The nominations for the 15th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2014, were announced on December 22, 2014. The winners were announced on January 5, 2015."'Birdman' and 'Mommy' lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominations" . HitFix, December 22, 2014."Vancouver critics go with 'Boyhood,' Gyllenhaal, Swinton" . HitFix, January 6, 2015.
Winners and nominees
International
Best Film Boyhood Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Whiplash
Best Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Actor Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Actress Tilda Swinton – Only Lovers Left Alive Marion Cotillard – The Immigrant Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Best Supporting Actor J. K. Simmons – Whiplash Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette – Boyhood Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year Laura Dern – Wild
Best Screenplay Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Foreign Language Film Force Majeure Ida We Are the Best!
Best Documentary The Overnighters Citizenfour Virunga
Canadian
Best Canadian Film You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Enemy Mommy
Best Director of a Canadian Film Denis Villeneuve – Enemy Xavier Dolan – Mommy Stéphane Lafleur – You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)
Best Actor in a Canadian Film Antoine Olivier Pilon – Mommy Jake Gyllenhaal – Enemy Maxwell McCabe-Lokos – The Husband
Best Actress in a Canadian Film Julianne Côté – You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Anne Dorval – Mommy Dagny Backer Johnsen – Violent
Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film Marc-André Grondin – You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Bruce Greenwood – Elephant Song Callum Keith Rennie – Sitting on the Edge of Marlene
Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film Suzanne Clément – Mommy Sarah Allen – The Husband Sarah Gadon – Enemy
Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film Xavier Dolan – Mommy Andrew Huculiak, Josh Huculiak, Cayne McKenzie, and Joseph Schweers – Violent Elan Mastai – The F Word
Best Canadian Documentary The Price We Pay Everything Will Be Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
Best First Film by a Canadian Director Violent Sitting on the Edge of Marlene The Valley Below
Best British Columbia Film Violent Everything Will Be Preggoland
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