2022 Canadian film festival
The 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival , the 41st event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival , was held from September 29 to October 9, 2022.[ 1] Marie Clements film Bones of Crows Hirokazu Kore-eda 's film Broker [ 2]
The festival scheduled 135 feature films and 102 short films overall.[ 3] [ 3]
The most noted change at the 2022 festival is the introduction of Vanguard, a competitive program for films by emerging directors.[ 1] [ 1]
Awards Juried award winners were announced on October 7, 2022,[ 4] [ 5]
Award
Film
Filmmaker
Audience Award, Galas & Special Presentations
The Grizzlie Truth Kathleen Jayme
Audience Award, Showcase
Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas Chelsea McMullan
Audience Award, Panorama
The Blue Caftan Maryam Touzani
Audience Award, Vanguard
Harvest Moon (Эргэж ирэхгүй намар)Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam
Audience Award, Northern Lights
Riceboy Sleeps Anthony Shim
Audience Award, Insights
The Klabona Keepers Tamo Campos , Jasper Snow-Rosen
Audience Award, Spectrum
The Hermit of Treig Lizzie MacKenzie
Audience Award, Portraits
Lay Down Your Heart Marie Clements
Audience Award, Altered States
Rodeo Lola Quivoron
Best Canadian Film
Riceboy Sleeps Anthony Shim
Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention
Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie
Best Canadian Documentary
Geographies of Solitude Jacquelyn Mills
Best Canadian Documentary, Honorable Mention
Ever Deadly Tanya Tagaq , Chelsea McMullan
Best Canadian Short Film
Baba
Meran Ismailsoy, Anya Chirkova
Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mentions
Agony
Armand Beaudoux
Heartbeat of a Nation
Eric Janvier
Emerging Canadian Director
Falcon Lake Charlotte Le Bon
Emerging Canadian Director, Honorable Mention
Until Branches Bend Sophie Jarvis
Best BC Film
Best BC Film, Honorable Mention
The Klabona Keepers Tamo Campos , Jasper Snow-Rosen
Vanguard Award
Other Cannibals (Altri Cannibali)Francesco Sossai
Vanguard Award, Honorable Mention
Tortoise Under the Earth
Shishir Jha
Films
Galas and special presentations
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Bones of Crows Marie Clements Canada
Broker 브로커
Hirokazu Kore-eda South Korea
Corsage Marie Kreutzer
Austria, France, Germany
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook South Korea
Empire of Light Sam Mendes United Kingdom, United States
EO Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Italy
The Grizzlie Truth Kathleen Jayme Canada
One Fine Morning Un beau matin Mia Hansen-Løve France
The Son Florian Zeller United Kingdom
Stars at Noon Claire Denis France
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, France, Greece
The Whale Darren Aronofsky United States
Women Talking Sarah Polley United States
Showcase
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Alcarràs Carla Simón Spain, Italy
Before, Now & Then Nana Kamila Andini Indonesia
Black Ice Hubert Davis Canada
Boy from Heaven Tarik Saleh Sweden
Brother Clement Virgo Canada
Call Jane Phyllis Nagy United States
Close Lukas Dhont Belgium, Netherlands, France
Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas Chelsea McMullan Canada
Emily Frances O'Connor United Kingdom, United States
Holy Spider Ali Abbasi Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France
Klondike Клондайк Maryna Er Gorbach Ukraine
Motherhood Bosei / 母性 Ryūichi Hiroki Japan
Nostalgia Mario Martone Italy, France
Pacifiction Tourment sur les îles Albert Serra France, Spain, Germany, Portugal
Peter von Kant François Ozon France
R.M.N. Cristian Mungiu Romania, France
Tori and Lokita Tori et Lokita Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium
Viking Stéphane Lafleur Canada
Panorama
