Dragons and Tigers Award

VIFF Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema was an award from the Vancouver International Film Festival for a film director from the Asia-Pacific region.[1] Presented to a film judged as the best film by an emerging director within the festival's Dragons and Tigers program for Asian cinema,[2] it awarded a creative and innovative film, made early in the director's career, which had not yet won significant international recognition.

First created in 1994, the award was discontinued after 2013. It was replaced with a general Best New Director Award, open to all emerging international filmmakers with films screening in any festival program.[3]

Nominated films were selected by film scholar and critic Tony Rayns.[3]

Award winners
YearFilm DirectorCountry of origin
1994This Window Is YoursTomoyuki FurumayaJapan
1995GoldfishWu DiChina
MaborosiKoreeda HirokazuJapan
1996The Day a Pig Fell into the WellHong Sang-sooSouth Korea
Rain Clouds over WushanZhang MingChina
1997Green FishLee Chang-dongSouth Korea
1998Xiao WuJia ZhangkeChina/Hong Kong
1999Nana/No-GoHayakawa WataruJapan
2000Tears of the Black TigerWisit SasanatiengThailand
2001Mirror ImageHsiao Ya-ChuanTaiwan
2002Shanghai PanicAndrew Y-S ChengChina
2003UniformDiao YinanChina
2004The Soup, One MorningTakahashi IzumiJapan
2005OxhideLiu JiayinChina
2006Todo Todo TerrosJohn TorresThe Philippines
2007Fujian BlueWeng ShoumingChina
Mid-Afternoon BarksZhang YuedongChina
2008Perfect LifeEmily TangHong Kong/China
2009EighteenJang Kun-jaeSouth Korea
2010Good Morning to the World!Hirohara SaturoJapan
2011The Sun-Beaten PathSonthar GyalChina
2012Emperor Visits the HellLi LuoChina
2013Anatomy of a PaperclipIkeda AkiraJapan

References
  1. "VIFF Dragons and Tigers Award winner announced". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 7, 2011.
  2. "VIFF announces films for Dragons & Tigers, award nominees". Playback, September 8, 2010.
  3. "VIFF's Dragons and Tigers series established Vancouver as cinematic Gateway to Asia". The Georgia Straight, September 29, 2017.
  • Awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival
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