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.

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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.

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Winners

2017

Grand Prix (The Golden Sphinx)

• Million Loves in Me -- Directed by Sampson Yuen

Best Feature Film

• Platonov -- Directed by Andreas Morell

Best Director

• Ebrahim Hatamikia (Bodyguard)

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 K?ji 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

• 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

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See also

• List of film festivals in Europe

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References

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External links

• Official website of VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival
• VIFF 2016 Festival Trailer
• Konkani film 'Nachom-ia-Kumpasar' to be screened at VIFF
• Article about VIFF 2016
• wien.at (German)
• meinbezirk.at God of Happiness (German)

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