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
United Kingdom, United States
The Beasts As bestas Rodrigo Sorogoyen Spain, France
The Blue Caftan Le Bleu du Caftan Maryam Touzani Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark
Carajita Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra Guardiola
Dominican Republic, Argentina
Dos estaciones Juan Pablo González Mexico, France, United States
Falcon Lake Charlotte Le Bon Canada, France
Field of Blood Campo de Sangue João Mário Grilo Portugal
Fogaréu Flávia Neves
Brazil, France
The Forger Der Passfälscher Maggie Peren
Germany, Luxembourg
Joyland Saim Sadiq Pakistan
Karaoke Moshe Rosenthal
Israel
Leonora addio Paolo Taviani Italy
Like a Fish on the Moon Balaye aseman zire ab Dornaz Hajiha
Iran
Maigret Patrice Leconte France
A Matter of Trust Ingen kender dagen Annette K. Olesen Denmark
Mediterranean Fever Maha Haj Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar
The Mountain La Montagne Thomas Salvador
France
Nanny Nikyatu Jusu United States
Nayola José Miguel Ribeiro Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands
No Prior Appointment Bedoun-e Gharar-e Ghabli Behrooz Shoaibi
Iran
The Novelist's Film 소설가의 영화, Soseolgaui Yeonghwa Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta Aditya Vikram Sengupta India, France, Norway
Piaffe Ann Oren
Germany
A Piece of Sky Drii Winter Michael Koch Switzerland
Plan 75 Chie Hayakawa
Japan
Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie Canada
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush Andreas Dresen Germany, France
Riverside Mukolitta 川っぺりムコリッタ, Kawapperi Mukoritta Naoko Ogigami Japan
Scarlet L’Envol Pietro Marcello France, Italy, Germany
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong 七人樂隊
Ann Hui , Sammo Hung , Ringo Lam , Patrick Tam , Johnnie To , Hark Tsui , Yuen Woo-ping Hong Kong, China
Stonewalling 石門
Huang Ji, Otsuka Ryuji
Japan
There There Andrew Bujalski
United States
Thunder Foudre Carmen Jaquier
Switzerland
Utama Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Bolivia, Uruguay, France
We Are Family 出租家人
Benny Lau
Hong Kong
What We Do Next Stephen Belber United States
A Woman Escapes Sofia Bohdanowicz , Burak Çevik, Blake WilliamsCanada, Turkey
The Word Slovo Beata Parkanová
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Zátopek David Ondříček Czech Republic, Slovakia
Vanguard
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Harvest Moon Эргэж ирэхгүй намар Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam Mongolia
Know Your Place Zia Mohajerjasbi
United States
The Locust Faeze Azizkhani
Iran, Germany
Moja Vesna Sara Kern
Australia, Slovenia
Nightsiren Světlonoc Tereza Nvotová Slovakia, Czech Republic
Other Cannibals Altri Cannibali Francesco Sossai
Germany
Tortoise Under the Earth Shishir Jha
India
The Uncle Stric David Kapac, Andrija Mardešić
Croatia, Serbia
Northern Lights
Insights
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
1341 Frames of Love and War Ran Tal Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits Jan Šimánek, Petr Záruba
Czech Republic, Italy
All That Breathes Shaunak Sen India, United States, United Kingdom
A Fire Inside Justin Krook, Luke Mazzaferro
Australia
Framing Agnes Chase Joynt Canada
Good Night Oppy Ryan White United States
If You Are a Man Simon Panay
France, Burkina Faso
The Killing of a Journalist Matt Sarnecki
Denmark
The Klabona Keepers Tamo Campos , Jasper Snow-Rosen, Rhoda QuockCanada
Last Flight Home Ondi Timoner United States
Love Will Come Later Julia Furer
Switzerland
My Imaginary Country Mi país imaginario Patricio Guzmán Chile, France
Rebellion Elena Sánchez Bellot and Maia Kenworthy
United Kingdom
Retrograde Matthew Heineman United States
Unarchived Hayley Gray, Elad Tzadok
Canada
Spectrum
