AWARDS + JURIES
Canadian Images Awards
BC Spotlight Awards
Impact Award
While VIFF welcomes films from all over the world, our acclaimed Canadian Images series – the largest exhibition of new Canadian cinema in the world – remains an integral part of the festival. This year, VIFF furthers its commitment to Canadian narrative filmmakers by introducing a cash award to celebrate their outstanding achievements.
VIFF once again invites the latest work by our province’s brightest filmmakers to take centre stage. Furthermore, we offer two significant cash awards to ensure that these local storytellers keep creating and offer film-lovers the chance to vote for their must-see BC features at mustseeBC.viff.org.
Recognizing that documentary filmmaking can be a powerful agent of change, this award is intended for the director of a Canadian documentary that’s deeply concerned with social issues. It’s designed to offer the resources necessary to amplify the film’s message, ensuring that it resonates long after its VIFF screening, potentially transforming the movie into a movement.
BEST CANADIAN FILM
The most anticipated BC film will play the BC Spotlight Gala at the Playhouse on Saturday, October 4 at 6:30pm.
$8,000 cash prize
BEST BC FILM
SPONSORED BY THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA
$10,000 development bursary
$5,000 development bursary SPONSORED BY AGENTIC DIGITAL MEDIA
+ $5,000 in marketing and strategic in-kind services
SPONSORED BY THE HAROLD GREENBERG FUND
NOMINATED FILMS 1987 Black Fly Dirty Singles Elephant Song Mommy October Gale Sitting on the Edge of Marlene Turbulence The Valley Below Violent You’re Sleeping Nicole
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MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN SHORT FILM
$2,000 cash prize JURORS John Cassini is an award-winning actor. He has produced four feature films, written and developed TV projects for various networks and has been a personal acting coach and teacher for over 20 years. He is a lifetime member of the prestigious Actors Studio in New York and Los Angeles and is the CoArtistic Director of Vancouver’s Railtown Actors Studio. Peter Machen was appointed manager of the Durban International Film Festival in April 2013, after seven years of working for the festival as a programmer and writer. He is one of South Africa’s leading arts and film writers. He is currently the Sunday Tribune’s resident film columnist and is the author of two books on Durban. Gaylene Preston has made some of the most enduring popular classics of New Zealand cinema. An award-winning storyteller whose films have a distinctive flavour that entertains while presenting serious subjects with humour and warmth, she is the inaugural NZ Arts Foundation filmmaker Laureate and an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for her services to filmmaking. Her latest project, Hope and Wire, screens at VIFF this year.
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+ $15,000 for post-production services
SUPPLIED BY AGENTIC AND STORY MONEY IMPACT
SUPPLIED BY DELUXE
(All films in the BC Spotlight are eligible for Best BC Film.) BC EMERGING FILMMAKER
$7,500 cash prize SPONSORED BY UBCP/ACTRA FRATERNAL
+ $10,000 equipment credit SUPPLIED BY WILLIAM F. WHITE
(Films must be signatory to a UBCP/ACTRA agreement to be eligible.) FILMS IN THE BC SPOTLIGHT Black Fly Bloody Knuckles The Boy from Geita Everything Will Be Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story Martin’s Pink Pickle Preggoland The Pristine Coast Sitting on the Edge of Marlene Songs She Wrote About People She Knows Turbulence Two 4 One Violent
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ELIGIBLE FILMS The Boy From Geita Everything Will Be Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story Monsoon The Price We Pay The Pristine Coast JURORS TBA - VISIT VIFF.ORG FOR DETAILS.
BC SPOTLIGHT 13 FILMS + 2 CASH/2 IN-KIND AWARDS + #mustseeBC + BC SPOTLIGHT GALA
BC Spotlight Gala — Playhouse, Sat. Oct 4, 6:30pm <insert YOUR Must See BC Film>! We are thrilled to offer this coveted gala spot to the winner of the #mustseeBC contest, where audiences will have the power to tell us which film they want to see at this exciting event.
JURORS
Check out mustseebc.viff.org for details!
Joel Bakan, a professor of law at the University of British Columbia, wrote the award-winning book and film (co-created with Mark Achbar) The Corporation, as well as numerous scholarly works. Bakan is also a jazz guitarist who performs with his wife, actress and singer Rebecca Jenkins. Kathy Chilco has produced, directed and written a wide range of television programming, including award-winning music and comedy specials, series, documentaries and new productions of Sesame Street. She is currently based in Vancouver. Bruce Sweeney received a B.A. in visual art and communication from Simon Fraser University and a M.F.A. in film from the University of British Columbia. He won Best Canadian Film at TIFF 95 for Live Bait. His latest film, The Dick Knost Show, won Best BC Film at VIFF 13.
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