Vancouver Film Critics: ‘The Power of the Dog’ wins Best Picture, Andrew Garfield named Best Actor

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has revealed its winners and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog was named Best Picture. The film had led the field with five mentions, including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (both Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons) and Best Supporting Actress (Kirsten Dunst).

Denis Villeneuve was named Best Director for Dune while Don’t Look Up earned the screenplay prize for Adam McKay and David Sirota. Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…BOOM!) and Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter) were the lead acting winners with supporting awards going to Troy Kotsur (CODA) and Ann Dowd (Mass).

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
The Power of the Dog – WINNER

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Denis Villeneuve, Dune – WINNER

Best Screenplay
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Adam McKay and David Sirota, Don’t Look Up – WINNER

Best Actor
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick… BOOM! – WINNER
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bradley Cooper, Nightmare Alley

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter – WINNER
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World

Best Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Troy Kotsur, CODA – WINNER
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ann Dowd, Mass – WINNER
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Best Documentary
Flee – WINNER
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul

Best Foreign Language Film
Flee
Riders of Justice
The Worst Person in the World – WINNER