The VIMFF provides outdoor communities around the world with international mountain film screenings, live multimedia presentations, photo exhibitions, workshops, seminars and other special events.
We offer in person shows as well as virtual streaming events, and our World Tour travelling shows featuring award winning films. Driven by a passion for film, culture and the outdoors, we seek to advance the appreciation of films and film-making while inspiring, informing and educating the public in these areas. The VIMFF runs two separate film submission drives for our main events – our Fall Series (November) and our Main Festival (February).Film submissions are now closed for the Fall Series 2023 event.
For enquiries or late submissions, please reach out to our Program Director, Kiran Basra at kiran@vimff.org.
Our next round of film submissions will be in the fall of 2023 as we prepare for the VIMFF 2024.
VIMFF Fall Series - November 2023:
VIMFF Fall Series 2023 will run from November 13 – 18, 2023.
Submissions are now Closed.
It will be a hybrid festival of in person events at theatres across Vancouver and virtual programs offered online for streaming.
All films selected will compete for our Annual Film Awards and will also enjoy a share of the revenues from our virtual programming.
Preference will be given to those films not already available online for free.
Annual Film Awards – February 2024
(Films selected for both our Fall Series and February events will compete for awards)
Festival Grand Prize: $2,000
Best Mountain Culture Film: (B.C.M.C. Award): $1,000
Best Climbing Film: (The Alpine Club of Canada Award) : $1,000
Best Canadian Film: $1000
Best Adventure Film: $500
Best Mountain Sport Film: $500
Best Environmental Film: $500
Best Short Film: $500
Best of BC Award (Presented by B.C.M.C): $500
Prize funds listed in Canadian Dollars.
Visit our Film Freeway page for more information and to submit your mountain film for consideration.
