The 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 43rd event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 26 to October 6, 2024.[1] The first five films in the program were announced on August 8, 2024,[2] with the full program released on August 28.[3]
The festival opened with the documentary film Ari's Theme, and closed with the film Emilia Pérez.[4] Overall, the festival screened 150 feature films and 81 shorts.[5]
Juried award winners were announced on October 3, 2024,[6] with audience award winners announced on October 17.[7]
| Award
|
Film
|
Filmmaker
|
| Audience Award, Galas & Special Presentations
|
I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
|
Walter Salles
|
| Audience Award, Showcase
|
No Other Land
|
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
|
| Audience Award, Panorama
|
Angela's Shadow
|
Jules Arita Koostachin
|
| Audience Award, Vanguard
|
Red Path (Les Enfants rouges)
|
Lotfi Achour
|
| Audience Award, Northern Lights
|
The Stand
|
Christopher Auchter
|
| Audience Award, Insights
|
The Chef and the Daruma
|
Mads K. Baekkevold
|
| Audience Award, Spectrum
|
Grand Theft Hamlet
|
Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane
|
| Audience Award, Portraits
|
Luther: Never Too Much
|
Dawn Porter
|
| Audience Award, Altered States
|
40 Acres
|
R. T. Thorne
|
| Best Canadian Film
|
Universal Language
|
Matthew Rankin
|
| Best Canadian Documentary
|
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children
|
Kim O'Bomsawin
|
| Best Canadian Documentary, Honorable Mention
|
Mama (Inay)
|
Thea Loo
|
| Best Short Film
|
Strawberry Shortcake
|
Deborah Devyn Chuang
|
| Best Short Film, Honorable Mention
|
Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist
|
Kerr Holden
|
| Emerging Canadian Director
|
Mongrels
|
Jerome Yoo
|
| Emerging Canadian Director, Honorable Mention
|
Cat's Cry (Mačji krik)
|
Sanja Živković
|
| Best BC Film
|
Mama (Inay)
|
Thea Loo
|
| Best BC Film, Honorable Mention
|
The Stand
|
Christopher Auchter
|
| Vanguard Award
|
78 Days (78 dana)
|
Emilija Gašić
|
| Vanguard Award, Honorable Mention
|
Hanami
|
Denise Fernandes
|
Galas and special presentations
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| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| All We Imagine as Light |
Payal Kapadia |
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
|
| Anora |
Sean Baker |
United States
|
| Ari's Theme |
Nathan Drillot, Jeff Lee Petry |
Canada
|
| Bird |
Andrea Arnold |
United Kingdom
|
| Can I Get a Witness? |
Ann Marie Fleming |
Canada
|
| Conclave |
Edward Berger |
United States, United Kingdom
|
| Emilia Pérez |
Jacques Audiard |
France
|
| The End |
Joshua Oppenheimer |
Denmark, United Kingdom
|
| The Girl with the Needle |
Pigen med nålen |
Magnus von Horn |
Denmark, Poland, Sweden
|
| I'm Still Here |
Ainda Estou Aqui |
Walter Salles |
Brazil, France
|
| My Favourite Cake |
Keyk-e mahboob-e man |
Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha |
Iran, France, Sweden, Germany
|
| Nightbitch |
Marielle Heller |
United States
|
| The Piano Lesson |
Malcolm Washington |
United States
|
| Rumours |
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson |
Canada, Germany
|
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig |
Mohammad Rasoulof |
Iran, France, Germany
|
| The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal |
Mike Downie |
Canada
|
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Black Dog |
狗阵 |
Guan Hu |
China
|
| Blue Sun Palace |
Constance Tsang |
United States
|
| Caught by the Tides |
风流一代 |
Jia Zhangke |
China
|
| Dahomey |
Mati Diop |
France, Senegal, Benin
|
| A Different Man |
Aaron Schimberg |
United States
|
| Dying |
Sterben |
Matthias Glasner |
Germany
|
| Flow |
Straume |
Gints Zilbalodis |
Latvia, France, Belgium
|
| Gloria! |
Margherita Vicario |
Italy, Switzerland
|
| Grand Tour |
Miguel Gomes |
Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China
|
| Happyend |
Neo Sora |
Japan, United States
