2009 (28th) Vancouver International Film Festival

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

2009 (28th) Vancouver International Film Festival

Contents

Profile

Sections

Awards

Dragons and Tigers

China

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Philippines

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

Tibet

Vietnam