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
8 Stories About My Hearing Loss Charo Mato
Argentina, Uruguay
Day After... Anyadin… Kamar Ahmad Simon Bangladesh, France, Norway
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Véréna Paravel , Lucien Castaing-Taylor France, Switzerland
The Eclipse Formorkelsen / Pomračenje Nataša Urban
Norway, Serbia
Geographies of Solitude Jacquelyn Mills Canada
The Hermit of Treig Lizzie MacKenzie
United Kingdom
Riotsville, U.S.A. Sierra Pettengill
United States
See You Friday, Robinson À vendredi, Robinson Mitra Farahani France, Switzerland, Iran, Lebanon
Portraits
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Cesária Évora Ana Sofia Fonseca
Portugal
Dancing Pina Florian Heinzen-Ziob
Germany
Ever Deadly Chelsea McMullan , Tanya Tagaq Canada
Goya, Carrière and the Ghost of Buñuel José Luis López-Linares
France, Spain, Portugal
Hopper: An American Love Story Phil Grabsky United Kingdom, United States
The King of Wuxia Lin Jing-jie
Taiwan
Lay Down Your Heart Marie Clements Canada
The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art and Times of David Hammons Judd Tully , Harold Crooks Canada, United States
Music Pictures: New Orleans Ben Chace
United States
Okay!: The ASD Band Film Mark Bone
Canada
Soviet Bus Stops Kristoffer Hegnsvad
Denmark, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, Latvia
Altered States
Short Forum
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Adore Beth Warrian
Canada
Agony Agonie Arnaud Beaudoux
Baba Anya Chirkova, Meran Ismailsoy
The Ballad of Gus Brian Barnhart
Blond Night Nuit blonde Gabrielle Demers
Brasier Émilie Mannering
Chasing Birds Una Lorenzen
Coin Slot Scott Jones
Dhulpa Kunsang Kyirong
The Faraway Place Kenny Welsh
First Months of Freedom Kriss Li
The Flying Sailor Le Matelot volant Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
Framing the Self Andrea Cristini
From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories Sarah Shamash, Sonia Medel
Grown in Darkness Devin Shears
Heartbeat of a Nation Eric Janvier
Hills and Mountains Salar Pashtoonyar
Horse Brothers Milos Mitrovic, Fabian Velasco
I Empower as a Mother Dani Barker, Inder Nirwan
I See Me Watching Sidney Gordon
I, Sun Moi soleil Julien Falardeau
I Thought the World of You Kurt Walker
Late Summer Ryan Steel
Mariposa John Greyson , Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Meeting with Robert Dole Rencontre avec Robert Dole François Harvey
Minus Twenty Jack Parker
Mother's Skin Leah Johnston
Municipal Relaxation Module Matthew Rankin
My Thoughts Exactly Mike Archibald
Nanitic Carol Nguyen
N’xaxaitkw Asia Youngman
Paco Kent Donguines
The Passing Jackson Harvey
Patty vs. Patty Chris Strikes
La Plage aux êtres Kendra McLaughlin
Pro Pool Piscine pro Alec Pronovost
Red House Barry Doupé
Reste Ginger Le Pêcheur
Rocket Fuel Jessie Posthumus
Rose Roxann Whitebean
Rumination Ashleigh Vaillancourt
The Runner Amar Chebib
Scaring Women at Night Karimah Zakia Issa
Sexy Highland Stream Nathan Adler
Sikiitu Gabriel Allard Gagnon
Square Peg Christian Bunea
Terror/Forming Rylan Friday
Tibi Jarret Twoyoungmen
Tidal Chloe Van Landschoot
Tongue Kaho Yoshida
International Shorts
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Baby Bebé Cristina Sánchez Salamanca
Colombia
Before Birth Antes de nacer Carmen Jiménez, Álex Mena
Spain
Bye Bye Partir un jour Amélie Bonnin
France
Censor of Dreams Léo Berne, Raphaël Rodriguez
France
The Ceremony Lisle Turner
United Kingdom
The Cormorant Le Cormoran Lubna Playoust
France
A Different Place Sophie Black
United Kingdom
Ellie Fernando Bonelli
Spain
Empire of My Melodious Mind Jeannette Louie
United States
Firecracker Bullets Chad Charlie
United States
For Real Na Serio Ernest Lorek
Poland