|
| Matt and Mara |
Kazik Radwanski |
Canada
|
| No Other Land |
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor |
Palestine, Norway
|
| Paying for It |
Sook-Yin Lee |
Canada
|
| Secret Mall Apartment |
Jeremy Workman |
United States
|
| Sharp Corner |
Jason Buxton |
Canada, Ireland
|
| Shepherds |
Berger |
Sophie Deraspe |
Canada
|
| Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat |
Johan Grimonprez |
Belgium, France, Netherlands
|
| A Traveler's Needs |
Yeohaengjaui pilyo |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| Universal Language |
Une langue universelle |
Matthew Rankin |
Canada
|
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Angela's Shadow |
Jules Arita Koostachin |
Canada
|
| Armand |
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel |
Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
|
| Black Tea |
Abderrahmane Sissako |
France, Mauritania, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Ivory Coast
|
| Brief History of a Family |
家庭简史 |
Lin Jianjie |
China, France, Denmark, Qatar
|
| Carnival Is Over |
Os Enforcados |
Fernando Coimbra |
Brazil, Portugal
|
| Christmas Eve in Miller's Point |
Tyler Taormina |
United States
|
| Eephus |
Carson Lund |
France, United States
|
| Fly Me to the Moon |
Greg Berlanti |
United States
|
| Ghost Trail |
Les Fantômes |
Jonathan Millet |
France, Germany, Belgium
|
| Hakki |
Hikmet Kerem Özcan |
Turkey
|
| Holy Cow |
Vingt dieux! |
Louise Courvoisier |
France
|
| House of the Seasons |
Jangson |
Oh Jung-min |
South Korea
|
| Julie Keeps Quiet |
Leonardo van Dijl |
Belgium, Sweden
|
| Living in Two Worlds |
Bokuga Ikiteru, Futatsu no Sekai |
Mipo O |
Japan
|
| Love Lies |
我談的那場戀愛 |
Ho Miu Ki |
Hong Kong
|
| Marco, the Invented Truth |
Marco, la verdad inventada |
Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño |
Spain
|
| Measures for a Funeral |
Sofia Bohdanowicz |
Canada
|
| Misericordia |
Miséricorde |
Alain Guiraudie |
France, Spain, Portugal
|
| Most People Die on Sundays |
Los domingos mueren más personas |
Iair Said |
Argentina, Italy, Spain
|
| The Mother and the Bear |
Johnny Ma |
Canada, Chile
|
| My Late Summer |
Nakon ljeta |
Danis Tanović |
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia
|
| The New Year That Never Came |
Anul Nou care n-a fost |
Bogdan Mureşanu |
Romania
|
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl |
Rungano Nyoni |
Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland
|
| Pierce |
Cì xīn qiè gŭ |
Nelicia Low |
Singapore, Taiwan, Poland
|
| Reinas |
Klaudia Reynicke |
Switzerland, Peru
|
| Rosinante |
Baran Gündüzalp |
Turkey
|
| Samia |
Yasemin Şamdereli |
Italy, Germany, Belgium
|
| Sex |
Dag Johan Haugerud |
Norway
|
| Sleeping with a Tiger |
Mit einem Tiger schlafen |
Anja Salomonowitz |
Austria
|
| Solids by the Seashore |
ทะเลของฉัน มีคลื่นเล็กน้อยถึงปานกลาง |
Patiparn Boontarig |
Thailand
|
| Souleymane's Story |
L'histoire de Souleymane |
Boris Lojkine |
France
|
| The Sparrow in the Chimney |
Der Spatz im Kamin |
Ramon Zürcher |
Switzerland
|
| Super Happy Forever |
Kohei Igarashi |
Japan, France
|
| To a Land Unknown |
Mahdi Fleifel |
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine
|
| Under the Volcano |
Pod wulkanem |
Damian Kocur |
Poland
|
| When We Lost to the Germans |
Toen we van de Duitsers verloren |
Guido van Driel |
Netherlands
|
| Who by Fire |
Comme le feu |
Philippe Lesage |
Canada
|
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| 78 Days |
78 dana |
Emilija Gašić |
Serbia
|
| Familiar Touch |
Sarah Friedland |
United States
|
| Hanami |
Denise Fernandes |
Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde
|
| I Saw Three Black Lights |
Yo vi tres luces negras |
Santiago Lozano Álvarez |
Colombia, Mexico, France, Germany
|
| Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others |
Man, Maryam, Bacheha va 26 Nafare Digar |
Farshad Hashemi |
Iran, Germany
|
| Red Path |
Les Enfants rouges |
Lotfi Achour |
Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland
|
| Shambhala |
Min Bahadur Bham |
Nepal, France, Norway, Turkey, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States. Qatar
|
| Toxic |
Akiplėša |
Saulė Bliuvaitė |
Lithuania
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| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| At Averroès & Rosa Parks |
Averroès & Rosa Parks |
Nicolas Philibert |
France
|
| Balomania |
Sissel Morell Dargis |
Denmark, Spain
|
| Blink |
Edmund Stenson, Daniel Roher |
United States, Canada
|
| The Chef and the Daruma |
Mads K. Baekkevold |
Canada
|
| Curl Power |
Josephine Anderson |
Canada
|
| Democracy Noir |
Connie Field |
United States, Denmark
|
| Fish War |
Jeff Ostenson, Charles Atkinson, Skylar Wagner |
United States
|
| Living with Wolves |
Vivre avec les loups |
Jean-Michel Bertrand |
France
|
| Ninan Auassat: We, the Children |
Ninan Auassat: Nous, les enfants |
Kim O'Bomsawin |
Canada
|
| Searching for Amani |
Nicole Gormley, Debra Aroko |
United States, Kenya
|
| The Thinking Game |
Greg Kohs |
United States
|
| Unlikely Allies |
Anthony Pedone |
United States
|
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Apple Cider Vinegar |
Sofie Benoot |
Belgium, Netherlands
|
| Grand Theft Hamlet |
Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane |
United Kingdom
|
| The In Between |
Robie Flores |
United States
|
| It's Not Me |
C'est pas moi |
Leos Carax |
France
|
| Listen to the Voices |
Kouté Vwa |
Maxime Jean-Baptiste |
Guyana, Belgium, France
|
| Pepe |
Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias |
Dominican Republic, Germany, France, Namibia
|
| Real |
Adele Tulli |
Italy, France
|
| Realm of Satan |
Scott Cummings |
United States
|
| smiles and kisses you |
Bryan Carberry |
United States
|
| The Universe in a Grain of Sand |
Mark A. Levinson |
United States
|
Guest curator: Zarrar Kahn.
Focus: Once, There Is a City
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Guest curators: Kika Memeh, Ogheneofegor Obuwoma.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province
|
| Almost the Dust |
Casi el polvo |
Léa Soler |
Mexico
|
| Beeps |
Kirk Johnson |
United States
|
| The Boys and the Donkey |
少年与驴 |
Tsering Yangjyab |
China
|
| Bright White Light |
Henna Välkky, Eesu Lehtola |
Finland
|
| Candle |
Chandelle |
Jérémi Roy |
Canada
|
| Chuff Chuff Chuff |
轟隆轟隆轟隆 |
Chao Koi Wang |
Taiwan
|
| Colors Under the Streetlights |
Yoshimi Joya |
Japan
|
| Creatures of Light |
Criaturas de la Luz |
Sylvie Weber |
Mexico
|
| Culture Shock |
Barry Bilinsky |
Canada
|
| Dadá |
Dependências |
Luisa Arraes |
Brazil
|
| Dark Matter |
Leo Berkeley |
Australia
|
| Darker |
Matazi Weathers |
United States
|
| The Death of James |
Sam Chou |
Canada
|
| Dokra Keu Bojhey Na |
Sneha Das, Monjima Mullick |
India
|
| Delta Dawn |
Asia Youngman |
Canada
|
| Discoteque |
Masashi Yamamoto |
United States
|
| The Egg |
Dzun |
Vahan Grigoryan |
Armenia
|
| The Everlasting Pea |
Su Rynard |
Canada
|
| Explosions Near the Museum |
Vybukhy bilia muzeiu |
Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk |
Ukraine
|
| Fishmonger |
Neil Ferron |
United States
|
| Gate 3 to 14 |
مدخل ٣ إلى ١٤ |
Karen Abou Jaoudeh |
Lebanon
|
| Grizzly Bear Country |
Mave Ky |
Canada
|
| Get Thee on the Dance Floor |
님과 함께 디스코 |
Hyun Hahn |
South Korea
|
| Hatch |
Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh |
Canada
|
| If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds |
Et si le soleil plongeait dans l’océan des nues |
Wissam Charaf |
France, Lebanon
|
| Inkwo: For When the Starving Return |
Inkwo à la défense des vivants |
Amanda Strong |
Canada
|
| Jane's in the Freezer |
Caleb Joye |
United States
|
| Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist |
Kerr Holden |
Canada
|
| Judy's Garden |
Evie Metz |
United States
|
| Julian and the Wind |
Connor Jessup |
Canada
|
| Like a Spiral |
Comme une spirale |
Lamia Chraibi |
Canada
|
| Losing Your Home |
Juste un toit |
Emmanuel Rioux |
