| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Festival date | September 28 - October 8, 2023 |
| Website | VIFF |
The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 42nd event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 28 to October 8, 2023.[1]
Awards
Winners of the juried Canadian film awards were announced on October 5.[2] The Vanguard award winner was announced on October 8, and Audience Award winners were announced on October 12.
| Award | Film | Filmmaker |
|---|---|---|
| Audience Award, Galas & Special Presentations | Monster | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| Audience Award, Showcase | The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji |
| Audience Award, Panorama | Irena's Vow | Louise Archambault |
| Audience Award, Vanguard | Let Me Go (Laissez-moi) | Maxime Rappaz |
| Audience Award, Northern Lights | Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun | Banchi Hanuse |
| Audience Award, Insights | Physician, Heal Thyself | Asher Penn |
| Audience Award, Spectrum | Asog | Seán Devlin |
| Audience Award, Portraits | Call Me Dancer | Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour |
| Audience Award, Altered States | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | Ariane Louis-Seize |
| Best Canadian Film | Fitting In | Molly McGlynn |
| Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention | Gamodi | Felix Kalmenson |
| Best Canadian Documentary | Someone Lives Here | Zack Russell |
| Best Canadian Documentary, Honorable Mention | Asog | Seán Devlin |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Katshinau | Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush |
| Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention | Our Grandmother the Inlet | Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George |
| Emerging Canadian Director | Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr |
| Emerging Canadian Director, Honorable Mention | Richelieu | Pier-Philippe Chevigny |
| Best BC Film | WaaPaKe | Jules Arita Koostachin |
| Best BC Film, Honorable Mention | Asog | Seán Devlin |
| Vanguard Award | Animal | Sofia Exarchou |
| Vanguard Award, Honorable Mention | Octopus Skin (La Piel Pulpo) | Ana Cristina Barragán |
Films
The full schedule was announced on September 6.[3]
Galas and special presentations
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| La Chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland | |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| I'm Just Here for the Riot | Kathleen Jayme, Asia Youngman | Canada | |
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | |
| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe | Robert McCallum | Canada | |
| A Normal Family | 보통의 가족 | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea |
| The Old Oak | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium | |
| The Pot-au-Feu | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |
| Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States | |
| The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark, Germany, Sweden |
| Seven Veils | Atom Egoyan | Canada | |
| Swan Song | Chelsea McMullan | Canada | |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, Poland, United States | |
Showcase
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden |
| Close to You | Dominic Savage | Canada, United Kingdom | |
| Creature | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom | |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia |
| Four Little Adults | Nelja Pienta Aikuista | Selma Vilhunen | Finland, Sweden |
| Green Border | Zielona granica | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium |
| How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom | |
| I Am Sirat | Deepa Mehta, Sirat Taneja | Canada | |
| Il Boemo | Petr Václav | Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia | |
| Just the Two of Us | L'Amour et les forêts | Valérie Donzelli | France |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, United States, Taiwan | |
| The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia, United Kingdom | |
| The Teachers' Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | Ilker Çatak | Germany |
| They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal | Spain, France |
| Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France | |
Panorama
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19B | Ahmad Abdalla | Egypt | |
| All Ears | Liu Jiayin | China | |
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elena Naveriani | Georgia, Switzerland | |
| The Braid | Laetitia Colombani | France, Canada, Italy | |
