26TH ANNUAL Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
Monday, February 23, 2026

BEST FILM

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Hamnet • Focus Features
Marty Supreme • A24

Best Director

RYAN COOGLER
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Male Actor

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
MARTY SUPREME • A24

Josh Safdie | Director
Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet | Producers


Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams

Best Female Actor

JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features

Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers


Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Male Actor

SEAN PENN
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Female Actor

AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers


Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Screenplay

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson

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Best Documentary

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


Come See Me in the Good Light
Cover-Up

Best International Film in a Non-English Language

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (France) • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)

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:

“One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“It Was Just An Accident”

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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