Vancouver International Film Festival


The Vancouver International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, a provincially registered non-profit, and federally registered charitable organization.
VIFF continues to expand the frame to create multi-experiential streams that include some of the best cinema from around the world fused with related talks and events in a unique Films+ model. VIFF audiences and creators have a chance to discover, discuss and connect more at one of North America's most accessible festivals, in one of the most beautiful cities on the planet.
Both in terms of admissions, and number of films screened,, VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America. The festival screens films annually from approximately 73 countries on 10 screens.
The festival has three main programming platforms: East Asian film, Canadian film, and nonfiction films.

History

The festival was first launched in 1958, but faced financial and organizational difficulties in the late 1960s and was discontinued after the 1969 festival. The Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society was incorporated in the early 1980s and relaunched the festival in 1982.

Venues

The relaunched festival was staged entirely at the city's independent Ridge Theatre, although the festival has since expanded into a multivenue event headquartered at the Vancouver International Film Centre.
The Vancity Theatre inside the VIFC hosts VIFF's year-round programming, workshops, special events and collaborates with local organizations for special events.

Awards

Each year, the festival offers a number of juried and audience-voted awards including:
BC Spotlight Awards
Canadian Awards
Impact Awards
Audience Awards
Sustainable Production Excellence Awards