Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
The winners of the 10th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2009, were announced on January 11, 2010.Winners and nominees
International
Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man
Up in the AirJeremy Renner – The Hurt LockerBest Actress: Carey Mulligan – An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
- Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Up in the AirQuentin Tarantino – Inglourious BasterdsBest Film: Up in the Air
A Serious ManThe Hurt LockerBest Foreign Language Film: Summer Hours • France
Broken Embraces • SpainThe Headless Woman • ArgentinaBest Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
- Alfred Molina – An Education
- Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Up in the AirMo'Nique – PreciousBest Screenplay: Up in the Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
- The Cove
- Food, Inc
Canadian
Best Actor: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother
PolytechniqueStephen McHattie – PontypoolBest Actress: Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
- Anne Dorval – I Killed My Mother
- Nisreen Faour – Amreeka
Best British Columbia Film: Facing Ali
Best Director: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother
AmreekaDenis Villeneuve – PolytechniqueBest Film: I Killed My Mother
PolytechniqueThe Young VictoriaBest Supporting Actor: François Arnaud – I Killed My Mother
Best Supporting Actress: Gabrielle Rose – Excited'
PontypoolMiranda Richardson – The Young Victoria''