Opening film | Brooklyn by John Crowley |
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Closing film | I Saw the Light by Marc Abraham |
Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Festival date | September 24–October 9, 2015 |
The 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 34th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 24 to October 9, 2015. [1]
The festival's opening gala film was John Crowley's Brooklyn , and its closing gala was Marc Abraham's I Saw the Light .
Award winners were announced on October 9. [2]
Award | Film | Filmmaker |
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People's Choice | Brooklyn | John Crowley |
Most Popular Canadian Feature | Room | Lenny Abrahamson |
Most Popular Canadian Documentary | Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World | Charles Wilkinson |
Most Popular International Documentary | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (Jag är Ingrid) | Stig Björkman |
Best Canadian Film | Sleeping Giant | Andrew Cividino |
Best Canadian Short Film | Blue-Eyed Blonde | Pascal Plante |
Emerging Canadian Director | The Sound of Trees (Le Bruit des arbres) | François Péloquin |
Best BC Film | Fractured Land | Damien Gillis, Fiona Rayher |
BC Emerging Filmmaker | The Devout | Connor Gaston |
Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film | Never Steady, Never Still | Kathleen Hepburn |
VIFF Impact: Canadian Audience Award | Fractured Land | Damien Gillis, Fiona Rayher |
VIFF Impact: International Audience Award | Landfill Harmonic | Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley |
Women in Film and Television Artistic Merit Award | Ninth Floor | Mina Shum |
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