| Opening film | Ari's Theme by Nathan Drillot and Jeff Lee Petry |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Festival date | September 26 - October 6, 2024 |
| Website | VIFF |
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. [1] The first five films in the program were announced on August 8, 2024, [2] with the full program released on August 28. [3]
The festival opened with the documentary film Ari's Theme , and closed with the film Emilia Pérez . [4] Overall, the festival screened 150 feature films and 81 shorts. [5]
Juried award winners were announced on October 3, 2024, [6] with audience award winners announced on October 17. [7]
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
| 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 | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almost the Dust | Casi el polvo | Léa Soler | Mexico |
| Beeps | Kirk Johnson | United States | |
| The Boys and the Donkey | 少年与驴 | Tsering Yangjyab | China |
| Bright White Light | Henna Välkky, Eesu Lehtola | Finland | |
| Candle | Chandelle | Jérémi Roy | Canada |
| Chuff Chuff Chuff | 轟隆轟隆轟隆 | Chao Koi Wang | Taiwan |
| Colors Under the Streetlights | Yoshimi Joya | Japan | |
| Creatures of Light | Criaturas de la Luz | Sylvie Weber | Mexico |
| Culture Shock | Barry Bilinsky | Canada | |
| Dadá | Dependências | Luisa Arraes | Brazil |
| Dark Matter | Leo Berkeley | Australia | |
| Darker | Matazi Weathers | United States | |
| The Death of James | Sam Chou | Canada | |
| Dokra Keu Bojhey Na | Sneha Das, Monjima Mullick | India | |
| Delta Dawn | Asia Youngman | Canada | |
| Discoteque | Masashi Yamamoto | United States | |
| The Egg | Dzun | Vahan Grigoryan | Armenia |
| The Everlasting Pea | Su Rynard | Canada | |
| Explosions Near the Museum | Vybukhy bilia muzeiu | Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk | Ukraine |
| Fishmonger | Neil Ferron | United States | |
| Gate 3 to 14 | مدخل ٣ إلى ١٤ | Karen Abou Jaoudeh | Lebanon |
| Grizzly Bear Country | Mave Ky | Canada | |
| Get Thee on the Dance Floor | 님과 함께 디스코 | Hyun Hahn | South Korea |
| Hatch | Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh | Canada | |
| If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds | Et si le soleil plongeait dans l’océan des nues | Wissam Charaf | France, Lebanon |
| Inkwo for When the Starving Return | Inkwo à la défense des vivants | Amanda Strong | Canada |
| Jane's in the Freezer | Caleb Joye | United States | |
| Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist | Kerr Holden | Canada | |
| Judy's Garden | Evie Metz | United States | |
| Julian and the Wind | Connor Jessup | Canada | |
| Like a Spiral | Comme une spirale | Lamia Chraibi | Canada |
| Losing Your Home | Juste un toit | Emmanuel Rioux | Canada |
| Magic Candies | Amedama | Daisuke Nishio | Japan |
| Mermaids | Sirènes | Sarah Malléon | Martinique |
| Minus Plus Multiply | Chu-Chieh Lee | United Kingdom | |
| Morî | Yakup Tekintangaç | Turkey | |
| The Moving Garden | O Jardim Em Movimento | Inês Lima | Portugal |
| My Dog Is Dead | 私の犬が死んだ | Tasuku Matsunaga, Takehiro Senda | Japan |
| The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil | Les Mystérieuses Aventures de Claude Conseil | Marie-Lola Terver, Paul Jousselin | France |
| Nemo 1 | Albéric Aurtenèche | Canada | |
| Nietzschean Suicide | Khokoushten ba Shewazi Nietzsche | Payam Kurdistani | Iran |
| On Plains of Larger River & Woodlands | Miguel de Jesus | Australia, Portugal | |
| One Day This Kid | Alexander Farah | Canada | |
| Organza's Revenge | Walter Scott | Canada | |
| The Painting | Le Tableau | Michèle Lemieux | Canada |
| Palestine Islands | Nour Ben Salem, Julien Menanteau | France, Jordan | |
| Pena's Special Handling | Penan Erikoiskuljetus | Anssi Kasitonni | Finland |
| Retracing Their Steps | Emboîter leurs pas | Manuel Orhy Piron | Canada |
| The Return | Enchukunoto | Laissa Malih | Kenya |
| Salem on the Road | Salem sur la route | Étienne Galloy | Canada |
| Save My Soul | Kam Fai Leung | Hong Kong | |
| Sauna Day | Sannapäiv | Anna Hints | Estonia |
| Shadow | Kamell Allaway | United States | |
| Shoes and Hooves | Cipők és paták | Viktória Traub | Hungary |
| Soap Box | Boîte à savon | Jimmy G. Pettigrew | Canada |
| Strawberry Shortcake | 草莓蛋糕 | Deborah Devyn Chuang | Taiwan |
| Stuffed | Louise Labrousse | France | |
| The Sweater | Maziyar Khatam | Canada | |
| Tayal Forest Club | 男孩奇幻夜 | Laha Mebow | Taiwan |
| Three Birds | Tri ticice | Zarja Menart | Slovenia, Croatia |
| Time Space Love | Marie-Louise Gariépy | Canada | |
| Time to Dilate | 확장기 | Kim Nayoung | South Korea |
| Uncommon Ground | Faith Sparrow-Crawford | Canada | |
| We Deserve an Empire | Merecemos Un Imperio | Mauricio Maldonado | Colombia |
| When the Wind Rises | Xia Feng Chu | Hung Chen | Taiwan |
| The Widow's Son Turns Storyteller | Hasratein Basrat | Shiker Pal | India |
| You Can't Get What You Want But You Can Get Me | Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh | Netherlands, Finland | |
| Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper | Zanatany, L’empreinte des linceuls esseulés | Hachimiya Ahamada | Belgium, France, Qatar |
| Zoe | Rémi St-Michel | Canada | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cavalry | Alina Orlov | Canada, Israel, United States | |
| The Diary of a Sky | Lawrence Abu Hamdan | Lebanon | |
| Dreams Like Paper Boats | Samuel Suffren | Haiti | |
| Flowers | José Cardoso | Ecuador, South Africa | |
| Freak | Claire Barnett | United States | |
| Grandmamauntsistercat | Zuza Banasinska | Poland | |
| Man Number Four | Miranda Pennell | United Kingdom | |
| Razeh-del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom, Italy | |
| She Stays | Marinthia Gutiérrez | Mexico | |
| We Were No Desert | Agustina Comedi, Chiachio & Giannone | Argentina | |