Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021

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The 22nd Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards were presented on March 7, 2022, to honour the films selected by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as the best of 2021. [1] Although usually presented in December of the same year for which the awards are presented, these awards were delayed to the winter of 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the associated complications in film production and distribution.

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Nominations were announced on February 20. [2]

Winners and nominees

International

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilmsRef.
Best Film Jane Campion The Power of the Dog [1]
[2]
Kenneth Branagh Belfast
Sian Heder CODA
Best Actor Andrew Garfield Tick, Tick... Boom!
Bradley Cooper Nightmare Alley
Denzel Washington The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter
Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Renate Reinsve The Worst Person in the World
Best Supporting Actor Troy Kotsur CODA
Bradley Cooper Licorice Pizza
Jesse Plemons The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress Ann Dowd Mass
Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter
Kirsten Dunst The Power of the Dog
Best Director Denis Villeneuve Dune
Kenneth Branagh Belfast
Jane Campion The Power of the Dog
Best Screenplay Adam McKay, David Sirota Don't Look Up
Kenneth Branagh Belfast
Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter
Best Documentary Jonas Poher Rasmussen Flee
Edgar Wright The Sparks Brothers
Questlove Summer of Soul
Best Foreign Language Film Joachim Trier The Worst Person in the World
Jonas Poher Rasmussen Flee
Anders Thomas Jensen Riders of Justice

Canadian

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilmsRef.
Best Film Michael McGowan All My Puny Sorrows [1]
[2]
Danis Goulet Night Raiders
Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson Scarborough
Best Actor Daniel Doheny Drinkwater
Pavle Čemerikić The White Fortress (Tabija)
Jorge Antonio Guerrero Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres)
Best Actress Alison Pill All My Puny Sorrows
Piercey Dalton Be Still
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Night Raiders
Best Supporting Actor Joshua Odjick Wildhood
Eric McCormack Drinkwater
Alex Tarrant Night Raiders
Best Supporting Actress Sarah Gadon All My Puny Sorrows
Cherish Violet Blood Scarborough
Brooklyn Hart Night Raiders
Amanda Plummer Night Raiders
Ellie Posadas Scarborough
Best Director Danis Goulet Night Raiders
Michael McGowan All My Puny Sorrows
Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson Scarborough
Best Screenplay Michael McGowan All My Puny Sorrows
Igor Drljaca The White Fortress (Tabija)
Danis Goulet Night Raiders
Catherine Hernandez Scarborough
Best Documentary Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Tyson Sadler The Last Tourist
Arthur Jones The Six
Best British Columbia Film Trevor Mack Portraits from a Fire
Elizabeth Lazebnik Be Still
Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor Someone Like Me
One to Watch Trevor Mack Portraits from a Fire
Pavle Čemerikić The White Fortress (Tabija)
Elizabeth Lazebnik Be Still

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