Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2012

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The winners of the 13th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2012, were announced on January 7, 2013. [1]

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Winners and nominees

International

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilms
Best Film Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
Paul Thomas Anderson The Master
Steven Spielberg Lincoln
Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix The Master
John Hawkes The Sessions
Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln
Best Actress Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master
Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln
Christoph Waltz Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams The Master
Anne Hathaway Les Misérables
Helen Hunt The Sessions
Best Director Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg Lincoln
Best Screenplay Mark Boal Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained
Best Documentary Malik Bendjelloul Searching for Sugar Man
David France How to Survive a Plague
Alison Klayman Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Best Foreign Language Film Leos Carax Holy Motors
Michael Haneke Amour
Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache The Intouchables

Canadian

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilms
Best Film Kim Nguyen War Witch (Rebelle)
David Cronenberg Cosmopolis
Sarah Polley Stories We Tell
Best Actor Michael Rogers Beyond the Black Rainbow
Robert Pattinson Cosmopolis
Melvil Poupaud Laurence Anyways
Best Actress Rachel Mwanza War Witch (Rebelle)
Suzanne Clément Laurence Anyways
Stéphanie Lapointe Liverpool
Best Supporting Actor Serge Kanyinda War Witch (Rebelle)
Jay Baruchel Goon
Liev Schreiber Goon
Best Supporting Actress Sarah Gadon Cosmopolis
Samantha Morton Cosmopolis
Alison Pill Goon
Best Director Panos Cosmatos Beyond the Black Rainbow
David Cronenberg Cosmopolis
Sarah Polley Stories We Tell
Best British Columbia Film Panos Cosmatos Beyond the Black Rainbow
Katrin Bowen Random Acts of Romance
Jesse James Miller Becoming Redwood
Mark Sawers Camera Shy
Best Documentary Nisha Pahuja The World Before Her
Peter Mettler The End of Time
Sarah Polley Stories We Tell

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