For You Today the Light of the Sun Will Not Shine Per Voi Oggi la Luce del sole non splenderà Andrea Bordoli
Switzerland
Further and Further Away Chhngai Dach Alai Polen Ly
Cambodia
Island of Freedom Ostrov svobody Petr Januschka
Czech Republic
Judy, Judy, Judy Jessica McGaugh
United States
Killing Ourselves Maya Yadlin
Israel
The Lone Wolf O lobo solitário Filipe Melo Portugal
Magnified City Isaku Kaneko
Japan
Marianne Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
France
A Moral Man Paul Wade, Simon Wade
United Kingdom
Mumu Mo Sha
China
My Name Is Anti Andreas Vakalios, Fili Olsefski
Greece
Nest James Hunter
Australia
OST Abhichoke Chandrasen
Thailand
Perspective Alaa Algburi
Iraq, Jordan
Plastic Killer Jose Pozo
Andorra, Spain
Ponto Final Miguel López Beraza
Spain, Portugal
The Silent Ones Les Silencieux Basile Vuillemin
France, Belgium, Switzerland
Solar Eclipse Eclipse Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi
France, Iran
Starfuckers Antonio Marziale United States
Will You Look at Me Dang wo wang xiang ni de shi hou Shuli Huang
China
Reel Youth
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
CITSALP Jean A. Evangelista
Philippines
Dear Karen Mika Washington, Kaniel Jacob-Cross
Canada
Fireworks Nicolas Leclerc
Canada
Fishing Andreas Duerr
Germany
For My Father Waka Wikaire James
New Zealand
The Hill We Climb Wide Angle Youth Media
United States
Lonely Souls Finn Morgan-Roberts
United Kingdom
Not Quite Quarantine Julian Lee
United States
Paper Talk A l'unisson Nathalie Dunselman
France
Patterns in Our Lives Leili Hamidi
Canada
Power Hannah Gallant, Madison Jules George, Nona Marchand, Danielle Taralson
Canada
Prom and Potions Baile da Magia Ana Maria Teixeira Hora
Brazil
Self Gagan Kumar C
India
She Said, She Said Fraser Hannay
Canada
Solitude Fiyin Coker
Canada
Sound of Borders Bahar Rezvanifar
Iran
Through Gaukhar Akzhol
Kazakhstan
Trailblazer Jenna Hammerlindl, Heather Addison
Canada
Whisperer Pasapalabra Andrea Testini
Spain
The White Rose Ian Kim
United States
Modes
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Backflip Nikita Diakur
Germany, France
The Earth Will Swallow It All Ziemia wchłonie to wszystko Dominik Ritszel
Poland
The Fruit Tree Isabelle Tollenaere
Belgium
Hardly Working Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf
Austria
Intermission Réka Bucsi
Hungary
It's Raining Frogs Outside Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol Maria Estela Paiso
Philippines
Laika Deborah Stratman United States
Lake of Fire Neozoon
Germany
Neighbour Abdi Douwe Dijkstra
Netherlands
Parasite Family Prapat Jiwarangsan
Thailand
Perforated Realities Gustaf Broms
Sweden
Prelude Op. 28 No.2 Preludi Op. 28 nro 2 Jenni Toikka
Finland
Saving Some Random Insignificant Stories Anna Vasof
Austria, Greece
The Stopover L'Escale Paul Shemisi, Nizar Saleh, Anne Reijniers, Rob Jacobs
Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Very, Very Tremendously 非常，非常，非常地 Guangli Liu
China, France
Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans Caroline Poggi , Jonathan Vinel France
Woman as Image, Man as Bearer of the Look La mujer como imagen, el hombre como portador de la mirada Carlos Velandia
Colombia
Zoon Jonatan Schwenk
Germany
References
^ a b c "Bones of Crows, Broker among titles at 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival" . CBC News , September 7, 2022.^ Dana Gee, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces Marie Clements' Bones of Crows kicks off 2022 program" . Vancouver Sun
^ a b Daniel Chai, "Over 200 films to see at Vancouver International Film Festival starting this month" . Daily Hive
^ Noel Ransome, "‘Riceboy Sleeps’ and ‘Until Branches Bend’ win top film prizes at VIFF" . Toronto Star
^ Angelica Babiera, "VIFF announces nine audience award winners" . Playback
