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The 37th annual Vancouver International Film Festival 2018 showed more than 340 films from 55 countries over 16 days
VIFF 2018 Best BC Film Award winners and Best Canadian Film Award winners from Edge of the Knife
Between September 27 and October 12, this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) treated audiences to fiction, documentary and genre-defying films that entertained, informed and inspired. VIFF also presented expansive programs including forums, master classes and musical artist showcases.
As always, this year’s gala parties were the hot ticket including the VIFF opening gala at the Vancouver Club; the BC Spotlight party at Blackbird Public House; and the VIFF closing gala at Glowbal Restaurant.
Founded in 1982, the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a not-for-profit cultural organization that operates the internationally acclaimed Vancouver International Film Festival and the year-round programming of the Vancity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre. VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America.
Kim Nguyen, The Hummingbird Project director; and Jacqueline Dupuis, Vancouver International Film Festival Society executive director
Kim Guise, Telus Storyhive director; Michael Grant, Finding Big Country producer; and Lizzy Karp, Storyhive senior manager
Stephanie Schniffer, musician/actress; Paul Armstrong, Crazy8’s Film Society executive director; Mark Leiren-Young, screenwriter/playwright; and Julie Bruns, actor
Deb Day, Innovative by Day CEO; John Dippong, Telefilm Canada director industry promotion; and Alexandra Staseson, musician/actor
Smita Acharyya, Telus Storyhive project manager; and Alison Wandzura, actor
Jordan Aziz, Docere Naturopathic founder; Anita Adams, First Weekend Club executive producer; and Dawn Torroba, RBC Group Associate
Elfred Matining, Telus Storyhive training and educational manager; Shaun Cathcart, Storyhive project manager; and Kristy Assu, Storyhive project manager
From Bocci Design & Manufacturing, designer Mike Seymour and sales director Eleanor Smith enjoy a game of snooker in the billiard room
Alan Franey, VIFF director of international programming ; and Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased writer/director and well-known actor
Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased writer/director
Paul Griggs, VIFF digital production co-ordinator; and Olivia Bradford, Jive PR account co-ordinator
Georgina Chaplin, VIFF digital communications co-ordinator; Ellyn Hadley, VIFF marketing co-ordinator; and Kei Baritugo, VIFF director of public relations
Zack Lipovsky, Best Emerging Filmmaker 2018 award-winner for Freaks; and Esther Cohen, Characters Talent Agency agent
Robyn Wiener, producer; Jason Whyte, GetReelMovies.com managing editor and JW Media founder; and Jane Craven, actress
Tantoo Cardinal, award-winning Canadian activist and screen icon; and Lillooet Fox, singer/songwriter
Alyssa Satow, make-up artist; Greg Ng, Finding Big Country editor; and Kat Jayme, Finding Big Country director
Keith Martin Gordey, UBCP/ACTRA president; Angela Moore, UBCP/ACTRA executive board director; and Scott Parsons, occupational health and safety officer
The Crazy8s team of Alicia Bernbaum, co-producer; Paul Armstrong, executive director; and Erin Mussolum, co-executive director
Cameron Monaghan, actor, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet; Jacqueline Dupuis, VIFF executive director; and Peyton List, actor, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet
Todd Duym, short film cinematographer for Dawn; and Robin Hays, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet director
Erika Kumar, Creative BC business analyst; and John Dippong, Telefilm Canada director industry promotion
Tug Phipps, William F. White co-ordinator; and Gary Shaw, Side Street Post Production + VFX president
Raj Lal, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet actor; and Avery Fane, Red X Flags co-producer
Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, writer/director; Selwyn Jacob, Holy Angels producer; and Amy Belling, Holy Angels director of photography
Jill Morrison, actor; and Christie Will Wolf, director/producer
Lindsay Nahmaiche, Jive PR + Digital’s co-CEO and co-founder; and Jacqueline Dupuis, Vancouver International Film Festival executive director
Kathleen Hepburn, VIFF 2017 Best Emerging Filmmaker and The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open co-director; and Helen Haig-Brown, Edge of the Knife co-director
Alan Franey, VIFF director of international programming; and Terry McEvoy, beloved veteran Canadian programmer/filmmaker and the Cinematheque board director
Jordan Blackstone, fine art photographer; Donald McDonald, Super Channel president and CEO, and Johannah Newmarch, When Calls the Heart actress
Moshe Matsai, Sutton West Coast Realty business broker, and Bruce Bingham, BBCP CEO
Yolai Nesu and Charles Zuckerman, photographer/actor
Aaron Gilbert, Bron Studios co-founder; Steve Zissis, actor; Josh Brener; and Brenda Gilbert, Bron Studios co-founder
Anicka Quinn, Vancouver Magazine and Western Living editorial director; and Matt O’Grady, Creative BC board member and freelance writer
The Honourable Hedy Fry, the longest-serving female member of Parliament
Wendy Chan, Gateway Stream at VIFF publicity co-ordinator; and Andrew Poon, Dragons & Tigers senior publicist
Mackenzie Gray, actor/musician; and Johannah Newmarch, When Calls the Heart actress
Jacqueline and Joyce Robbins, well known local actors from A Series of Unfortunate Events, have been acting for 42 years
Vancouver Short Film Festival’s Emily Wheldon; Avi Glazner; and Stephanie Halber join Julie Bruns, actor/filmmaker; Nathanael Vass, actor; and Stephanie Schiffner, actress/musician
Sandy Gow, VIFF International Shorts Film programmer; Eva Brownstein, documentary DP and director; Grant Baldwin, This Mountain Life director; and Jason Whyte, GetReelMovies.com managing editor and JW Media founder
Renee Glesse; Prem Marimuthu; Tracy Lynn, Lexus leasing consultant; Cameron Grierson, actor; and Chelsea Langenstam, social media marketer
Anaïsa Visser, Bordered director; Ingo Lou, Crazy8s producer; Rhonda Rees, Shuttlecock actor; Paul Armstrong, Crazy8s executive producer; Emily Weldon; Vancouver Short Film Festival event co-ordinator; and Avi Glazner, Vancouver Short Film Festival outreach