Canada
|
| Magic Candies |
Amedama |
Daisuke Nishio |
Japan
|
| Mermaids |
Sirènes |
Sarah Malléon |
Martinique
|
| Minus Plus Multiply |
Chu-Chieh Lee |
United Kingdom
|
| Morî |
Yakup Tekintangaç |
Turkey
|
| The Moving Garden |
O Jardim Em Movimento |
Inês Lima |
Portugal
|
| My Dog Is Dead |
私の犬が死んだ |
Tasuku Matsunaga, Takehiro Senda |
Japan
|
| The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil |
Les Mystérieuses Aventures de Claude Conseil |
Marie-Lola Terver, Paul Jousselin |
France
|
| Nemo 1 |
Albéric Aurtenèche |
Canada
|
| Nietzschean Suicide |
Khokoushten ba Shewazi Nietzsche |
Payam Kurdistani |
Iran
|
| On Plains of Larger River & Woodlands |
Miguel de Jesus |
Australia, Portugal
|
| One Day This Kid |
Alexander Farah |
Canada
|
| Organza's Revenge |
Walter Scott |
Canada
|
| The Painting |
Le Tableau |
Michèle Lemieux |
Canada
|
| Palestine Islands |
Nour Ben Salem, Julien Menanteau |
France, Jordan
|
| Pena's Special Handling |
Penan Erikoiskuljetus |
Anssi Kasitonni |
Finland
|
| Retracing Their Steps |
Emboîter leurs pas |
Manuel Orhy Piron |
Canada
|
| The Return |
Enchukunoto |
Laissa Malih |
Kenya
|
| Salem on the Road |
Salem sur la route |
Étienne Galloy |
Canada
|
| Save My Soul |
Kam Fai Leung |
Hong Kong
|
| Sauna Day |
Sannapäiv |
Anna Hints |
Estonia
|
| Shadow |
Kamell Allaway |
United States
|
| Shoes and Hooves |
Cipők és paták |
Viktória Traub |
Hungary
|
| Soap Box |
Boîte à savon |
Jimmy G. Pettigrew |
Canada
|
| Strawberry Shortcake |
草莓蛋糕 |
Deborah Devyn Chuang |
Taiwan
|
| Stuffed |
Louise Labrousse |
France
|
| The Sweater |
Maziyar Khatam |
Canada
|
| Tayal Forest Club |
男孩奇幻夜 |
Laha Mebow |
Taiwan
|
| Three Birds |
Tri ticice |
Zarja Menart |
Slovenia, Croatia
|
| Time Space Love |
Marie-Louise Gariépy |
Canada
|
| Time to Dilate |
확장기 |
Kim Nayoung |
South Korea
|
| Uncommon Ground |
Faith Sparrow-Crawford |
Canada
|
| We Deserve an Empire |
Merecemos Un Imperio |
Mauricio Maldonado |
Colombia
|
| When the Wind Rises |
Xia Feng Chu |
Hung Chen |
Taiwan
|
| The Widow's Son Turns Storyteller |
Hasratein Basrat |
Shiker Pal |
India
|
| You Can't Get What You Want But You Can Get Me |
Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh |
Netherlands, Finland
|
| Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper |
Zanatany, L’empreinte des linceuls esseulés |
Hachimiya Ahamada |
Belgium, France, Qatar
|
| Zoe |
Rémi St-Michel |
Canada
|
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| The Cavalry |
Alina Orlov |
Canada, Israel, United States
|
| The Diary of a Sky |
Lawrence Abu Hamdan |
Lebanon
|
| Dreams Like Paper Boats |
Samuel Suffren |
Haiti
|
| Flowers |
José Cardoso |
Ecuador, South Africa
|
| Freak |
Claire Barnett |
United States
|
| Grandmamauntsistercat |
Zuza Banasinska |
Poland
|
| Man Number Four |
Miranda Pennell |
United Kingdom
|
| Razeh-del |
Maryam Tafakory |
Iran, United Kingdom, Italy
|
| She Stays |
Marinthia Gutiérrez |
Mexico
|
| We Were No Desert |
Agustina Comedi, Chiachio & Giannone |
Argentina
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- ^ Janet Smith, "Vancouver International Film Festival gives small preview of Special Presentations, with Cannes and Berlin award-winners on the roster". Stir, August 8, 2024.
- ^ Vicki Duong, "VIFF announces its special selections for 2024". The Georgia Straight, August 9, 2024.
- ^ Janet Smith, "Vancouver International Film Festival reveals full program, opening with live-accompanied Ari's Theme". Stir, August 28, 2024.
- ^ Dana Gee, "Just announced: Vancouver International Film Festival 2024 lineup". Vancouver Sun, August 28, 2024.
- ^ Vicki Duong, "Vancouver International Film Festival unveils stacked 2024 lineup". The Georgia Straight, August 28, 2024.
- ^ Gail Johnson, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of 2024 juried awards". Stir, October 3, 2024.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "In Brief: The Chef & the Daruma wins at VIFF Audience Awards". Playback, October 17, 2024.
