The winners of the 13th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2012, were announced on January 7, 2013.[1]
| Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| The Master | ||
| Lincoln | ||
| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | The Master |
| The Sessions | ||
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | |
| Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty |
| Rust and Bone | ||
| Silver Linings Playbook | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | The Master |
| Lincoln | ||
| Django Unchained | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Amy Adams | The Master |
| Les Misérables | ||
| The Sessions | ||
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| Life of Pi | ||
| Lincoln | ||
| Best Screenplay | Mark Boal | Zero Dark Thirty |
| Lincoln | ||
| Django Unchained | ||
| Best Documentary | Malik Bendjelloul | Searching for Sugar Man |
| How to Survive a Plague | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Leos Carax | Holy Motors |
| Amour | ||
| The Intouchables |
| Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Kim Nguyen | War Witch (Rebelle) |
| Cosmopolis | ||
| Stories We Tell | ||
| Best Actor | Michael Rogers | Beyond the Black Rainbow |
| Cosmopolis | ||
| Laurence Anyways | ||
| Best Actress | Rachel Mwanza | War Witch (Rebelle) |
| Laurence Anyways | ||
| Liverpool | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Serge Kanyinda | War Witch (Rebelle) |
| Goon | ||
| Goon | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Sarah Gadon | Cosmopolis |
| Cosmopolis | ||
| Goon | ||
| Best Director | Panos Cosmatos | Beyond the Black Rainbow |
| Cosmopolis | ||
| Stories We Tell | ||
| Best British Columbia Film | Panos Cosmatos | Beyond the Black Rainbow |
| Random Acts of Romance | ||
| Becoming Redwood | ||
| Camera Shy | ||
| Best Documentary | Nisha Pahuja | The World Before Her |
| The End of Time | ||
| Stories We Tell |