Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2023 Explained

24th VFCC Awards

February 12, 2024

----Best International Picture:
Anatomy of a Fall----Best Canadian Picture:
BlackBerry

The 24th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards were presented on February 12, 2024, to honour the films selected by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as the best of 2023.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The nominations were announced on January 22, 2024, with Oppenheimer leading the international film nominations with six, followed by Anatomy of a Fall with four.^{[5] [6] [7]} BlackBerry and Seagrass received the most Canadian film nominations with six each.^[8]

Winners and nominees

International

Category	Winners and nominees	Films
Best Picture	Justine Triet	Anatomy of a Fall
	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest
	Christopher Nolan	Oppenheimer
Best Director	Christopher Nolan	Oppenheimer
	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest
	Martin Scorsese	Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Male Actor	Paul Giamatti	The Holdovers
	Bradley Cooper	Maestro
	Cillian Murphy	Oppenheimer
Best Female Actor	Sandra Hüller	Anatomy of a Fall
	Annette Bening	Nyad
	Emma Stone	Poor Things
Best Supporting Male Actor	Robert Downey Jr.	Oppenheimer
	Willem Dafoe	Poor Things
	Robert De Niro	Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Supporting Female Actor	Da'Vine Joy Randolph	The Holdovers
	Emily Blunt	Oppenheimer
	Jodie Foster	Nyad
Best Screenplay	Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach	Barbie
	Christopher Nolan	Oppenheimer
	Justine Triet and Arthur Harari	Anatomy of a Fall
Best Documentary	Nisha Pahuja	To Kill a Tiger
	Davis Guggenheim
	Matthew Heineman	American Symphony
Best International Film in a Non-English Language	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest
	J. A. Bayona	Society of the Snow
	Justine Triet	Anatomy of a Fall

Canadian

Category	Winners and nominees	Films
Best Picture	Matt Johnson	BlackBerry
	Ariane Louis-Seize	Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
	Nisha Pahuja	To Kill a Tiger
Best British Columbia Film	Meredith Hama-Brown	Seagrass
	Kathleen Jayme and Asia Youngman	I'm Just Here for the Riot
	Jules Arita Koostachin	WaaPaKe
	Sherren Lee	Float
Best Director	Matt Johnson	BlackBerry
	Atom Egoyan	Seven Veils
	Nisha Pahuja	To Kill a Tiger
Best British Columbia Director	Meredith Hama-Brown	Seagrass
	Laura Adkin
	Tyler Funk	Anything for Fame
	Sherren Lee	Float
Best Male Actor	Jay Baruchel	BlackBerry
	Cody Lightning	Hey, Viktor!
	Théodore Pellerin	Solo
Best Female Actor	Sara Montpetit	Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
	Rachel Sennott	I Used to Be Funny
	Amanda Seyfried	Seven Veils
Best Supporting Male Actor	Glenn Howerton	BlackBerry
	Jonas Chernick	The Burning Season
	Matt Johnson	BlackBerry
	Chris Pang	Seagrass
Best Supporting Female Actor	Nyha Huang Breitkreuz	Seagrass
	Wendy Crewson	Close to You
	Mia Goth	Infinity Pool
	Sabrina Jalees	I Used to Be Funny
	Rebecca Liddiard	Seven Veils
	Sophie Lorain	Testament
Best Screenplay	Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller	BlackBerry
	Meredith Hama-Brown	Seagrass
	Julia Lederer	With Love and a Major Organ
Best Documentary	Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor	Satan Wants You
	Robert McCallum
	Nisha Pahuja	To Kill a Tiger
One to Watch	Ariane Louis-Seize	Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
	Meredith Hama-Brown	Seagrass
	Jenny Lee-Gilmore	Overtime
	Ally Pankiw	I Used to Be Funny

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Anatomy of a Fall' beats out Hollywood to take top honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards . Gee . Dana . . February 13, 2024 . February 13, 2024.
2. Web site: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Named Best Picture of 2023 by Vancouver Film Critics . Vlessing . Etan . . February 12, 2024 . February 13, 2024.
3. Web site: VFCC Loves 'BlackBerry' . Northern Stars . February 13, 2024 . February 13, 2024.
4. Web site: Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC): 'Anatomy of a Fall' Named Best Picture . Anderson . Erik . AwardsWatch . February 13, 2024 . February 13, 2024.
5. Web site: 'Oppenheimer' Leads the Vancouver Critics Nominations for Best in International Film . Castillo . Jorge Ignacio . . January 28, 2024 . February 8, 2024.
6. Web site: 'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods . Vlessing . Etan . . January 22, 2024 . January 23, 2024.
7. Web site: Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations . Anderson . Erik . AwardsWatch . January 22, 2024 . January 23, 2024.
8. Web site: 'BlackBerry', 'Seagrass' lead VFCC's Canadian nominees . Sikander Mirza . Taimur . . January 23, 2024 . February 13, 2024.