The winners of the 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were announced on January 10, 2012. [1]
Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
---|---|---|
Best Film | Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore |
Ed Gass-Donnelly | Small Town Murder Songs | |
Ken Scott | Starbuck | |
Best Actor | Peter Stormare | Small Town Murder Songs |
Mohamed Fellag | Monsieur Lazhar | |
Patrick Huard | Starbuck | |
Best Actress | Michelle Williams | Take This Waltz |
Keira Knightley | A Dangerous Method | |
Vanessa Paradis | Café de Flore | |
Ingrid Veninger | I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person | |
Rachel Weisz | The Whistleblower | |
Best Supporting Actor | Viggo Mortensen | A Dangerous Method |
Vincent Cassel | A Dangerous Method | |
Seth Rogen | Take This Waltz | |
Best Supporting Actress | Hélène Florent | Café de Flore |
Jill Hennessy | Small Town Murder Songs | |
Hallie Switzer | I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person | |
Best Director | David Cronenberg | A Dangerous Method |
Ed Gass-Donnelly | Small Town Murder Songs | |
Ken Scott | Starbuck | |
Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore | |
Best British Columbia Film | Joel Heath | People of a Feather |
Carl Bessai | Sisters & Brothers | |
Michael Goldbach | Daydream Nation | |
Special Achievement | Marv Newland |
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