Keira Jang and Sandra Oh Can I Get a Witness?
Keira Jang and Sandra Oh in Can I Get a Witness? (Ed Araquel, courtesy of CIGAW Productions)

Anora won Best Picture and Mikey Madison wins Best Actress in the International category of the 25th Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) awards.

A Real Pain also won two prizes, nabbing Best Supporting Actor for Kieran Culkin and Best Screenplay for Jesse Eisenberg.

Other wins went to No Other Land for Best Documentary, Flow won Best International Film, and Margaret Qualley won Best Supporting Actress for The Substance.

In the British Columbia, Canada category, Can I Get a Witness? dominated with 5 awards, winning Best BC Film, Best Director along with Best BC Director for Ann Marie Fleming, Supporting Female Actor for Sandra Oh, and Keira Jang took the One to Watch award.

My Old Ass walked away with three wins, including Best Picture, Best Female Actor for Maisy Stella and Best Canadian Screenplay for Megan Park.

Other wins went to Sugarcane for Best Documentary, Matt Johnson won Best Male Actor for Matt and Mara, and Patrick J. Adams won Best Supporting Male Actor for Young Werther.

Below is the complete list of winners of 2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.

2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Winners – International

Best Picture

WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain

Best Director

WINNER: Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Sean Baker, Anora
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Actor

WINNER: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Best Actress

WINNER: Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Yura Borisov, Anora
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Screenplay

WINNER: Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist

Best Documentary

WINNER: No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best International Film

WINNER: Flow
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez

2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Winners – British Columbia, Canada

Best Picture

WINNER: My Old Ass
Can I Get a Witness?
40 Acres
Rumours

Best Director

WINNER: Ann Marie Fleming, Can I Get a Witness?
Megan Park, My Old Ass
R.T. Thorne, 40 Acres

Best Screenplay

WINNER: Megan Park, My Old Ass
Ann Marie Fleming, Can I Get a Witness?
Matthew Rankin, Universal Language

Best Male Actor

WINNER: Matt Johnson, Matt and Mara
Roy Dupuis, Rumours
Jae-Hyun Kim, Mongrels

Best Female Actor

WINNER: Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
Deragh Campbell, Matt and Mara
Amy Forsythe, Inedia
Keira Jang, Can I Get a Witness?

Best Supporting Male Actor

WINNER: Patrick J. Adams, Young Werther
Kataem O’Connor, 40 Acres
Percy Hynes White, My Old Ass

Best Supporting Female Actor

WINNER: Sandra Oh, Can I Get a Witness?
Alison Pill, Young Werther
Aubrey Plaza, My Old Ass

Best Canadian Documentary

WINNER: Sugarcane
Ari’s Theme
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together
The Movie Man

One to Watch

WINNER: Keira Jang, Can I Get a Witness?
Megan Park, My Old Ass
Jerome Yoo, Mongrels

Best BC Film

WINNER: Can I Get a Witness?
Ari’s Theme
The Chief & the Daruma

Best BC Director

WINNER: Ann Marie Fleming, Can I Get a Witness?
Liz Cairns, Inedia
Jerome Yoo, Mongrels

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