2009 (28th) Vancouver International Film Festival Contents 1 Profile 2 Sections 3 Awards 4 Dragons and Tigers 4.1 China 4.2 Hong Kong 4.3 Indonesia 4.4 Japan 4.5 Malaysia 4.6 Philippines 4.7 South Korea 4.8 Taiwan 4.9 Thailand 4.10 Tibet 4.11 Vietnam Profile Film Festival: 28th Vancouver International Film Festival Period: October 1 - October 16, 2009 Location: Vancouver, Canada Screenings: Over 370 films Sections The Way of Nature Dragons and Tigers - one of the largest annual exhibitions of East Asian films outside Asia Nonfiction Features Canadian Images . Cinema of Our Time Spotlight on France Awards Adjudicated Awards 2009 Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema, presented by Brad Birarda & Robert Sali ($10,000 prize) Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film ($20,000 prize) Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Award ($2,000 prize) Women in Film and Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award Audience Awards 2009 Rogers People's Choice Award VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award documentary Audience Award NFB Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award ($2500 in technical services) VIFF Environmental Film Award Dragons and Tigers China Title Director Country 1428 Haibin Du China North American Premiere Cow Hu Guan China North American Premiere Kun 1: Action Haohao Wu China World Premiere McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten Brian Tse China/Japan International Premiere Oxhide II Jiayin Liu China North American Premiere Petition Zhao Liang China North American Premiere Queer China Zi'en Cui China International Premiere Rough Poetry Zhao Dayong China World Premiere Sun Spots Heng Yang China World Premiere Hong Kong Title Director Country At the End of Daybreak Yuhang Ho Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia Night and Fog Ann Hui Hong Kong North American Premiere Written By Ka-Fai Wai Hong Kong Canadian Premiere Indonesia Title Director Country Forbidden Door Joko Anwar Indonesia Jermal Ravi L. Bharwani Indonesia English-Canadian Premiere Japan Title Director Country Air Doll Hirokazu Koreeda Japan Bare Essence of Life Satoko Yokohama Japan Island of Dreams Tetsuichiro Tsuta Japan International Premiere Kamui Yoichi Sai Japan Left Out Omoi Sasaki Japan International Premiere Toad's Oil Koji Yakusho Japan USB Shutaro Oku Japan International Premiere Where Are You? Masahiro Kobayashi Japan North American Premiere Yellow Kid Tetsuya Mariko Japan International Premiere Malaysia Title Director Country Karaoke Chris Chong Chan Fui Malaysia My Daughter Charlotte Lim Malaysia World Premiere Philippines Title Director Country Children Metal Divers | Bakal Boys Ralston Jover Philippines International Premiere Independencia Raya Martin Philippines South Korea Title Director Country Breathless Yang Ik-Jun South Korea English-Canadian Premiere Castaway on the Moon Lee Hae-Jun South Korea Cats Kim Ji-Hyeon South Korea Canadian Premiere Don't Step Out of the House Jo Seong-Hee South Korea Eighteen Jang Kun-Jae South Korea World Premiere Like You Know It All Hong Sang-Soo South Korea Mother Bong Joon-Ho South Korea Taiwan Title Director Country Face Tsai Ming-Liang Taiwan Tears Wen-Tang Cheng Taiwan North American Premiere Yang Yang Yu-Chieh Cheng Taiwan North American Premiere Thailand Title Director Country Agrarian Utopia Uruphong Raksasad Thailand North American Premiere Nymph Pen-Ek Ratanaruang Thailand Tibet Title Director Country The Search Pema Tseden Tibet Vietnam Title Director Country Adrift Chuyen Bui Thac Vietnam Moon at the Bottom of the Well Vinh Son Nguyen Vietnam North American Premiere Page Discussion View View source History
