VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival

VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival
Location Vienna, Austria
Website vienna-film-festival.com

VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in July in Vienna, capital of Austria. The festival focuses on independent cinema.

History

VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on 4-7 July 2016 in the cinemas UCI Kinowelt Millenium City and CineCenter. The festival program consisted of 38 films from 14 countries in international competition. Opening film of the festival was God of Happiness by Dito Tsintsadze who won the Best Director award. Grand Prix of the festival – The Golden Sphinx – was awarded to the Konkani film Let's dance to the rhythm directed by Bardroy Barretto. Graham Streeter received the Best Feature Film award for his film Imperfect Sky. The award for Best Documentary Film was awarded to Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust narrated by Adrien Brody and directed by Lance Shultz.

Winners

2018

Grand Prix

Best Feature Film

  • NO-ONE — Directed by Lev Prudkin, Vladimir Prudkin

Best Director

  • I May Regret (Graham Streeter)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Rosemarie — Original Screenplay by Adonis Floridis

Best Short Film

  • Father of the Man — Directed by Tommy Creagh

Best Documentary Film

  • Ballad of a Righteous Merchant — Directed by Herbert Golder

Best Experimental Film

  • Ghosts on the Road to Camalt — Directed by Jason Tovey

Best Music Video

  • The Sea — Directed by Hisanori Tsukuda

Best Actor

Best Cinematography

  • NO-ONE — Cinematography by Ziv Berkovich, David Stragmeister

Special Jury Prize

  • Krieg — Directed by Jeff Fry

2017

Grand Prix (The Golden Sphinx)

  • Million Loves in Me — Directed by Sampson Yuen

Best Feature Film

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay

  • Million Loves in Me — Original Screenplay by John Yiu, Tiong Wooi LIM, Jeremy Tan

Best Short Film

  • Forgiveness — Directed by Rima Irani

Best Documentary Film

Best Experimental Film

Best Music Video

  • Nara - alt-J — Directed by Jasmin Selen Heinz

Best Actor

  • John Yiu (Million Loves in Me)

Best Supporting Actor

Best Art Direction

  • Bodyguard — Directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia

Best Cinematography

  • Platonov — Cinematography by Felix Cramer

2016

Grand Prix (The Golden Sphinx)

Best Feature Film

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay

  • The Closer — Original Screenplay by Eli Hershko & Isaac Broyn

Best Short Film

  • After Truth — Directed by Nicolas Ehret

Best Animated Film

Best Documentary Film

  • Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust — Directed by Lance Shultz[5][6][7]

Best Experimental Film

  • The Calling — Directed by Chris Boyd

Best Music Film

Best Music Video

Best Actor

  • Blake Lewis (Imperfect Sky)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Robert Berlin (The Closer)

Best Art Direction

  • After Truth — Directed by Nicolas Ehret
  • Let's Dance to the Rhythm — Directed by Bardroy Barretto

Best Cinematography

  • God of Happiness — Cinematography by Ralf M. Mendle

See also

References

  1. "ZDF/3sat-Produktion "Platonow" mit drei Preisen ausgezeichnet". 3sat.
  2. "Hatamikia's 'Bodyguard' Collects Three Awards at Austrian Festival". Financial Tribune.
  3. "Iran's 'Bodyguard' wins top prizes at VIFF 2017". Mehr News Agency.
  4. ""The Bodyguard" secures three awards at Vienna film festival". Tehran Times.
  5. "'Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust' Named VIFF 2016 Best Documentary". Ideastream.
  6. "PBS to air local filmmaker's 'Violins of Hope' documentary". The Review.
  7. "Violins of Hope". WMHT.
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