Vancouver film critics have made their selections for the year’s best films. Two things always to note about Vancouver. They are the only group that only selects three nominees in each category (excepting this year’s Best British Columbian Film) and they are the only group that actively recognizes Canadian-only films with a full slate of nominations. Looking over the list, it’s interesting to compare Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Picture and Director match perfectly, but only one film appears in the Screenplay set from that list. That likely suggests that Lady Bird, which is also he top non-Canadian nominee, will take the award. Everyone else appears to be a contender in some capacity or another.
Award Tallies
(6) Gregoire (Canadian)
(5) Lady Bird, Never Steady, Never Still (Canadian)
(4) Phantom Thread
(3) Fail to Appear (Canadian), Fake Tattoos, (Canadian), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Awards
Best Picture
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Best Actor
Timothรฉe Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
Best Screenplay
Get Out
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Foreign Language Film
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A Fantastic Woman
The Square
Best Documentary
Ex-Libris: The New York Public Library
Faces Places
Jane
Best Canadian Film
Black Cop
Fail to Appear
Never Steady, Never Still
Best Director of a Canadian Film
Sofia Bohdanowicz – Maison du bonheur
Denis Cรดtรฉ – A Skin So Soft
Kathleen Hepburn – Never Steady, Never Still
Best Actor in a Canadian Film
Jared Abrahamson – Gregoire
Ronnie Rowe – Black Cop
Anthony Therrien – Fake Tattoos
Best Actress in a Canadian Film
Deragh Campbell – Fail to Appear
Shirley Henderson – Never Steady, Never Still
Rose-Marie Perreault – Fake Tattoos
Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film
Joe Buffalo – LukโLukโI
Ben Cotton – Gregoire
Nathan Roder – Fail to Appear
Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film
Morgan Taylor Campbell – Gregoire
Grace Glowicki – Cardinals
Yaitรฉ Ruiz – All You Can Eat Buddha
Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film
Fake Tattoos
Gregoire
Never Steady, Never Still
Best Canadian Documentary
In the Waves
Maison du bonheur
A Skin so Soft
Unarmed Verses
Best British Columbia Film
Gregoire
Never Steady, Never Still
The Road Forward
LukโLukโI
One to Watch
Cody Bown – Gregoire
Winston DeGiobbi – Mass for Shut-Ins
Seth A. Smith – The Crescent
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Data
First Awards: 2000 (18)
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