VIFF Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema was an award from the Vancouver International Film Festival for a film director from the Asia-Pacific region."VIFF Dragons and Tigers Award winner announced". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 7, 2011. Presented to a film judged as the best film by an emerging director within the festival's Dragons and Tigers program for Asian cinema,"VIFF announces films for Dragons & Tigers, award nominees". Playback, September 8, 2010. it awarded a creative and innovative film, made early in the director's career, which had not yet won significant international recognition.
First created in 1994, the award was discontinued after 2013. It was replaced with a general Best New Director Award, open to all emerging international filmmakers with films screening in any festival program."VIFF's Dragons and Tigers series established Vancouver as cinematic Gateway to Asia". The Georgia Straight, September 29, 2017.
Nominated films were selected by film scholar and critic Tony Rayns.
Award winners Year Film Director Country of origin 1994 This Window Is Yours Tomoyuki Furumaya Japan 1995 Goldfish Wu Di China Maborosi Koreeda Hirokazu Japan 1996 The Day a Pig Fell into the Well Hong Sang-soo South Korea Rain Clouds over Wushan Zhang Ming China 1997 Green Fish Lee Chang-dong South Korea 1998 Xiao Wu Jia Zhangke China/Hong Kong 1999 Nana/No-Go Hayakawa Wataru Japan 2000 Tears of the Black Tiger Wisit Sasanatieng Thailand 2001 Mirror Image Hsiao Ya-Chuan Taiwan 2002 Shanghai Panic Andrew Y-S Cheng China 2003 Uniform Diao Yinan China 2004 The Soup, One Morning Takahashi Izumi Japan 2005 Oxhide Liu Jiayin China 2006 Todo Todo Terros John Torres The Philippines 2007 Fujian Blue Weng Shouming China Mid-Afternoon Barks Zhang Yuedong China 2008 Perfect Life Emily Tang Hong Kong/China 2009 Eighteen Jang Kun-jae South Korea 2010 Good Morning to the World! Hirohara Saturo Japan2011 The Sun-Beaten Path Sonthar Gyal China2012 Emperor Visits the Hell Li Luo China2013 Anatomy of a Paperclip Ikeda Akira Japan
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External links Awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival