Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2020

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The 21st Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards honoured the films selected by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as the best of 2020. [1] Although usually presented in December of the same year for which the awards are presented, these awards were delayed to the winter of 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the associated complications in film production and distribution.

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Nominations for the Canadian film categories were announced on February 3, 2021, and nominations in the international categories were announced on February 19. [1] The international winners were announced on February 22, [2] and the Canadian winners were announced on March 8.

Winners and nominees

International

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilmsRef.
Best Film Chloé Zhao Nomadland [2]
[1]
David Fincher Mank
Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman
Best Actor Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal
Anthony Hopkins The Father
Gary Oldman Mank
Best Actress Frances McDormand Nomadland
Viola Davis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah
Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7
Leslie Odom Jr. One Night in Miami...
Best Supporting Actress Youn Yuh-jung Minari
Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Amanda Seyfried Mank
Best Director Chloé Zhao Nomadland
David Fincher Mank
Thomas Vinterberg Another Round (Druk)
Best Screenplay Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7
Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher Mank
Best DocumentaryAlexander Nanau Collective
Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk Athlete A
Alex Gibney Totally Under Control
Best Foreign Language Film Lee Isaac Chung Minari
Thomas Vinterberg Another Round (Druk)
Andrei Konchalovsky Dear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi!)

Canadian

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilmsRef.
Best Film Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli Violation [3]
[4]
Brandon Cronenberg Possessor
Sean Durkin The Nest
Best Actor Justin Rain Brother, I Cry
Adam Brody The Kid Detective
Alex Crowther Flowers of the Field
Marlon Kazadi Chained
Best Actress Madeleine Sims-Fewer Violation
Carrie Coon The Nest
Andrea Riseborough Possessor
Best Supporting Actor Christopher Abbott Possessor
Adam Beach Monkey Beach
Adrian Holmes Chained
Aleks Paunovic Chained
Best Supporting Actress Rainbow Dickerson Beans
Tina Lameman Monkey Beach
Jennifer Jason Leigh Possessor
Best Director Brandon Cronenberg Possessor
Sean Durkin The Nest
Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli Violation
Best Screenplay Sean Durkin The Nest
Brandon Cronenberg Possessor
Titus Heckel Chained
Best Documentary Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Jennifer Abbott The Magnitude of All Things
Ariel Nasr The Forbidden Reel
Best British Columbia Film Titus Heckel Chained
Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Jessie Anthony Brother, I Cry
One to Watch Titus Heckel Chained
Kiawenti:io Tarbell Beans
Jessie Anthony Brother, I Cry

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