2023

^[1] Grand Prix

• The Whirlpool — Directed by Denis Kryuchkov

Best Feature Film

• W — Directed by Anna Eriksson

Best Short Film Director

• Deirdre Lorenz — Return to New York

Best Feature Film

• Graham Streeter — Unfix

Best Original Screenplay

• 8-Ball — Original Screenplay by Adrien Marquet

Best Short Film

• Have a Nice Apocalypse — Directed by Dávid Géczy

Best Documentary Film

• My Two Lives — Directed by Sarita Gold

Best Experimental Film

• Little Planet 7406 — Directed by Goran Šporčić

Best Song

• Fearless — Music by J Edna Mae

Best Music Video

• Vampire — Directed by Persia White

Best Actor

• Wolfgang Cerny (The Whirlpool)

Best Art Direction

• An Occurrence — Directed by Dien Vo

Best Editing

• Touching Moon — Edited by Sophia Liu

Best Cinematography

• La Pietra — Cinematography by Michael Bradley

Best Film Score

• W — Film Score by Anna Eriksson

Best Unproduced Script

• Stay With Me — Written by Zsolt Pozsgai

2022

^[2] Grand Prix

• Playing Through – directed by Balbinka Korzeniowska

Best Feature Film

• Playing Through – directed by Balbinka Korzeniowska

Best Director

• Balbinka Korzeniowska – Playing Through

Best Short Film

• Živa (The Death of the Goddess Živa) – directed by Nataša Stearns

Best Music video

• Frozen Heart – directed by Nina Guseva

Best Documentary Film

• Ballymanus – directed by Patrick Sharkey, Séan Doupe

Best Experimental Film

• Blue Delusion – directed by Guan Fang

Best Musical Film

• Big Boss – directed by Keke Palmer^[3]

Best Comedy Film

• Hot Mess by Evelyne Tollman

Best Animated Film

• Me and My Winter Games-Perfect Holiday – directed by Haoling Lee, Ming Zhong, Zhe Zhang, Liwen Wang

Best Actress

• Julia Rae – Playing Through

Best Actor

• Brandon Sklenar – Futra Days

Best Supporting Actress

• Rosanna Arquette – Futra Days

Best Film Score

• Long Flat Balls “Broken Promises” – music by Zach Robinson

Best Song

• Molly’s Rainbow – by Katie Hardyman

Best Cinematography

• Other Side of the Mountain – directed by Markus Otz

Best Screenplay

• JIZO-Evangelist – written and directed by Tokoroten Nakamura

Best Art Direction

• The Violin and its Shadow – directed by Greg Babalas

Best Unproduced Script

• The Faerie Rings – written by Zina Brown

Honorary Mention for Social Impact

• Change of Course – directed by Andreas Ortner^[4]

2020

Grand Prix

• Grand Cancan — Directed by Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov^[5]

Best Feature Film

• Between Pain and Amen [ro] — Directed by Toma Enache

Best Director

• Great Poetry (Aleksandr Lungin)

Best Original Screenplay

• Laugh or Die — Original Screenplay by Heikki Kujanpää

Best Short Film

• To Her — Directed by Jacopo Ardolino

Best Documentary Film

• Armenia(s), Time for Artists — Directed by Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian and David Vital-Durand

Best Experimental Film

• Our Turn — Directed by Martiros Vartanov

Best Music Video

• Champagne Drag Queen — Directed by Anna Haslehner

Best Actor

• Martti Suosalo (Laugh or Die)

Best Supporting Actor

• Jon Voight (Roe v. Wade)

Best Cinematography

• Grand Cancan — Cinematography by Dmitriy Ulyukaev

2019

Grand Prix

• Doing Money — Directed by Lynsey Miller

Best Feature Film

• M — Directed by Anna Eriksson

Best Director

• Doing Money (Lynsey Miller)

Best Original Screenplay

• Murder on the Road to Kathmandu — Original Screenplay by Rupalee Verma

Best Short Film

• Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019 — Directed by Radda Novikova

Best Documentary Film

• Three Scenes of a Wedding — Directed by Jason Tovey

Best Experimental Film

• Fragmented Dreams — Directed by Tonatiuh Garcia

Best Music Video

• Theresa's Groove — Directed by Aleksey Igudesman

Best Actor

• Atul Kulkarni (Murder on the Road to Kathmandu)

Best Supporting Actor

• Konstantin Khabensky (Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019)

Best Art Direction

• The Lossen — Directed Colin Skevington

Best Cinematography

• M — Cinematography by Matti Pyykkö

Best Film Score

• Hinge — Film score by Diana Ringo

2018

Grand Prix

• I May Regret — Directed by Graham Streeter

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

• Danny Glover (Buckout Road)

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

• Platonov — Directed by Andreas Morell^[6]

Best Director

• Ebrahim Hatamikia (Bodyguard)^[7][8][9]

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

• Chasing Stars — Directed by Markus Eichenberger
• The Writer with No Hands — Directed by William Westaway

Best Experimental Film

• Je Suis Le Ténébreux — Directed by Rank Amateur, Christopher Chaplin

Best Music Video

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

Best Actor

• John Yiu (Million Loves in Me)

Best Supporting Actor

• Babak Hamidian (Bodyguard)

Best Art Direction

• Bodyguard — Directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia

Best Cinematography

• Platonov — Cinematography by Felix Cramer

2016

Grand Prix (The Golden Sphinx)

• Let's dance to the rhythm

Best Feature Film

• Imperfect Sky — Directed by Graham Streeter

Best Director

• Dito Tsintsadze (God of Happiness)

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Short Film

• After Truth — Directed by Nicolas Ehret

Best Animated Film

• “Parade” de Satie — Directed by Kōji Yamamura

Best Documentary Film

• Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust — Directed by Lance Shultz^[10][11][12]

Best Experimental Film

• The Calling — Directed by Chris Boyd

Best Music Film

• Let's dance to the rhythm — Directed by Bardroy Barretto

Best Music Video

• Tiësto / The Chainsmokers - Split — Directed by Joe Zohar

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

• Director Graham Streeter and producer Alex Lebosq presenting their film "Imperfect Sky" at the VIFF 2016
• Director Bardroy Barretto receiving his Grand Prix for the film "Let's dance to the Rhythm" at the VIFF 2016
• Fashion designer La Hong Nhut and director Rima Irani at the VIFF 2017
• Director Sarah Scherer presenting her film "Golden Shot" at the VIFF 2017
• Actor John Yiu and producer Kenny Chan presenting their film "Million Loves in Me" at the VIFF 2017
• Director Andreas Morell and cinematographer Felix Cramer presenting their film "Platonov" at the VIFF 2017