The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) has announced the Audience Award winners for its 43rd edition, following more than 41,000 ballots cast by festivalgoers over the course of the 11-day event.
This year’s festival, which ran from Sept. 26 to Oct. 6, drew more than 95,000 attendees to its screenings, live performances and special events. The Audience Awards highlight audience favorites across nine programming sections.
Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” took the top honor in the Galas & Special Presentations category, while “No Other Land,” directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, won in the Showcase section.
Other winners include Jules Arita Koostachin’s “Angela’s Shadow” (Panorama), Lotfi Achour’s “Red Path” (Vanguard), and Christopher Auchter’s “The Stand” (Northern Lights), which also received a $10,000 CAD Letterboxd marketing campaign.
Additional audience favorites were “The Chef & the Daruma” (Insights), “Grand Theft Hamlet” (Spectrum), “Luther: Never Too Much” (Portraits), and “40 Acres” (Altered States).
Jury-selected award winners were previously announced during a ceremony on Oct. 2.