Vancouver’s critics went in different directions and sometimes inexplicably. Everything was well liked, but ignored one of the few actors to have dominated the season. Meanwhile, Canadian efforts I Like Movies and Riceboy Sleeps dominated the Canadian portion of the group’s awards with Women Talking winning across both.

Awards Tallies

(4) I Like Movies
(3) The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Riceboy Sleeps, Women Talking

The Awards

Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Male Actor

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Female Actor

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Male Actor

Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Supporting Female Actor

Jessie Buckley – Women Talking

Best Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Foreign Language Film

All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

One to Watch

Anthony Shim – Riceboy Sleeps

Best Canadian Film

I Like Movies

Best Director of a Canadian Film

Sarah Polley – Women Talking

Best Male Actor in a Canadian Film

Isaiah Lehtinen – I Like Movies

Best Female Actor in a Canadian Film

Choi Seung-yoon – Riceboy Sleeps

Best Supporting Male Actor in a Canadian Film

Percy Hynes White – I Like Movies

Best Supporting Female Actor in a Canadian Film

Judith Ivey – Women Talking

Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film

I Like Movies

Best Canadian Documentary

Eternal Spring

Best British Columbia Film

Riceboy Sleeps

Best British Columbia Director

Anthony Shim – Riceboy Sleeps

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 2000 (23)