| Days of Happiness | Les Jours heureux | Chloé Robichaud | Canada |
| The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Joanna Arnow | United States | |
| Gamodi | Felix Kalmenson | Canada, Georgia | |
| Goodbye Julia | وداعا جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan |
| Here | Bas Devos | Belgium | |
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Domakinstvo za Pocetnici | Goran Stolevski | Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo |
| If Only I Could Hibernate | Баавгай болохсон, Baavgai Bolohson | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia |
| In Broad Daylight | 白日之下 | Lawrence Kan | Hong Kong |
| Irena's Vow | Louise Archambault | Canada, Poland | |
| Let the River Flow | Ellos Eatnu | Ole Giæver | Norway, Sweden, Finland |
| Measures of Men | Der vermessene Mensch | Lars Kraume | Germany |
| Oceans Are the Real Continents | Los océanos son los verdaderos continentes | Tommaso Santambrogio | Cuba, Italy |
| One Day All This Will Be Yours | En dag kommer allt det här bli ditt | Andreas Öhman | Sweden |
| Only the River Flows | 河边的错误 | Wei Shujun | China |
| Puan | Maria Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil | |
| Raging Grace | Paris Zarcilla | United Kingdom | |
| The Rapture | Le Ravissement | Iris Kaltenbäck | France |
| Red Rooms | Les Chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
| Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Spain, France | |
| The Settlers | Los Colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile |
| Snow in Midsummer | 五月雪 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan |
| Suddenly | Melisa Önel | Turkey | |
| There's No Place Like Home | Den, der lever stille | Puk Grasten | Denmark |
| Toll | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil, Portugal |
| A Tour Guide | Eun-mi Kwak | South Korea | |
| Tsugaru Lacquer Girl | バカ塗りの娘 | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan |
| Undercurrent | アンダーカレント | Rikiya Imaizumi | Japan |
| Wild Swans | Gorai Phakhri | Rajni Basumatary | India |
Vanguard
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Sofia Exarchou | Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria | |
| Bitten | La Morsure | Romain de Saint-Blanquat | France |
| The Face of the Jellyfish | El Rostro de la Medusa | Melisa Liebenthal | Argentina |
| Let Me Go | Laissez-moi | Maxime Rappaz | Switzerland, France, Belgium |
| Octopus Skin | La Piel Pulpo | Ana Cristina Barragán | Ecuador |
| On the Go | María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro | Spain | |
| The Sea and Its Waves | La Mer et ses vagues | Liana Kassir, Renaud Pachot | Lebanon, France |
| Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Míng tian bi zuo tian chang jiu | Jow Zhi Wei | Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal |
Northern Lights
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun | Banchi Hanuse | Canada | |
| Les Filles du Roi | Corey Payette | ||
| Fitting In | Molly McGlynn | ||
| Float | Sherren Lee | ||
| Hey, Viktor! | Cody Lightning | ||
| I Don't Know Who You Are | M. H. Murray | ||
| I Used to Be Funny | Ally Pankiw | ||
| In Flames | Zarrar Kahn | ||
| Richelieu | Pier-Philippe Chevigny | ||
| Seagrass | Meredith Hama-Brown | ||
| Someone Lives Here | Zack Russell | ||
| Union Street | Jamila Pomeroy | ||
| When Adam Changes | Adam change lentement | Joël Vaudreuil | |
| Wild Goat Surf | Caitlyn Sponheimer | ||
Insights
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Ground | Josh Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell | United States | |
| Deep Rising | Matthieu Rytz | United States | |
| The Invention of the Other | A invenção do Outro | Bruno Jorge | Brazil |
| Lynx Man | Ilveskuiskaaja | Juha Suonpää | Finland, Estonia |
| Mareya Shot, Keetah Goal: Make the Shot | Baljit Sangra, Nilesh Patel | Canada | |
| The Mission | Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss | United States, India | |
| On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | France, Japan |
| Physician, Heal Thyself | Asher Penn | Canada | |
| WaaPaKe | Jules Arita Koostachin | Canada | |
| Winter Chants | 冬未來 | Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan | Hong Kong |
Spectrum
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asog | Seán Devlin | Canada, Philippines | |
| Between Revolutions | Între revoluții | Vlad Petri | Romania, Croatia, Iran |
| Hello Dankness | Soda Jerk | Australia | |
| Kim's Video | David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
| Lonely Oaks | Vergiss Meyn Nicht | Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff | Germany |
| Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods | Angelos Rallis | Greece, France, Germany | |
| The Mother of All Lies | Kadib Abyad | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Savvusanna sõsarad | Anna Hints | Estonia, France, Iceland |
| The Tuba Thieves | Alison O'Daniel | United States | |
Portraits
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anselm | Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| Apolonia, Apolonia | Lea Glob | Denmark, Poland | |
| Caiti Blues | Justine Harbonnier | Canada, France | |
| Call Me Dancer | Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour | United States, India | |
| A Cooler Climate | James Ivory, Giles Gardner | France | |
| Invisible Beauty | Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng | United States | |
| It's Only Life After All | Alexandria Bombach | United States | |
| Pianoforte | Jakub Piątek | Poland | |
| Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling | Jennifer Lane | United States | |
| Sculpting the Giant | Banu Wirandoko, Rheza Arden Wiguna | Indonesia | |
Altered States
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France |
| Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | Morocco, France, Qatar |
| Chronicles of a Wandering Saint | Crónicas de una Santa Errante | Tomas Gomez Bustillo | Argentina, United States |
| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| My Animal | Jacqueline Castel | Canada | |
| Restore Point | Bod obnovy | Robert Hloz | Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia |
| The Sacrifice Game | Jenn Wexler | United States | |
| Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Germany | |
| The Wait | La espera | F. Javier Gutierrez | Spain |
| White Plastic Sky | Műanyag égbolt | Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | Hungary, Slovakia |
Leading Lights
A special program curated by guest programmer Anthony Shim, featuring a selection of films that had influenced his own journey as a filmmaker.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dust in the Wind | 戀戀風塵 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Joint Security Area | 공동경비구역 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| Peppermint Candy | 박하사탕 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea, Japan |
| A Woman Under the Influence | John Cassavetes | United States | |
Focus: Women, Life and Freedom
A special program curated by guest programmer Fay Nass, screening films about misogyny and the subjugation of women.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joonam | Sierra Urich | United States | |
| Numb | Amir Toodehroosta | Iran | |
| Seven Winters in Tehran | Sieben Winter in Teheran | Steffi Niederzoll | Germany, France |
| Terrestrial Verses | Ayeh Haye Zamini | Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami | Iran |
| Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr | Canada, Lebanon | |
Short Forum
All films in this short film program are Canadian.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| All the Days of May | Tous les jours de mai | Miryam Charles | Quebec |
| Ancestral Threads | Sean Stiller | British Columbia | |
| Between You and Me | Cameron Kletke | British Columbia | |
| Black Box Investigations | Paige Smith | British Columbia | |
| Cassandra | Bea Santos | Ontario | |
| Cloud Striker | Allan W. Hopkins | British Columbia | |
| Conviction | Bruce Thomas Miller | Alberta | |
| The Company We Keep | Wojtek Jakubiec | Quebec | |
| Cristo Negro | Paul Stavropoulos, Brendan Mills | Ontario | |
| Death Mask | John Greyson | Ontario | |
| Defining Human | Daniel Code | British Columbia | |
| Dickinsonia | Charline Dally | Quebec | |
| Donna | Keenan MacWilliam | Ontario | |
| Dream Tricks: Over a Six Stair | Adam Seward | Ontario | |
| Element | Will Niava | Quebec | |
| Four Mile Creek | Ryan McKenna | Quebec | |
| Gentle Hum of Spring | Simon Garez | Saskatchewan | |
| The Great Kind Mystery | Ella Morton | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Hair or No Hair | Janessa St. Pierre | British Columbia | |
| Her Name Is Like a Sigh | Solara Thanh-Binh Dang | British Columbia | |
| In the Wake of the Cedar Tree | Towustasin | British Columbia | |
| Katshinau | Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush | Quebec | |
| Lake Baikal | Baigal Nuur | Alisi Telengut | Quebec |
| Les Lavandières | Laura Kamugisha | Quebec | |
| Making Babies | Faire un enfant | Éric K. Boulianne | Quebec |
| Master of the House | Dylan Maranda | British Columbia | |
| Modern Goose | Karsten Wall | Manitoba | |
