Thomas Vinterberg’s THE HUNT was named Best Foreign Film, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE ACT OF KILLING was selected as Best Documentary at the 14th Annual Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards. THE DIRTIES, desribed as a conceptually daring story of two film geeks plotting a high school shooting, led all winners in the Canadian section. Matt Johnson’s debut feature earned accolades for Best Canadian Film and Best First Film by a Canadian Director (a new VFCC award this year). Johnson also picked up Best Actor in a Canadian Film for his efforts in front of the camera. Best Canadian Documentary was awarded to Chelsea McMullan’s My Prairie Home, an evocative portrait of transgender musician Rae Spoon.
A complete list of winners follows.
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Hunt
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
CANADIAN AWARDS
BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Dirties
BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Matt Johnson, The Dirties
BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Sophie Desmarais, Sarah Prefers to Run
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Alexandre Landry, Gabrielle
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Lise Roy, Tom at the Farm
BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Jeff Barnaby, Rhymes for Young Ghouls
BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY
My Prairie Home
BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR
The Dirties
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Down River
IAN CADDELL AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
Al Sens
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
Corinne Lea
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