2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations
The 25th Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) nominations have been announced and Sean Baker’s Anora leads with five, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress – Mikey Madison, Best Supporting Actor – Yura Borisov, and Best Screenplay.
A trio of films earned three nominations each (the org limits their number of nominations per category to three): Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist with Best Picture, Best Actor – Adrien Brody and Best Screenplay, Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain with Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor – Kieran Culkin and Best Screenplay, and A Complete Unknown with Best Actor – Timothée Chalamet, Supporting Actor – Edward Norton and Supporting Actress – Monica Barbaro.
Winners will be announced on February 19. Here is the complete list of nominations.
Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Best Actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Best Actress
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Screenplay
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Best Documentary
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
Best International Film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
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