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] The festival opened with the Marie Clements film Bones of Crows, and closed with Hirokazu Kore-eda's film Broker.[2]
The festival scheduled 135 feature films and 102 short films overall.[3] All films were screened in-person, although a selection of films was also available throughout British Columbia on the online VIFF Connects platform.[3]
The most noted change at the 2022 festival is the introduction of Vanguard, a competitive program for films by emerging directors.[1] The festival will present a $5,000 award to the film selected as the best film in that program.[1] Some of the festival's programs have also been renamed from past years, including the Canadian film program being renamed from True North to Northern Lights and the Music/Art/Design (M/A/D) program for documentary films about the arts being renamed to Portraits.
Juried award winners were announced on October 7, 2022,[4] with audience award winners announced following the conclusion of the festival.[5]
| Award
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Film
|
Filmmaker
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| 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
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| 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
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| Audience Award, Spectrum
|
The Hermit of Treig
|
Lizzie MacKenzie
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| Audience Award, Portraits
|
Lay Down Your Heart
|
Marie Clements
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| 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
|
Galas and special presentations
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| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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 Williams |
Canada, Turkey
|
| The Word |
Slovo |
Beata Parkanová |
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
|
| Zátopek |
David Ondříček |
Czech Republic, Slovakia
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| 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
|
| 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 Quock |
Canada
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
edit
| 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
|
| 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
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| 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
|
- ^ 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, September 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Daniel Chai, "Over 200 films to see at Vancouver International Film Festival starting this month". Daily Hive, September 7, 2022.
- ^ Noel Ransome, "‘Riceboy Sleeps’ and ‘Until Branches Bend’ win top film prizes at VIFF". Toronto Star, October 7, 2022.
- ^ Angelica Babiera, "VIFF announces nine audience award winners". Playback, October 19, 2022.
