Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017 Explained

The nominations for the 18th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2017, were announced on December 15, 2017.^[1] Lady Bird led with five nominations, followed by Phantom Thread with four.

The winners were announced on December 18, 2017. Lady Bird won three awards, including Best Film.^{[2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

International

Best Film

• Lady Bird
• Dunkirk
• Phantom Thread

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
• Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
• Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
• Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
• Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

Best Actress

• Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
• Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
• Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actor

• Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
• Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name
• Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actress

• Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
• Allison Janney – I, Tonya
• Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread

Best Screenplay

• Jordan Peele – Get Out
• Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
• Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Foreign-Language Film

• BPM (Beats per Minute)
• A Fantastic Woman
• The Square

Best Documentary

• Faces Places
• Jane

Canadian

Best Canadian Film

• Never Steady, Never Still
• Black Cop
• Fail to Appear

Best Director of a Canadian Film

• Kathleen Hepburn – Never Steady, Never Still
• Sofia Bohdanowicz – Maison du Bonheur
• Denis Côté – A Skin So Soft

Best Actor in a Canadian Film

• Ronnie Rowe – Black Cop
• Jared Abrahamson – Gregoire
• Anthony Therrien – Fake Tattoos

Best Actress in a Canadian Film

• Shirley Henderson – Never Steady, Never Still
• Deragh Campbell – Fail to Appear
• Rose-Marie Perreault – Fake Tattoos

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film

• Ben Cotton – Gregoire
• Joe Buffalo – Luk'Luk'I
• Nathan Roder – Fail to Appear

Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film

• Morgan Taylor Campbell – Gregoire
• Grace Glowicki – Cardinals
• Yaité Ruiz – All You Can Eat Buddha

Best Screenplay of a Canadian Film

• Pascal Plante – Fake Tattoos
• Cody Bown – Gregoire
• Kathleen Hepburn – Never Steady, Never Still

Best Canadian Documentary

• Maison du Bonheur — Sofia Bohdanowicz
• In the Waves — Jacquelyn Mills
• A Skin So Soft — Denis Côté
• Unarmed Verses — Charles Officer

One to Watch

• Cody Bown – Gregoire
• Winston DeGiobbi – Mass for Shut-Ins
• Seth A. Smith – The Crescent

Best British Columbia Film

• Never Steady, Never Still
• Gregoire
• Luk'Luk'I
• The Road Forward

Notes and References

1. Web site: LADY BIRD LEADS VANCOUVER FILM CRITICS CIRCLE INTERNATIONAL NOMINATIONS LIST WITH FIVE NODS . December 15, 2017 . . December 23, 2017.
2. Web site: LADY BIRD NAMED BEST FILM OF 2017 BY VANCOUVER FILM CRITICS CIRCLE; PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON WINS BEST DIRECTOR. Vancouver Film Critics Circle. 23 December 2017.
3. Web site: Vlessing. Etan. 'Lady Bird' Named Best Film of 2017 by Vancouver Critics Circle. The Hollywood Reporter. 23 December 2017.