The nominees were announced on December 22, 2014 while the winners were chosen January 5, 2015. Winners are highlighted in bold. This group seemed to spread things out a little better, splitting Picture/Director in a way that it isn’t normally swapped while some of the other choices are either eclectic or mainstream without fail. The Canadian film selections were a bit surprising in a few places, but without knowing enough about that late of features, I can’t say if it was a good or a bad thing.

Award Tallies

(3) Mommy, Tu dors Nicole
(2) Boyhood, Violent

The Awards

Best Picture

Birdman
Boyhood
Whiplash

Best Director

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard – The Immigrant
Tilda Swinton – Only Lovers Left Alive
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Laura Dern – Wild

Best Screenplay

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Foreign Language Film

Force Majeure
Ida
We Are the Best!

Best Documentary

Citizenfour
The Overnighters
Virunga

Best Canadian Film

Enemy
Mommy
Tu dors Nicole

Best Actor in a Canadian Film

Jake Gyllenhaal – Enemy
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos – The Husband
Antoine-Olivier Pilon – Mommy

Best Actress in a Canadian Film

Julianne Cote – Tu dors Nicole
Anne Dorval – Mommy
Dagny Backer Johnsen – Violent

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film

Bruce Greenwood – Elephant Song
Marc-Andre Grondin – Tu dors Nicole
Callum Keith Rennie – Sitting on the Edge of Marlene

Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film

Sarah Allen – The Husband
Suzanne Clement – Mommy
Sarah Gadon – Enemy

Best Director of a Canadian Film

Xavier Dolan – Mommy
Stephane Lafleur – Tu dors Nicole
Denis Villaneuve – Enemy

Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film

The F Word
Mommy
Violent

Best Canadian Documentary

Everything Will Be
Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
The Price We Pay

Best British Columbia Film

Everything Will Be
Preggoland
Violent

Best First Film By a Canadian Director

Sitting on the Edge of Marlene
The Valley Below
Violent

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 2000 (15)