The VISFF Goldie Award Ceremony will take place at the conclusion of Program 2 on Saturday, April 18th. Grab your tickets to Program 2 today to find out which film will be taking home the coveted Goldie Award!
The Nominees for the Goldie Award for Best Screenplay are:
✨Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts, Shervin Kermani
✨Place Under The Sun, Vlad Bolgarin
✨Obscura, Arnold Lim
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The Nominees for the Goldie Award for Best Cinematography are:
✨L’ Anniversaire, Thibault Mombellet
✨Weeping Fig, Sohee Hong
✨Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts, Shervin Kermani
This award is sponsored by the City of Nanaimo
The Nominees for the Goldie Award for Best Performance:
✨Grigore Bechet (Place Under The Sun, Vlad Bolgarin)
✨Ramazan Makabatuly (Rock Berkut, Tamerlan Almanov)
✨Aurora Browne (Brenda and Baxter, Leah Johnston)
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The Nominees for the Goldie Award for Best Music are:
✨Rock Berkut, Tamerlan Almanov
✨Little Ancestor (La Petite Ancetre), Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur
✨Four Hands (Quarte Mains), Hélène Sevaux
This award is sponsored by CHLY
The Nominees for the Goldie Award for Best of BC are:
✨Weeping Fig, Sohee Hong
✨Obscura, Arnold Lim
✨Le Tour De Canada, John Hollands
✨The Ride, Zack Hamm
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The Nominees for the Goldie Award for Best Film are:
✨L’ Anniversaire, Thibault Mombellet
✨Brenda and Baxter, Leah Johnston
✨Arguments in Favor of Love, Gabriel Abrantes
✨Cancer Kid, Vasili Manikas
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The People’s Choice Goldie Award is decided entirely by you, our audience. At the end of Program 1 and Program 2, you’ll have the chance to vote for the film that moved, inspired, or entertained you the most. We’ll be tallying the results from both nights to find the Goldie Award for People’s Choice.
The Nominees for the Goldie Award for People’s Choice Award are:
✨Out for Ice Cream (Crème à glace), Rachel Samson
✨Headache, Paria Shojaeian
✨Cancer Kid, Vasili Manikas
✨Dead on Arrival, Niamh McAllister
✨Le Tour De Canada, John Hollands
✨Arguments in Favor of Love, Gabriel Abrantes
✨Four Hands (Quarte Mains), Hélène Sevaux
✨Shaping a Dress, Aaren Rackett
✨Place Under The Sun, Vlad Bolgarin
✨Brenda and Baxter, Leah Johnston
✨Little Ancestor (La Petite Ancetre), Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur
✨The Line She Carries (Indigenous Geographic), Crystal Martin
✨Weeping Fig, Sohee Hong
✨L’ Anniversaire, Thibault Mombellet
✨The Ride, Zack Hamm
✨Obscura / 옵스큐라, Arnold Lim
✨Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts, Shervin Kermani
✨Rock Berkut, Tamerlan Almanov
This award is sponsored by UBCP | ACTRA