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Whistler Film Festival Audience Award

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The Audience Award is an annual award given by the Whistler Film Festival to the most popular film voted by audiences for Best Picture.

Winners

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Year Film Director(s) Ref
2002 Flower & Garnet Keith Behrman [1]
2003 In the Shadow of the Chief Ivan Hughes [2]
2004 Crazy Canucks Randy Bradshaw [3]
2005 Love Is Work John Kalangis [4]
2006 Mystic Ball Greg Hamilton [5]
2007 Amal Richie Mehta [6]
2008 RiP!: A Remix Manifesto Brett Gaylor [7]
2009 Suck Rob Stefaniuk [8]
2010 The Whistleblower Larysa Kondracki [9]
2011 Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau [10]
2012 My Awkward Sexual Adventure Sean Garrity [11]
2013 Cas & Dylan Jason Priestley [12]
2014 A Most Violent Year J. C. Chandor [13]
2015 Carol Todd Haynes [14]
2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle [15]
2017 Darkest Hour Joe Wright [16]
2018 On the Basis of Sex Mimi Leder [17]
2019 A Call to Spy Lydia Dean Pilcher [18]
2020 The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier) Tanya Lapointe [19]
2021 Drinkwater Stephen Campanelli [20]
2022 Gringa E.J. Foerster, Marny Eng [21]
2023 500 Days in the Wild Dianne Whelan [22]

References

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  1. ^ Dana Michell, "Film fest favourites announced". Pique Newsmagazine, December 19, 2002.
  2. ^ "Film on Vancouver street life wins at Whistler". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2003.
  3. ^ "Whistler Film Fest winners". Vancouver Courier, December 8, 2004.
  4. ^ Ilona Berks, "Industry turns out for Whistler". Playback, January 9, 2006.
  5. ^ "Myanmar film people's choice". Kamloops Daily News, December 8, 2006.
  6. ^ Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival a wrap; Moguls and movie-goers mingle at mountaintop meet-and-greet". Vancouver Courier, December 5, 2007.
  7. ^ Fred Lee, "Whistler fest shines on Canadian films; Justice gala supports first responders". National Post, December 13, 2008.
  8. ^ "Les Signes Vitaux wins Borsos". Pique Newsmagazine, December 11, 2009.
  9. ^ Graeme McRanor, "It's a wrap for 10th anniversary of Whistler Film Festival; Highlights included a chat with filmmakers Monte Hellman, Bruce McDonald and Atom Egoyan and a new home for the film fest". Vancouver Sun, December 6, 2010.
  10. ^ "Oscar hopeful voted audience favourite at Whistler Film Fest". Prince George Citizen, December 7, 2011.
  11. ^ Martin Knelman, "Bed head: Jonas Chernick ponders sexual hang-ups in latest film". Toronto Star, January 5, 2013.
  12. ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "Dreyfuss gushes over Canuck co-star Maslany in odd-couple road movie". Canadian Press, March 31, 2014.
  13. ^ Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec drama Félix et Meira sweeps Borsos Awards at WFF 2014". Pique Newsmagazine, December 10, 2014.
  14. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "WFF 2015 photos: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, and award winners". The Georgia Straight, December 8, 2015.
  15. ^ Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec's Before the Streets wins Borsos Best Film Award at Whistler Film Festival". Pique Newsmagazine, December 7, 2016.
  16. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Evan Rachel Wood Wins Best Performance at Whistler Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter, December 3, 2017.
  17. ^ Pat Mullen, "‘Hugh Hefner’s After Dark’ Tops Whistler Winners". Point of View, December 6, 2018.
  18. ^ Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival hands out awards". Pique Newsmagazine, December 14, 2019.
  19. ^ Pat Mullen, "The Paper Man Wins Audience Award at Whistler Film Fest". Point of View, December 28, 2020.
  20. ^ Brandon Barrett, "Coming-of-age film Drinkwater wins Audience Award at WFF". Pique Newsmagazine, December 28, 2021.
  21. ^ "GRINGA Starring Steve Zahn Wins Audience Award at 2022 Whistler Film Festival". Vimooz, December 28, 2022.
  22. ^ Emily Lyth, "At Whistler Film Festival, 500 Days in the Wild wins this year's Audience Award". Stir, December 12, 2023.
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