The Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

The Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF) returned to an in-person event this year for its 18th annual edition at the VIFF Centre in the British Columbian city March 7-11. The festival, organized around International Women’s Day on March 8, ended it’s in person run on March 12, but offers online viewing of film — including this years award winners — through March 25. In the 2023 program, some 37 films from 14 countries competed for a line-up of awards, running alongside a sidebar short film competition. Of the 19 films from home base Canada, nine were made by local British Columbia filmmakers.