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.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. The first five films in the program were announced on August 8, 2024,Vicki Duong, "VIFF announces its special selections for 2024". The Georgia Straight, August 9, 2024. with the full program released on August 28.Janet Smith, "Vancouver International Film Festival reveals full program, opening with live-accompanied Ari's Theme". Stir, August 28, 2024.
The festival opened with the documentary film Ari's Theme, and closed with the film Emilia Pérez.Dana Gee, "Just announced: Vancouver International Film Festival 2024 lineup". Vancouver Sun, August 28, 2024. Overall, the festival screened 150 feature films and 81 shorts.Vicki Duong, "Vancouver International Film Festival unveils stacked 2024 lineup". The Georgia Straight, August 28, 2024.
Awards Juried award winners were announced on October 3, 2024,Gail Johnson, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of 2024 juried awards". Stir, October 3, 2024. with audience award winners announced on October 17.Jamie Casemore, "In Brief: The Chef & the Daruma wins at VIFF Audience Awards". Playback, October 17, 2024.
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
Films
Galas and special presentations 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
Showcase 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
Panorama 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
Vanguard 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
Northern Lights English title Original title Director(s) Production country 7 Beats per Minute Yuqi Kang Canada Bonjour Tristesse Durga Chew-Bose Canada, Germany Cat's Cry Mačji krik Sanja Živković Canada, Serbia, Croatia Cherub Devin Shears Canada The Heirloom Ben Petrie Canada Inedia Liz Cairns Canada Living Together Cohabiter Halima Elkhatabi Canada Lucky Star Gillian McKercher Canada Mama Inay Thea Loo Canada Mongrels Jerome Yoo Canada Preface to a History Devan Scott, Willa Harlow Ross Canada Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn Canada Shook Amar Wala Canada The Stand Christopher Auchter Canada There, There Heather Young Canada Village Keeper Karen Chapman Canada
Insights English title Original title Director(s) Production country At Averroès & Rosa Parks Averroès & Rosa Parks Nicolas Philibert France Balomania Sissel Dargis Morell 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
Spectrum 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
Portraits English title Original title Director(s) Production country Disco's Revenge Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara Canada Draw Me Egypt: Doaa El-Adl, a Stroke of Freedom Nada Riyadh Belgium, France, Luxembourg Googoosh: Made of Fire Niloufar Taghizadeh Germany John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger David Bickerstaff United Kingdom Luther: Never Too Much Dawn Porter United States Modernism, Inc. Jason Cohn United States Pol Pot Dancing Enrique Sánchez Lansch Germany, Norway So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson Canada A Stranger Quest Andrea Gatopoulos Italy, United States, Canada A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Mark Cousins United Kingdom Uncropped D.W. Young United States Viva Niki: The Spirit of Niki de Saint Phalle タロット・ガーデンへの道 Michiko Matsumoto Japan
Leading Lights Guest curator: Zarrar Kahn.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Big City Mahanagar Satyajit Ray India Hyenas Hyènes Djibril Diop Mambéty Senegal Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto Elio Petri Italy Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Marlina Si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak Mouly Surya Indonesia
Focus: Once, There Is a City Guest curators: Kika Memeh, Ogheneofegor Obuwoma. English title Original title Director(s) Production country Coconut Head Generation Alain Kassanda France, Nigeria Eyimofe Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri Nigeria Félicité Alain Gomis Senegal Ouaga Girls Theresa Traore Dahlberg Sweden, Burkina Faso, France, Qatar Rafiki Wanuri Kahiu Kenya Tooth for Tooth Dent pour dent Ottis Ba Senegal, Belgium, France, Rwanda
Altered States English title Original title Director(s) Production country 40 Acres R. T. Thorne Canada Dream Team Lev Kalman, Whitney Horn United States Else Thibault Emin France, Belgium Fréwaka Aislinn Clarke Ireland Presence Steven Soderbergh United States Párvulos Párvulos: Hijos Del Apocalipsis Isaac Ezban Mexico Rita Jayro Bustamante Guatemala Rock Bottom María Trénor Spain, Poland She Loved Blossoms More Yannis Veslemes Greece, France Timestalker Alice Lowe United Kingdom
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