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The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival began in 1982 and is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, a provincially registered non-profit, and federally registered charitable organization. Both in terms of admissions, and number of films screened, (144,000 and 349 respectively in 2014), VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America. The festival screens films annually from approximately 80 countries on 10 screens. The international line-up includes the pick of the world’s top film festivals and many lesser-known films. Three main programming platforms make VIFF unique: The Festival screens the largest selection of East Asian films outside of that region; the Festival is one of the biggest showcases of Canadian film in the world; and VIFF has one of the a largest nonfiction program outside of a Documentary Film Festival. Attracting a large, attentive and enthusiastic audience of film lovers, the festival remains accessible, friendly and culturally diverse. Critics have praised the VIFF: "For the six days of my stay, I enjoyed an array of important films presented to a public that seemed to be immersed in the qualities of intelligent, sophisticated contemporary cinema." - Dimitri Eipides, Programmer, Toronto International Film Festival, and Director of the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.〔 The Festival also manages the year-round programming at the state-of-the-art Vancouver International Film Centre, Vancity Theatre and the Vancouver Film and Television Forum, a four-day conference supporting the Canadian film and television production industry. ==Awards== Each year, the festival offers a number of juried and audience-voted awards. Select results from recent years: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vancouver International Film Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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