25th ANNUAL Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards
Monday, March 3, 2025


Best FILM
“ANORA” • NEON
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
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“The Brutalist” | A24
“A Real Pain” | Searchlight Pictures


Best Director
Denis Villeneuve
“DUNE: PART TWO” • Warner Bros Pictures
Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, Patrick McCormick
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Sean Baker – “Anora” | NEON
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys” | Amazon MGM Studios/Orion Pictures


Best Male Actor
Timothée Chalamet
“A Complete unknown” • Searchlight Pictures
Directed by James Mangold
Produced by Fred Berger, Bob Bookman, Timothée Chalamet, Alan Gasmer, Alex Heineman, Peter Jaysen, James Mangold, Jeff Rosen
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Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” | A24
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing” | A24


Best Female Actor
MIKEY MADISON
“ANORA” • NEON
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
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Demi Moore – “The Substance” | MUBI
Saoirse Ronan – “The Outrun” | Sony Pictures Classics


Best Supporting Male Actor
Kieran Culkin
“A REAL PAIN” • Searchlight Pictures
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Emma Stone, Ewa Puszczyńska
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Yuri Borisov – “Anora” | NEON
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures


Best Supporting Female Actor
Margaret Qualley
“THE SUBSTANCE” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” | Netflix


Best Screenplay
“A REAL PAIN” • Searchlight Pictures
Written by Jesse Eisenberg
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Emma Stone, Ewa Puszczyńska
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“Anora” – Written by Sean Baker | NEON
“The Brutalist” – Written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold | A24


Best Documentary
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
Directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
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“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” | Warner Bros Pictures/DC Films/HBO Documentary Films/CNN Films
“Will & Harper” | Netflix


Best International Film in a Non-English Language
“Flow” • Sideshow/Janus
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Produced by Matiss Kaza, Gregory Zalcman, Ron Dyens
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“All We Imagine as Light” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Emilia Pérez” | Netflix

Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Best Film:
Best Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Screenplay:
Best Documentary:
Best INTERNATIONAL Film:
“Anora”
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two”
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Margaret Qualley – “The Substance”
“A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg
“No Other Land”
“Flow”

ABOUT THE Vancouver Film Critics Circle
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle was founded in 2000 by David Spaner and Ian Caddell in order to help promote Canadian films and the British Columbia film and television industry. Its membership currently includes professional (paid) critics for print, radio, on-line and television who are either based in Vancouver or with Vancouver outlets.





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