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


“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


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


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


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


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


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


“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


“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


“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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