VIFF 2025 Winners

Best Feature Film

Oversteer — Directed by Derrick Lui

Best Animated Film

Unstoppable Beat — Directed by Luke Dye-Montefiore

Best Short Film

Waves — Directed by Hans Glassman

Best Short Film Director

Salvador Carrasco — What Next

Best Documentary Film

Noah's Ark - A Coral Rescue First — Directed by Michael Zimmer

Best Director

Oversteer — Directed by Derrick Lui

Best Unproduced Script

Come Monday — Graham Streeter

Best Experimental Film

The Computational Realm — Directed by Dian Wang

Best Music Video

Redemption — Directed by Ciril Tscheligi

Best Song

Moon Over Capri — Ava Della Pietra

Best Actor

Steve Kuzmick — Viaticum

Best Actress

Kristin Mounts — Lanternfly

Best Art Direction

Whiskey Rose — Directed by Conrad Whitaker

Best Cinematography

The Listeners — Trevor Murphy

Special Mention

Big Kidding — Milana Rudinskaia