The following is a list of Vancouver International Film Festival award winners.
Award winners by year
2002
Most Popular International Film: Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore
Most Popular Canadian Film: Expecting by Deborah Day and FIX: The Story of an Addicted City by Nettie Wild National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: Gambling, Gods and LSD by Peter Mettler
2003
Most Popular International Film: Kamchatka by Marcelo Piñeyro
Most Popular Canadian Film: The Corporation by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: Los Angeles Plays Itself by Thom Andersen
2004
Most Popular International Film: Machuca by Andrés Wood
Most Popular Canadian Film: What Remains of Us by François Prévost and Hugo Latulippe and Being Caribou by Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: In the Realms of the Unreal by Jessica Yu Best Young Canadian Director of a Short Film: Jennifer Calvert for Riverburn
2005
Most Popular International Film: Go, See, and Become by Radu Mihăileanu
Most Popular Canadian Film: Eve and the Fire Horse by Julia Kwan
National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: A Particular Silence by Stefano Rulli
2006
Most Popular International Film: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Most Popular Canadian Film: Mystic Ball by Greg Hamilton National Film Board Award for Best Documentary: Have You Heard From Johannesburg? by Connie Field Special Jury Prize: Radiant City by Gary Burns and Jim Brown
2007
Vancity People's Choice Award for Most Popular Canadian Film: She's a Boy I Knew directed by Gwen Haworth Rogers People's Choice Award for Most Popular International Film: Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud People's Choice Award for Most Popular International Nonfiction Film: Garbage Warrior directed by Oliver Hodge Kyoto Planet "Climate for Change" Award: The Planet directed by Johan Söderberg, Michael Stenberg, and Linus Torell Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema: shared by Fujian Blue directed by Weng Shouming (Robin Weng) and Mid-Afternoon Barks directed by Zhang Yuedong Citytv Western Canadian Feature Film Award: Normal directed by Carl Bessai National Film Board of Canada Best Canadian Documentary Feature Award: Up the Yangtze directed by Yung Chang Women In Film and Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: She's a Boy I Knew directed by Gwen Haworth Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film: The Windfisherman directed by Anna McRoberts
2008
Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award: Fifty Dead Men Walking directed by Kari Skogland VIFF Nonfiction Feature Award: Born Without directed by Eva Norvind Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film: The Valet directed by Drew McCreadie Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: Mothers & Daughters awarded to Tantoo Cardinal International Film Guide Inspiration Award: Control Alt Delete directed by Cameron Labine Rogers People's Choice Award: I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) directed by Philippe Claudel documentary Audience Award: Throw Down Your Heart directed by Sascha Paladino VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award: Mothers & Daughters directed by Carl Bessai National Film Board's Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award: Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action directed by Velcrow Ripper VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award: Blue Gold: World Water Wars directed by Sam Bozzo Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema: Perfect Life directed by Emily Tang
2009
Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) directed by Xavier Dolan Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film: The Last Act directed by Jan Binsse and David Tougas Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: 65 Redroses directed and produced by Nimisha Mukerji and Gillian Lowry Rogers People's Choice Award: Soundtrack for a Revolution directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman documentary Audience Award for Most Popular Nonfiction Film: Facing Ali directed by Pete McCormack VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award: 65 Redroses by Nimisha Mukerji & Philip Lyall National Film Board's Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award: 65 Redroses by Nimisha Mukerji & Philip Lyall VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award: At the Edge of the World directed by Dan Stone Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema: Eighteen directed by Jang Kun-jae
