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Vancouver International Film Festival

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    Best Canadian Feature Film

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      Beans

      7.0 (1.2K)
      Tracey Deer

    Best Documentary Feature

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    Best Documentary

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      Into the Storm

      7.4 (112)
      Adam Brown(director)
      RAW
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      I Am Not a Hero

      7.7 (44)
      Stijn Deconinck
      Pablo Diaz Crutzen
      Robin Smit

    Best Canadian Documentary

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      Je m'appelle humain

      7.3 (45)
      Kim O'Bomsawin

    Best Animated Film

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      In the Land of the Flabby Schnook

      Francis Gélinas(director)
      Couleur TV
      Virtual Reality

    Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Mention

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    Best Canadian Feature Film

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      Nadia, Butterfly

      6.7 (826)
      Pascal Plante

    Best BC Film

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      The Curse of Willow Song

      5.3 (36)
      Karen Lam(director)

    Impact Award

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    Impact Award

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      The Reason I Jump

      7.4 (1.2K)
      Jerry Rothwell

    BC Emerging Filmmaker Award

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      Brother, I Cry

      7.8 (20)
      Jessie Anthony(Director)

    Jury Prize

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    Best BC Short Film

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      Cake Day

      7.2 (26)
      Phillip Thomas
      Spencer Foley
      Superfan Pictures

    Contemporary World Cinema

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      Yellow Sunglasses

      7.1 (48)
      Iván Mora Manzano
      Corporacion La República Invisible
      Persona Non Grata Pictures

    Emerging Canadian Director

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    DGC

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      Violation

      5.3 (4.7K)
      Madeleine Sims-Fewer
      Dusty Mancinelli
      DM Films

    Sea to Sky Award

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    Best Female Director

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      • Banchi Hanuse
      • Nuxalk Radio
      Lantern Films
    • Meredith Hama-Brown
      • Meredith Hama-Brown
      • Cosmic

    Best Canadian Short

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      Bad Omen

      7.0 (42)
      Salar Pashtoonyar
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      I'll End Up in Jail

      6.8 (90)
      Alexandre Dostie(Director)
      Hany Ouichou(Producer)
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      Foam

      7.0 (11)
      Omar Elhamy(director)

    Rob Stewart Eco Warrior Award

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      The Hidden Life of Trees

      7.0 (849)
      Peter Wohlleben

    International Short

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    Best Short Film

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      Victim

      9.2 (9)
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      Traverser la nuit

      7.6 (31)
      Johann G. Louis

    Jury Prize

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      Qadin (A Woman)

      6.2 (16)
      Tahmina Rafaella
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      The Book of Ruth

      7.0 (30)
      Chen Drachman

    VIFF Immersed

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    Audience Award

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      Ecosphere

      8.6 (10)
      Joseph Purdam

    Best Cinematic Live Action

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      Kowloon Forest

      8.8 (11)
      Alexey Marfin

    Best in Animation - Virtual/Mixed Reality

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      The Book of Distance

      Randall Okita
      David Oppenheim
      National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

    Best Sci-Fi Short

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    Best Sci-Fi Short

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      The Master: Last Show

      Jinyang Zhang
      Loyola Marymount University

    Audience Award

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    Audience Award

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      My Wonderful Wanda

      6.5 (560)
      Bettina Oberli
      Zodiac Pictures

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