm Fades | Seán Devlin |
Emerging Canadian Director, Honorable Mention | M/M | Drew Lint |
Most Promising Canadian Director of a Short Film | EXIT | Claire Edmondson |
Best BC Film | Edge of the Knife | Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown |
Sea to Sky Award | Broken Bunny | Meredith Hama-Brown |
Sea to Sky Award, Honorable Mention | Anthem of a Teenage Prophet | Robin Hays |
BC Emerging Filmmaker | Freaks | Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein |
Best BC Short Film | Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) | Amanda Strong |
VIFF Impact Award | The Devil We Know | Stephanie Soechtig |
Daily Hive #mustseeBC | Finding Big Country | Kathleen Jayme |