Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 Explained

The winners of the 10th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2009, were announced on January 11, 2010.^[1]

Winners and nominees

International

Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man

• George Clooney – Up in the Air
• Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan – An Education

• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
• Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

• Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Film: Up in the Air

• A Serious Man
• The Hurt Locker

Best Foreign Language Film: Summer Hours • France

• Broken Embraces • Spain
• The Headless Woman • Argentina

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

• Alfred Molina – An Education
• Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air

• Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
• Mo'Nique – Precious

Best Screenplay: Up in the Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

• The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino

Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil

• The Cove
• Food, Inc

Canadian

Best Actor: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Sébastien Huberdeau – Polytechnique
• Stephen McHattie – Pontypool

Best Actress: Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

• Anne Dorval – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)
• Nisreen Faour – Amreeka

Best British Columbia Film: Facing Ali

• A Shine of Rainbows
• Excited

Best Director: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Cherien Dabis – Amreeka
• Denis Villeneuve – Polytechnique

Best Film: I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Polytechnique
• The Young Victoria

Best Supporting Actor: François Arnaud – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Daniel J. Gordon – Nurse.Fighter.Boy
• John Paul Tremblay –

Best Supporting Actress: Gabrielle Rose – Excited

• Lisa Houle – Pontypool
• Miranda Richardson – The Young Victoria

Notes and References

1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/vancouver-critics-pick-i-killed-my-mother-1.883233 "Vancouver critics pick I Killed My Mother"