VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival
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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.
History
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.
Winners
2016
Grand Prix (The Golden Sphinx)
Best Feature Film
- Imperfect Sky — Directed by Graham Streeter
Best Director
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
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
- Tiesto / 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
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Presentation of the film "Imperfect Sky"
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Director Graham Streeter and producer Alex Lebosq presenting their film "Imperfect Sky"
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Director Bardroy Barretto receiving his Grand Prix for the film "Let's dance to the Rhythm"
See also
References
- Konkani film 'Nachom-ia-Kumpasar' to be screened at VIFF
- 'Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust’ Named VIFF 2016 Best Documentary
- Article about VIFF 2016
- wien.at (German)
- meinbezirk.at God of Happiness (German)