Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2015

The nominations for the 16th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2015, were announced on December 14, 2015.^[1]^[2] Several winners were announced on December 21, 2015, while the rest were revealed on January 6, 2016.^[3]^[4]

Winners and nominees

International

Best Film

Spotlight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best Director

George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Todd Haynes – Carol
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best Actress

Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Best Screenplay

Charlie Kaufman – Anomalisa
Emma Donoghue – Room
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight

Best Foreign-Language Film

The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Son of Saul

Best Documentary

Amy
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Canadian

Best Canadian Film

Room
The Forbidden Room
Sleeping Giant

Best Director of a Canadian Film

Andrew Cividino – Sleeping Giant
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Atom Egoyan – Remember

Best Actor in Canadian Film

Jacob Tremblay – Room
Michael Eklund – Eadweard
Christopher Plummer – Remember

Best Actress in Canadian Film

Brie Larson – Room
Marie Brassard – The Heart of Madame Sabali
Julia Sarah Stone – Wet Bum

Best Supporting Actor in Canadian Film

Nick Serino – Sleeping Giant
Patrick Huard – My Internship in Canada
Reece Moffett – Sleeping Giant

Best Supporting Actress in Canadian Film

Tara Pratt – No Men Beyond This Point
Joan Allen – Room
Suzanne Clement – My Internship in Canada

Best Screenplay of a Canadian Film

Emma Donoghue – Room
Benjamin August – Remember
Andrew Cividino, Blain Watters, and Aaron Yeger – Sleeping Giant

Best Canadian Documentary

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
Fractured Land
How to Change the World
Hurt

Best First Film by a Canadian Director

Sleeping Giant
Hit 2 Pass
Wet Bum

Best British Columbia Film

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
Eadweard
No Men Beyond This Point

References

^ "2016 Nominees Announced". Vancouverfilmcritics.com. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
^ Vlessing, Etan (2015-12-14). "'The Revenant' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
^ "THE VANCOUVER FILM CRITICS CIRCLE NAMES SPOTLIGHT BEST FILM OF 2015; GEORGE MILLER AWARDED BEST DIRECTOR". Vancouverfilmcritics.com. 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
^ "THE VANCOUVER FILM CRITICS CIRCLE NAMES ROOM BEST CANADIAN FILM; ROOM, SLEEPING GIANT AND HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD ALL WIN MULTIPLE AWARDS". Vancouverfilmcritics.com. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-04-22.