Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2005

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6th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

February 7, 2006

Best Film:
Brokeback Mountain

Best Canadian Film:
C.R.A.Z.Y.

The 6th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2005, were given on 7 February 2006.

The year 2005 saw the release of many significant and successful films. The highest-grossing films of this year are listed below, as well as a complete list of every film released this year.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman American actor and film director

Philip Seymour Hoffman was an American actor, director, and producer. Best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles – typically lowlifes, eccentrics, bullies, and misfits – Hoffman acted in many films from the early 1990s until his death in 2014.

<i>Capote</i> (film) 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller

Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller. It follows the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title character. The film was based on Gerald Clarke's biography Capote. It was filmed mostly in Manitoba in the autumn of 2004. It was released September 30, 2005, to coincide with Truman Capote's birthday.

Felicity Huffman American actress

Felicity Kendall Huffman is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo on the ABC TV series Desperate Housewives.

Canadian

Marc-André Grondin is a Canadian actor, best known to date as "Zachary Beaulieu" in Jean-Marc Vallée's film C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005), for which he won a Jutra award for best actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

<i>C.R.A.Z.Y.</i> 2005 French-language Canadian film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée

C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian coming-of-age drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and co-written by Vallée and François Boulay. It tells the story of Zac, a young bisexual man dealing with homophobia while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in Quebec during the 1960s and 1970s. The film employs an extensive soundtrack, featuring artists such as Pink Floyd, Patsy Cline, Charles Aznavour, and The Rolling Stones.

Lisa Ray Indian Canadian actress

Lisa Rani Ray is an Indian Canadian actress, model, television host, philanthropist and social activist. In 2005 she appeared in the Canadian film Water, which premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008 she starred alongside Sheetal Sheth in the romance films I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen.

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