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."Bones of Crows, Broker among titles at 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival". CBC News, September 7, 2022. The festival opened with the Marie Clements film Bones of Crows, and closed with Hirokazu Kore-eda's film Broker.Dana Gee, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces Marie Clements' Bones of Crows kicks off 2022 program". Vancouver Sun, September 7, 2022.
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". Daily Hive, 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,Noel Ransome, "‘Riceboy Sleeps’ and ‘Until Branches Bend’ win top film prizes at VIFF". Toronto Star, 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.
Award Film Filmmaker 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 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 Audience Award, Spectrum The Hermit of Treig Lizzie MacKenzie Audience Award, Portraits Lay Down Your Heart Marie Clements 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
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Galas and special presentations 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
Showcase 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
Panorama 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
Vanguard 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
Northern Lights English title Original title Director(s) Production country Anyox Jessica Johnson, Ryan Ermacora Canada Back Home Nisha Platzer Concrete Valley Antoine Bourges Golden Delicious Jason Karman The Maiden Graham Foy North of Normal Carly Stone Riceboy Sleeps Anthony Shim Rosie Gail Maurice Soft Joseph Amenta Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis This House Cette maison Miryam Charles Until Branches Bend Sophie Jarvis When Time Got Louder Connie Cocchia You Can Live Forever Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky
Insights 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
Spectrum 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
Portraits 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
Altered States English title Original title Director(s) Production country Blaze Del Kathryn Barton Australia Huesera: The Bone Woman Michelle Garza Cervera Mexico Leonor Will Never Die Martika Ramirez Escobar Philippines Quantum Cowboys Geoff Marslett United States Rodeo Rodéo Lola Quivoron France Sick of Myself Kristoffer Borgli Norway, Sweden Smoking Causes Coughing Fumer fait tousser Quentin Dupieux France Something in the Dirt Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead United States
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