The Canadian film critics of the Vancouver-based organization held American historical drama Lincoln as the most-nominated film of the year in standard categories. On the Canadian-only category front, David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis was the most nominated with five. Most of the selections here are largely seen as the top contenders for nominations, so I wouldn’t be too surprised to see nearly all of them on the final list.

Nomination Tallies

(5) Cosmopolis, Lincoln
(4) The Master, Zero Dark Thirty
(3) Beyond the Black Rainbow, Goon, Rebelle

The Nominations

Best Picture

Lincoln
The Master
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – The Master
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions

Best Screenplay

Django Unchained
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour
Holy Motors
The Intouchables

Best Documentary

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
How to Survive a Plague
Searching for Sugar Man

Best Canadian Film

Cosmopolis
Rebelle
Stories We Tell

Best Actor in a Canadian Film

Robert Pattinson – Cosmopolis
Melvil Poupaud – Laurence Anyways
Michael Rogers – Beyond the Black Rainbow

Best Actress in a Canadian Film

Suzanne Clément – Laurence Anyways
Stéphanie Lapointe – Liverpool
Rachel Mwanza – Rebelle

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film

Jay Baruchel – Goon
Serge Kanyinda – Rebelle
Liev Schreiber – Goon

Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film

Sarah Gadon – Cosmopolis
Samantha Morton – Cosmopolis
Alison Pill – Goon

Best Director of a Canadian Film

Panos Cosmatos – Beyond the Black Rainbow
David Cronenberg – Cosmopolis
Sarah Polley – Stories We Tell

Best Canadian Documentary

The End of Time
Stories We Tell
The World Before Her

Best British Columbia Film

Becoming Redwood
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Camera Shy
Random Acts of Romance

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 2000 (13)