VIFF Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema is an award from the Vancouver International Film Festival

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 for a film director

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 from Asia-Pacific region. It awards a creative and innovative film, made early in the director's career, which has not yet won significant international recognition. Since its inception in 1994, nominated films have been selected by film scholar and critic Tony Rayns

Tony Rayns

Antony Rayns is a British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter. Much inspired in his youth by the films of Kenneth Anger, he wrote for the underground publication Cinema Rising before contributing to the Monthly Film Bulletin from the December 1970 issue until its demise...

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Tony Rayns also curates all non-Chinese language film featured in the Dragons and Tigers category. Chinese-language film scholar Shelly Kraicer also joined Dragons and Tigers as curator in 2007 for Chinese-language films.

Award winners

Year	Film	Director	Country of origin
1994	This Window Is Yours	Tomoyuki Furumaya Tomoyuki Furumaya is a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Nagano Prefecture, Furumaya was attending Nihon University when his 16mm film, Shakunetsu no dojjibōru, won the grand prize at the Pia Film Festival...	Japan
1995	Goldfish	Wu Di Wu Di (cinematographer) Wu Di is a Chinese cinematographer and one-time film director, known for his collaborations with Sixth Generation director, Wang Xiaoshuai. The director of photography for over ten films , Wu Di also wrote and directed a feature of his own, 1995's Goldfish.- As cinematographer:-As...	China
	Maborosi Maborosi Maborosi, known in Japan as Maboroshi no Hikari is a 1995 Japanese film by director Hirokazu Koreeda starring Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano and Takashi Naitō...	Koreeda Hirokazu	Japan
1996	The Day a Pig Fell into the Well	Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo is a South Korean film director. Hong's directorial debut, The Day a Pig Fell into the Well , was praised by South Korean critics for its originality and won international film prizes...	South Korea
	Rain Clouds over Wushan Rain Clouds over Wushan Rain Clouds over Wushan is a 1995 Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming and written by Zhu Wen. The film follows the lives of two lonely people living in Wushan on the banks of the Yangtze River during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.The satirical portrayal of rural life is considered part...	Zhang Ming	China
1997	Green Fish Green Fish Green Fish is a South Korean film. It was the first feature-length film directed by Lee Chang-dong, who also wrote the screenplay. Lee had previously been known as a novelist and high school teacher. The film stars Han Suk-kyu in one of his first major film roles...	Lee Chang-dong Lee Chang-dong Lee Chang-dong is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won the 2008 Special Director's Prize at the Asian Film Awards and has been nominated for the Golden Lion and Palme d'Or. Lee served as South Korea's Minister of Culture and Tourism from 2003 to 2004.-Life and career:Lee...	South Korea
1998	Xiao Wu Xiao Wu Xiao Wu also known as The Pickpocket is a 1997 Chinese movie directed by Jia Zhangke.The film was the directorial debut of Jia Zhangke, one of the major figures of the so-called Sixth Generation of Chinese cinema and stars Wang Hongwei in the titular role along with Hao Hongjian and Zuo Baitao...	Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan....	China/Hong Kong
1999	Nana/No-Go	Hayakawa Wataru	Japan
2000	Tears of the Black Tiger Tears of the Black Tiger Tears of the Black Tiger is a 2000 Thai western film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. The story of a tragic romance between Dum, a fatalistic, working-class hero, who has become an outlaw, and Rumpoey, the upper-class daughter of a provincial governor, it is equal parts homage to and...	Wisit Sasanatieng Wisit Sasanatieng Wisit Sasanatieng is a Thai film director and screenwriter of Chinese descent...	Thailand
2001	Mirror Image	Hsiao Ya-Chuan	Taiwan
2002	Shanghai Panic	Andrew Y-S Cheng	China
2003	Uniform Uniform (film) Uniform is the 2003 feature film debut of director Diao Yi'nan, who had previously worked as an established screenwriter for directors such as Zhang Yang and Shi Runjiu...	Diao Yi'nan Diao Yi'nan Diao Yinan is a Chinese director, screenwriter and occasional actor.-Biography:A graduate of the Central Academy of Drama in 1992, Diao has worked as a screenwriter with directors Shi Runjiu and Zhang Yang...	China
2004	The Soup, One Morning	Takahashi Izumi	Japan
2005	Oxhide Oxhide Oxhide , directed by Liu Jiayin, is a 2005 narrative independent Chinese film that portrays the director's family and their apartment in Beijing...	Liu Jiayin	China
2006	Todo Todo Terros	John Torres John Torres John Torres is an American singer-songwriter and sometimes actor, native to Los Angeles, California...	The Philippines
2007	Fujian Blue Fujian Blue Fujian Blue is a 2007 Chinese film directed by Weng Shouming . The film is Weng's first and is composed of two separate but linked stories entitled "The Neon Knights" and "At Home at Sea." The film touches on a number of controversial topics including juvenile delinquency, human trafficking, and...	Weng Shouming	China
	Mid-Afternoon Barks Mid-Afternoon Barks Mid-Afternoon Barks is a 2007 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuedong. The film was the first directorial effort for Zhang, who was previously an established theater director in Beijing....	Zhang Yuedong	China
2008	Perfect Life Perfect Life (film) Perfect Life is a 2008 Chinese-Hong Kong film by Emily Tang and produced by director Jia Zhangke and his company, Xstream Pictures...	Emily Tang	Hong Kong/China
2009	Eighteen	Jang Kun-Jae	South Korea
2010	Good Morning to the World!	Hirohara Saturo	Japan

External links

• Awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival