Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nminations

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) leads all films in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s International category with five nominations.

Mommy

Xavier Dolan’s alternately intimate and operatic family drama Mommy has earned six VFCC nominations in the Canadian category, including Best Canadian Film. Dolan is nominated for both Best Director of a Canadian Film and Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film. Meanwhile, cast members Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clément are vying for Best Actor in a Canadian Film, Best Actress in a Canadian Film and Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film.

Jake Gyllenhaal scores Best Actor nominations both in International(Nightcrawler) and Candian Feature(Enemy).

Winners will be announced at the VFCC’s 15^th annual awards ceremony, to be held at Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar in Vancouver on Monday, January 5. A full list of nominees in the International category follows.

BEST FILM
Birdman
Boyhood
Whiplash

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 DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris & Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure
Ida
We Are the Best!

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Citizenfour
The Overnighters
Virunga


CANADIAN NOMINATIONS

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 Côté, Tu dors Nicole
Anne Dorval, Mommy
Dagny Backer Johnsen, Violent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Bruce Greenwood, Elephant Song
Marc-André 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 Clément, Mommy
Sarah Gadon, Enemy
(A cash prize for the acting categories is sponsored by the Union of BC Performers.)

BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A CANADIAN FILM
Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Andrew Huculiak, Josh Huculiak, Cayne McKenzie & Joseph Schweers, Violent
Elan Mastai, The F Word

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Stéphane Lafleur, Tu dors Nicole
Denis Villeneuve, Enemy

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

BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR
Sitting on the Edge of Marlene
The Valley Below
Violent
(Cash prize sponsored by Telefilm Canada.) 

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Everything Will Be
Preggoland
Violent