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Both in terms of admissions and number of films screened (148,000 and 373 respectively in 2010), Vancouver International Film Festival is among the five largest film festivals in North America, screening films from 80 countries on 10 screens. The international line-up includes the pick of the world's top film fests and many undiscovered gems.

Three main programming platforms make the festival unique: it screens the largest selection of East Asian films outside of that region, it is one of the biggest showcases of Canadian film in the world and it has a large and important nonfiction program.

Attracting a large, attentive and enthusiastic audience of film lovers, the festival remains accessible, friendly and culturally diverse. As the critics say, VIFF is very much a festival "designed for the benefit of people who love films and people who make them."