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
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Flower & Garnet | Keith Behrman | |
| 2003 | In the Shadow of the Chief | Ivan Hughes | |
| 2004 | Crazy Canucks | Randy Bradshaw | |
| 2005 | Love Is Work | John Kalangis | |
| 2006 | Mystic Ball | Greg Hamilton | |
| 2007 | Amal | Richie Mehta | |
| 2008 | RiP!: A Remix Manifesto | Brett Gaylor | |
| 2009 | Suck | Rob Stefaniuk | |
| 2010 | The Whistleblower | Larysa Kondracki | |
| 2011 | Monsieur Lazhar | Philippe Falardeau | |
| 2012 | My Awkward Sexual Adventure | Sean Garrity | |
| 2013 | Cas & Dylan | Jason Priestley | |
| 2014 | A Most Violent Year | J. C. Chandor | |
| 2015 | Carol | Todd Haynes | |
| 2016 | La La Land | Damien Chazelle | |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Joe Wright | |
| 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | Mimi Leder | |
| 2019 | A Call to Spy | Lydia Dean Pilcher | |
| 2020 | The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier) | Tanya Lapointe | |
| 2021 | Drinkwater | Stephen Campanelli | |
| 2022 | Gringa | E.J. Foerster, Marny Eng | |
| 2023 | 500 Days in the Wild | Dianne Whelan | |
| 2024 | Blue Rodeo: Lost Together | Dale Heslip |
References
- Dana Michell, "Film fest favourites announced". Pique Newsmagazine, December 19, 2002.
- "Film on Vancouver street life wins at Whistler". The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2003.
- "Whistler Film Fest winners". Vancouver Courier, December 8, 2004.
- Ilona Berks, "Industry turns out for Whistler". Playback, January 9, 2006.
- "Myanmar film people's choice". Kamloops Daily News, December 8, 2006.
- Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival a wrap; Moguls and movie-goers mingle at mountaintop meet-and-greet". Vancouver Courier, December 5, 2007.
- Fred Lee, "Whistler fest shines on Canadian films; Justice gala supports first responders". National Post, December 13, 2008.
- "Les Signes Vitaux wins Borsos". Pique Newsmagazine, December 11, 2009.
- 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.
- "Oscar hopeful voted audience favourite at Whistler Film Fest". Prince George Citizen, December 7, 2011.
- Martin Knelman, "Bed head: Jonas Chernick ponders sexual hang-ups in latest film". Toronto Star, January 5, 2013.
- Cassandra Szklarski, "Dreyfuss gushes over Canuck co-star Maslany in odd-couple road movie". Canadian Press, March 31, 2014.
- Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec drama Félix et Meira sweeps Borsos Awards at WFF 2014". Pique Newsmagazine, December 10, 2014.
- Craig Takeuchi, "WFF 2015 photos: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, and award winners". The Georgia Straight, December 8, 2015.
- Cathryn Atkinson, "Quebec's Before the Streets wins Borsos Best Film Award at Whistler Film Festival". Pique Newsmagazine, December 7, 2016.
- Etan Vlessing, "Evan Rachel Wood Wins Best Performance at Whistler Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter, December 3, 2017.
- Pat Mullen, "‘Hugh Hefner’s After Dark’ Tops Whistler Winners". Point of View, December 6, 2018.
- Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival hands out awards". Pique Newsmagazine, December 14, 2019.
- Pat Mullen, "The Paper Man Wins Audience Award at Whistler Film Fest". Point of View, December 28, 2020.
- Brandon Barrett, "Coming-of-age film Drinkwater wins Audience Award at WFF". Pique Newsmagazine, December 28, 2021.
- "GRINGA Starring Steve Zahn Wins Audience Award at 2022 Whistler Film Festival". Vimooz, December 28, 2022.
- Emily Lyth, "At Whistler Film Festival, 500 Days in the Wild wins this year's Audience Award". Stir, December 12, 2023.
- Jamie Casemore, "Dale Heslip’s Blue Rodeo doc wins over Whistler audiences". Playback, December 16, 2024.