2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Awards: ‘Anora,’ ‘A Real Pain’ are Double Winners

The 25th Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) awards have been announced and Sean Baker’s Anora has won Best Picture and star Mikey Madison wins Best Actress.
Timothée Chalamet took Best Actor for A Complete Unknown, Margaret Qualley won Supporting Actress for The Substance and A Real Pain picked up two wins – Supporting Actor for Kieran Culkin and Screenplay for Jesse Eisenberg.
Here is the complete list of winners.
Best Picture
Anora – WINNER
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Best Actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown – WINNER
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Best Actress
Mikey Madison, Anora – WINNER
Demi Moore, The Substance
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – WINNER
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Margaret Qualley, The Substance – WINNER
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Screenplay
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain – WINNER
Best Documentary
No Other Land – WINNER
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
Best International Film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow – WINNER
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