Location | Vienna, Austria |
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Website | vienna-film-festival |
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.
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.
Grand Prix (The Golden Sphinx)
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Music Video
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Grand Prix (The Golden Sphinx)
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Animated Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Music Film
Best Music Video
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
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 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 and cinematographer Felix Cramer presenting their film "Platonov" at the VIFF 2017