2018 VIWIFF MATRIX AWARDS 

The Vancouver International Women in Film Festival is pleased to present The Matrix Awards, presented by Matrix Production Services to the top three BC short films in the festival. 

The Matrix Award-winning films were screened at the Closing Night Awards ceremony on March 11th. The Matrix Awards were presented along with the 'Best of the Festival' Awards, the winner of the VIWIFF International Screenplay Competition, and the winners of the From Our Dark Side Genre Concept Contest.

All awards were chosen by an independent jury of industry professionals. 

This year's jury included Michelle Muldoon (Writer / Filmmaker / Past Board Member WIFTV); Mary Ungerleider (Editor / Director / Past President WIFTV); Shirley Vercruysse (Executive Producer, NFB, BC & Yukon Studio).

The three Matrix Award Winning films for achievement in a BC short are:

Memory of the Peace directed by Jean Parsons & Jennifer Chiu 

The Curtain directed by Crystal Lowe

Akashi by Mayumi Yoshida