The Audience Award is an annual award given by the Whistler Film Festival to the most popular film voted by festival audiences.
Winners
Year Film Director(s) Ref 2002 Flower & Garnet Keith Behrman Dana Michell, "Film fest favourites announced". Pique Newsmagazine, December 19, 2002. 2003 In the Shadow of the Chief Ivan Hughes "Film on Vancouver street life wins at Whistler". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2003. 2004 Crazy Canucks Randy Bradshaw "Whistler Film Fest winners". Vancouver Courier, December 8, 2004. 2005 Love Is Work John Kalangis Ilona Berks, "Industry turns out for Whistler". Playback, January 9, 2006. 2006 Mystic Ball Greg Hamilton "Myanmar film people's choice". Kamloops Daily News, December 8, 2006. 2007 Amal Richie Mehta Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival a wrap; Moguls and movie-goers mingle at mountaintop meet-and-greet". Vancouver Courier, December 5, 2007. 2008 RiP!: A Remix Manifesto Brett Gaylor Fred Lee, "Whistler fest shines on Canadian films; Justice gala supports first responders". National Post, December 13, 2008. 2009 Suck Rob Stefaniuk "Les Signes Vitaux wins Borsos". Pique Newsmagazine, December 11, 2009. 2010 The Whistleblower Larysa Kondracki Graeme McRanor, "It's a wrap for 10th anniversary of Whistler Film Festival; Highlights included a chat with filmmakers Monte Hellman, Bruce McDonald and Atom Egoyan and a new home for the film fest". Vancouver Sun, December 6, 2010. 2011 Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau "Oscar hopeful voted audience favourite at Whistler Film Fest". Prince George Citizen, December 7, 2011. 2012 My Awkward Sexual Adventure Sean Garrity Martin Knelman, "Bed head: Jonas Chernick ponders sexual hang-ups in latest film". Toronto Star, January 5, 2013. 2013 Cas & Dylan Jason Priestley Cassandra Szklarski, "Dreyfuss gushes over Canuck co-star Maslany in odd-couple road movie". Canadian Press, March 31, 2014. 2014 A Most Violent Year J. C. Chandor Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec drama Félix et Meira sweeps Borsos Awards at WFF 2014". Pique Newsmagazine, December 10, 2014. 2015 Carol Todd Haynes Craig Takeuchi, "WFF 2015 photos: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, and award winners". The Georgia Straight, December 8, 2015. 2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec's Before the Streets wins Borsos Best Film Award at Whistler Film Festival". Pique Newsmagazine, December 7, 2016. 2017 Darkest Hour Joe Wright Etan Vlessing, "Evan Rachel Wood Wins Best Performance at Whistler Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter, December 3, 2017. 2018 On the Basis of Sex Mimi Leder Pat Mullen, "‘Hugh Hefner’s After Dark’ Tops Whistler Winners". Point of View, December 6, 2018. 2019 A Call to Spy Lydia Dean Pilcher Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival hands out awards". Pique Newsmagazine, December 14, 2019. 2020 The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier) Tanya Lapointe Pat Mullen, "The Paper Man Wins Audience Award at Whistler Film Fest" . Point of View, December 28, 2020. 2021 Drinkwater Stephen Campanelli Brandon Barrett, "Coming-of-age film Drinkwater wins Audience Award at WFF". Pique Newsmagazine, December 28, 2021. 2022 Gringa E.J. Foerster, Marny Eng "GRINGA Starring Steve Zahn Wins Audience Award at 2022 Whistler Film Festival". Vimooz, December 28, 2022. 2023 500 Days in the Wild Dianne Whelan Emily Lyth, "At Whistler Film Festival, 500 Days in the Wild wins this year's Audience Award". Stir, December 12, 2023. 2024 Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Dale Heslip Jamie Casemore, "Dale Heslip’s Blue Rodeo doc wins over Whistler audiences". Playback, December 16, 2024. 2025 Our Kind of Chaos Ryan Stutt, Clayton Larsen
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