The Borsos Competition is the main awards program for

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feature films screening at the annual Whistler Film Festival. The award is named in memory of Canadian film director

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. Introduced for the first time in 2004, the juried competition presents six awards annually to honour films, actors, screenplays, directors, cinematographers and editors in Canadian cinema. Initially, only films that were having their world premieres at Whistler were eligible for the competition,Katherine Monk
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'', July 9, 2004. although this requirement was soon dropped as the festival had difficulty attracting entrants who were willing to forego larger film festivals such as

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or the FNC, and thereafter films selected for competition only had to be a regional premiere within the

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region. From the award's inauguration until 2015, six films were selected for competition each year, except in 2012 when eight films competed; in 2015, the festival dropped size limits, and since then the competition has typically included between 10 and 20 films per year. The festival also presents several other awards, which are not part of the Borsos Competition.

Films in competition

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

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