Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018
annual Canadian film awards ceremony
The nominations for the 19th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2018, were announced on December 12, 2018. The Favourite led with six nominations.
The winners were announced on December 17, 2018. Roma won two awards, including Best Film, while First Reformed secured the most wins with three, including Best Director and Actor.
Winners and nominees
International
Best Film
Roma
The Favourite
First Reformed
Best Director
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Christian Bale – Vice
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Best Actress
Olivia Colman – The Favourite (TIE)
Regina Hall – Support the Girls (TIE)
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (TIE)
Best Supporting Actor
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Peter Bogdanovich – The Other Side of the Wind
Steven Yeun – Burning
Best Supporting Actress
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Claire Foy – First Man
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Best Screenplay
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
Best Foreign-Language Film
Roma
Burning
Shoplifters
Best Documentary
Minding the Gap
Free Solo
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Canadian
Best Canadian Film
Edge of the Knife
Fausto
Roads in February (Les routes en février)
Best Director of a Canadian Film
Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown – Edge of the Knife
Andrea Bussmann – Fausto
Katherine Jerkovic – Roads in February (Les routes en février)
Philippe Lesage – Genesis (Genèse)
Best Actor in a Canadian Film
Tyler York – Edge of the Knife
Théodore Pellerin – Genesis (Genèse)
Josh Wiggins – Giant Little Ones
Best Actress in a Canadian Film
Arlen Aguayo-Stewart – Roads in February (Les routes en février)
Troian Bellisario – Clara
Jennifer Hardy CK – Spice It Up
Michaela Kurimsky – Firecrackers
Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film
Aaron Read – When the Storm Fades
Pierre-Luc Brillant – The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles)
William Russ – Edge of the Knife
Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film
Kayla Lorette – When the Storm Fades
Gloria Demassi – Roads in February (Les routes en février)
Gabrielle Rose – Kingsway
Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film
Keith Behrman – Giant Little Ones
Zebulon Zang – N.O.N.
Katherine Jerkovic – Roads in February (Les routes en février)
Best Canadian Documentary
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs
What Is Democracy?
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