The 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 41st event in the history of the

Vancouver International Film Festival The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festi ...

, was held from September 29 to October 9, 2022."Bones of Crows, Broker among titles at 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival"

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, September 7, 2022. The festival opened with the Marie Clements film '' Bones of Crows'', and closed with

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's film ''

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''. The festival scheduled 135 feature films and 102 short films overall.Daniel Chai
"Over 200 films to see at Vancouver International Film Festival starting this month"
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'', September 7, 2022. All films were screened in-person, although a selection of films was also available throughout British Columbia on the online VIFF Connects platform. The most noted change at the 2022 festival is the introduction of Vanguard, a competitive program for films by emerging directors. The festival will present a $5,000 award to the film selected as the best film in that program. 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.

Awards

Juried award winners were announced on October 7, 2022, with audience award winners announced following the conclusion of the festival.Angelica Babiera
"VIFF announces nine audience award winners"
'' Playback'', October 19, 2022.

Films

Galas and special presentations

Showcase

Panorama

Vanguard

Northern Lights

Insights

Spectrum

Portraits

Altered States

Short Forum

International Shorts

Reel Youth

Modes

References

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Vancouver International Film Festival, 2022

Vancouver International Film Festival