On Friday, October 10, Audience Awards were announced prior to the closing gala screening and The Vancouver Asahi (Dir. Yuya Ishii) received the Rogers People’s Choice Award. All of VIFF’s feature films were eligible for the Rogers People’s Choice Award, with festival-goers casting post-screening ballots.
At the final screening of The Vancouver Asahi on the same day, Alan Franey, the Director of Programming announced that the movie will be shown again in December.
Other audience award winners:
VIFF Most Popular International Documentary Award
GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME (dir. James Keach)
VIFF Most Popular Canadian Feature Film Award
PREGGOLAND (dir. Jacob Tierney)
VIFF Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award
ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD (dir. Suzanne Crocker)
Runners-up:
MARINONI (Dir. Tony Girardin) and JUST EAT IT: A FOOD WASTE STORY (Dir. Grant Baldwin)
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