2009 Vancouver International Film Festival Award Winners
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 17, 2009 under Vancouver International Film Festival | 
Eva with her laptop at the hospital in Nimisha Mukerji and Gillian Lowry's 65_REDROSES
The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival has wrapped its 16-day run and Xavier Dolan’s first feature film “I Killed My Mother (J’ai tue ma mere),” about a young gay man’s relationship with his mother won the jury prize for best Canadian film.
Filmmakers Nimisha Mukerji and Gillian Lowry and their film 65 Red Roses were also big winners taking home the awards for Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award, VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award, and National Film Board’s Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award.
JURIED AWARDS
Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film
Director Xavier Dolan of Montreal for I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’ai tué ma mere).
Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film
Directors Jan Binsse and David Tougas of Montreal for their film THE LAST ACT (Le dernier acte).
Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award
Nimisha Mukerji, co-director, producer and editor and Gillian Lowry, co-producer, of 65_REDROSES.
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Rogers People’s Choice Award
The USA film SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION, directed by Bill Guttentag
documentary Audience Award for Most Popular Nonfiction Film
FACING ALI directed by Pete McCormack.
VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award
Nimisha Mukerjee & Philip Lyall’s 65_REDROSES
National Film Board’s Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award
65_REDROSES, by filmmaker Nimisha Mukerjee & Philip Lyall
VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award
At the Edge of the World, a documentary directed by Dan Stone
Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema
JANG Kun-Jae of South Korea for EIGHTEEN.