| Mothers and Monsters | Édith Jorisch | Quebec | |
| My Tomato Heart | Mon cœur de tomate | Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard | Quebec |
| Nigiqtuq (The South Wind) | Lindsay McIntyre | Alberta | |
| Our Grandmother the Inlet | Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George | British Columbia | |
| Outside Center | Eli Jean Tahchi | Quebec | |
| Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man | Ryan Leedu | Alberta | |
| Redlights | Eva Thomas | Ontario | |
| Return to Hairy Hill | Retour à Hairy Hill | Daniel Gies | Quebec |
| Return to Ombabika | Ma-Nee Chacaby, Zoe Gordon, Shayne Ehman | Ontario | |
| Silkworm | Amir Honarmand | British Columbia | |
| Sisters | Marisa Hoicka | Ontario | |
| Soleil de Nuit | Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias | Quebec | |
| Something Else | Autre Chose | Étienne Lacelle | Quebec |
| Swallow Flying to the South | Mochi Lin | British Columbia | |
| Sub Terra | Jeffrey Zablotny | Ontario | |
| Sun, Moon and Four Peaks | Kevin Jin Kwan Kim | British Columbia | |
| Take Care | Tony Massil | British Columbia | |
| Two Apples | Bahram Javahery | British Columbia, Yukon | |
| Two One Two | Shira Avni | Quebec | |
| Unspeakable Heap | Kara Ditte Hansen | British Columbia | |
| Where Rabbits Come From | D'où viennent les lapins | Colin Ludvic Racicot | Quebec |
| You Feel Soft | Cameron Kletke | British Columbia | |
| Yun | Yuezhang Qin | British Columbia | |
International Shorts
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almost Fall | Presque l'automne | Margot Pouppeville | France |
| Basri and Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy | Basri & Salma Dalam Komedi Yang Terus Berputar | Khozy Rizal | Indonesia |
| Beyond the Sea | Hippolyte Leibovici | Belgium, France | |
| Big Bang | Carlos Segundo | Brazil | |
| Big Day | Chung Chieh Chiang | Taiwan | |
| Confessions | Stephanie Kaznocha | United States | |
| Cuarto de Hora | Nemo Arancibia | Chile, France | |
| Cut | Samuel Lucas Allen | Australia | |
| Fairplay | Zoel Aeschbacher | Switzerland, France | |
| The Family Circus | Andrew Fitzgerald | United States | |
| Far from the Tree | Daleko od stromu | Emma Marková | Czech Republic |
| Headdress | Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire | United States | |
| Hedgehog | D. Mitry | United States | |
| Hide Your Crazy | Austin Kase | United States | |
| In Too Deep | Chris Overton | United Kingdom | |
| Jeong-Dong | Choi Woo Gene | South Korea | |
| Just a Rehearsal | Solo un Ensayo | Hugo Sanz | Spain |
| Just the Two of Us | Toutes les deux | Clara Lemaire Anspach | France |
| A Lien | Sam Cutler-Kreutz, David Cutler-Kreutz | United States | |
| Lovebugs | Teddy Alvarez-Nissen | United States | |
| Mira | Eva Louise Hall | United States | |
| Night Shift | Turno nocturno Santiago Lago | Argentina | |
| Nowhere | Garin Hovannisian | Armenia, United States | |
| An Ordinary Day | Ju-yeon Gim | South Korea | |
| Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love | Makoto Nagahisa | Japan | |
| Snif & Snüf | Michael J. Ruocco | United States | |
| Southern Afternoon | Nan fang wu hou | Tian Lan | China |
| Spasm | اسپاسم | Sahra Asadollahi | Iran |
| Sushi | Iván Morales | Spain | |
| Where the Time Goes | Justin Tyler Close | United States, Canada | |
| Youssou & Malek | Youssou et Malek | Simon Frenay | France |
Modes
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqueronte | Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Spain | |
| A Bird Called Memory | Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil, United Kingdom | |
| Let's Talk | Simon Liu | Hong Kong | |
| Loving in Between | Jyoti Mistry | South Africa, Austria | |
| Mast-del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom | |
| Mother Land | Kantarama Gahigiri | Rwanda, Switzerland | |
| NYC RGB | Viktoria Schmid | Austria, United States | |
| Shadow Does | Laure Prouvost | Belgium, France, Austria | |
| Slow Shift | Shambhavi Kaul | India, United States | |
| Square the Circle | Hanna Hovitie | Finland | |
| This Is Not Here | Charlotte Mungomery | Australia, Peru, Spain | |
References
- ↑ Bridget Stringer-Holden, "Vancouver International Film Festival 2023 announces live performances and special presentations". The Georgia Straight, August 11, 2023.
- ↑ V.S. Wells, "VIFF announces Canadian film award winners". The Georgia Straight, October 5, 2023.
- ↑ Becca Clarkson, "Lineup for 2023 VIFF revealed ahead of the 1st fully in-cinema event since the pandemic". CTV News Vancouver, September 6, 2023.
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