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- ↑ Etan Vlessing, "VIFF 2011: Anne Emond’s Nuit #1 wins top jury prize". Playback , October 17, 2011.
- ↑ Jordan Twiss, "Buxton’s Blackbird wins at VIFF". Playback , October 15, 2012.
- ↑ Danielle Ng See Quan, "It’s a tie: VIFF picks two for Best Canadian First Feature". Playback , October 15, 2013.
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- ↑ Pinto, Jordan (October 5, 2015). "Sleeping Giant, Fractured Land win VIFF prizes". Playback .
- ↑ Pinto, Jordan (October 11, 2016). "VIFF names BC Spotlight winners". Playback .
- ↑ Jordan Pinto, "Cory Bowles’ Black Cop wins VIFF’s best Canadian feature prize". Playback , October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Adrian Mack (October 6, 2018). "Haida-language feature Edge of the Knife wins VIFF's top B.C. Spotlight awards". The Georgia Straight .
- ↑ Derek Neary, "Kunuk’s latest effort earns ‘Best Canadian Film’ in Vancouver". Northern News Services , October 6, 2019.
- ↑ Kelly Townsend, "‘The Body Remembers’ wins two awards in VIFF’s BC Spotlight". Playback , October 9, 2019.
- ↑ Craig Takeuchi, "VIFF 2020: Beans, Violation, and The Hidden Life of Trees among award winners". The Georgia Straight , October 2, 2020.
- ↑ Steve Newton, "Vancouver International Film Fest announces award winners". The Georgia Straight , October 13, 2021.
- ↑ Noel Ransome, "‘Riceboy Sleeps’ and ‘Until Branches Bend’ win top film prizes at VIFF". Toronto Star , October 7, 2022.
- ↑ V.S. Wells, "VIFF announces Canadian film award winners". The Georgia Straight , October 5, 2023.
- ↑ Gail Johnson, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of 2024 juried awards". Stir, October 3, 2024.