Another unoriginal slate of winners gives the Vancouver Film Critics, voting late, a place among the has-beens this awards season. Their entries for Canadian films are at least interesting and fresh. The nominations were announced almost a week ago and their awards announced yesterday, but they weren’t covered by most media outlets and I didn’t have them in my list of groups to track (though I should have).

So, here are both nominations and awards combined with the winners in bold. Also, since I wasn’t prepared for them, the group data section below is incomplete. I’ll work on it as soon as I can and update the post accordingly.

UPDATE: I’ve updated the precursor data for the last five years. And looking at these, all of the winners this year should be considered heavy contenders for nomination, the same can be said for all of the nominees as well. Vancouver has a great track record in both respects. However, for winners, don’t take their word for gospel, especially not in Best Picture, Best Director or Best Supporting Actress. Matter of fact, other than their Best Picture selection, the other two are good bets for failing to be Oscar nominees, with Malick even an unlikely nominee.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Award Tallies

(2) The Artist / Cafe de Flore / A Dangerous Method / The Tree of Life

Nomination Tallies

(4) The Artist / Cafe de Flore / A Dangerous Method
(3) The Descendants / Starbuck / The Tree of Life
(2) I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person / My Week with Marilyn / Take Shelter / Take This Waltz

The Awards & Nominations

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
The Tree of Life

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Best Actor

Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

Best Actress

Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Help / Take Shelter / The Tree of Life
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Best Screenplay

The Artist
The Descendants
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball

Best Foreign Language Film

The Kids with a Bike
Poetry
A Separation

Best Documentary

Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Interrupters
Nostalgia for the Light
Project Nim
Saving Progress

Best Canadian Film

Cafe de Flore
Small Town Murder Songs
Starbuck

Best Actor in a Canadian Film

Mohamed Fellag – Monsieur Lazhar
Patrick Huard – Starbuck
Peter Stormare – Small Town Murder Songs

Best Actress in a Canadian Film

Keira Knightley – A Dangerous Method
Vanessa Paradis – Cafe de Flore
Ingrid Veninger – I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person
Rachel Weisz – The Whistleblower
Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film

Vincent Cassel – A Dangerous Method
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
Seth Rogen – Take This Waltz

Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film

Hélène Florent – Cafe de Flore
Jill Hennessy – Small Town Murder Songs
Hallie Switzer – I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person

Best Director of a Canadian Film

David Cronenberg – A Dangerous Method
Ed Gass-Donnelly – Small Town Murder Songs
Ken Scott – Starbuck
Jean-Marc Vallée – Cafe de Flore

Best British Columbian Film

Daydream Nation
People of a Feather
Sisters & Brothers

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 2000 (12)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Nominee was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Nominee was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Nominations:
Picture: 12 (3-3-2-3-1) N / 3 (0-0-1-0-2) I
Director: 14 (3-3-3-3-2) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Actor: 13 (3-3-3-2-2) N / 2 (0-0-0-1-1) I
Actress: 13 (3-3-2-2-3) N / 2 (0-0-1-1-0) I
Supporting Actor: 12 (3-2-3-3-1) N / 3 (0-1-0-0-2) I
Supporting Actress: 13 (3-3-2-3-2) N / 2 (0-0-1-0-1) I
Awards:
Picture: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Director: 1 (0-1-0-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Actor: 4 (1-0-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actress: 3 (0-0-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actor: 4 (1-1-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actress: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I