The winners of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film are listed below:

Winners and nominees

2000s YearWinners and nomineesOriginal titleCountryDirector(s)Ref2002 Talk to Her Hable con ella Spain Pedro Almodóvar David Spaner, "More Moore, please: Local critics name the Far From Heaven star 'best actress of 2002'". The Province, January 30, 2003. And Your Mother Too Y Tu Mamá También Mexico Alfonso Cuarón Mostly Martha Bella Martha Germany Sandra Nettelbeck 2003 City of God Cidade de Deus Brazil Fernando Meirelles David Spaner, "Lost in Translation wins big". The Province, February 5, 2004. L'Auberge Espagnole L'Auberge Espagnole France/Spain Cédric Klapisch The Triplets of Belleville Les Triplettes de Belleville France/Canada Sylvain Chomet 2004 A Very Long Engagement Un long dimanche de fiançailles France Jean-Pierre Jeunet Maria Full of Grace María, llena eres de gracia Colombia Joshua Marston The Motorcycle Diaries Diarios de motocicleta Argentina Walter Salles 2005 Paradise Now الجنّة الآن Palestine Hany Abu-Assad Downfall Der Untergang Germany Oliver Hirschbiegel Kung Fu Hustle 功夫 Hong Kong Stephen Chow 2006 Volver Spain Pedro Almodóvar Peter T. Chattaway, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle — the winners!". FilmChat, January 15, 2007. The Child L'Enfant Belgium Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Letters from Iwo Jima 硫黄島からの手紙 United States/Japan Clint Eastwood 2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile Romania Cristian Mungiu The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Le Scaphandre et le papillon France Julian Schnabel Persepolis Persepolis France Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud 2008 The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen Seite Germany Fatih Akin Peter T. Chattaway, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle — the winners!". FilmChat, January 12, 2009.Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in Sweden Tomas Alfredson Tell No One Ne le dis à personne France Guillaume Canet 2009 Summer Hours L'Heure d'été France Olivier Assayas Broken Embraces Los abrazos rotos Spain Pedro Almodóvar The Headless Woman La mujer sin cabeza / La mujer rubia Argentina Lucrecia Martel

2010s YearWinner and nomineesOriginal titleCountryDirector(s)Ref2010 Carlos France Olivier Assayas Mother 마더 South Korea Bong Joon-ho A Prophet Un prophète France Jacques Audiard The Secret in Their Eyes El secreto de sus ojos Argentina Juan José Campanella 2011 A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Iran Asghar Farhadi Poetry 시 South Korea Lee Chang-dong The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo Belgium Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne 2012 Holy Motors France Leos Carax Amour France/Austria Michael Haneke The Intouchables Intouchables France Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache 2013 The Hunt Jagten Denmark Thomas Vinterberg Blancanieves Spain Pablo Berger Blue is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 France Abdellatif Kechiche 2014 Force Majeure Turist Sweden Ruben Östlund Ida Poland Paweł Pawlikowski We Are the Best! Vi är bäst! Sweden Lukas Moodysson 2015 The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien Goodnight Mommy Ich seh, Ich seh Austria Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala Son of Saul Saul fia Hungary László Nemes 2016 Toni Erdmann Germany Maren Ade Elle France Paul Verhoeven The Handmaiden 아가씨 South Korea Chan-wook Park 2017 BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 battements par minute France Robin Campillo A Fantastic Woman Una mujer fantástica Chile Sebastián Lelio The Square Sweden Ruben Östlund 2018 Roma Mexico Alfonso Cuarón Burning 버닝 South Korea Lee Chang-dong Shoplifters 万引き家族 Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda 2019 Parasite 기생충 South Korea Bong Joon-ho Etan Vlessing, "'Parasite' Named Best Picture by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, December 16, 2019. The Farewell 別告訴她 United States Lulu Wang Adrian Mack, "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019. Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria Spain Pedro Almodóvar

2020s YearWinner and nomineesOriginal titleCountryDirector(s)Ref2020 Minari 미나리 United States Lee Isaac Chung Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021. Another Round Druk Denmark Thomas Vinterberg Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021. Dear Comrades! Dorogie tovarishchi! Russia Andrei Konchalovsky2021 The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Norway Joachim Trier Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022. Flee Flugt Denmark Jonas Poher Rasmussen Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022. Riders of Justice Retfærdighedens Ryttere Denmark Anders Thomas Jensen2022 All Quiet on the Western Front Im Westen nichts Neues Germany Edward Berger Holy Spider Ankabut-e moqaddas Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden Ali Abbasi RRR India S. S. Rajamouli 2023 The Zone of Interest United States, United Kingdom, Poland Jonathan Glazer Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute France Justine Triet Society of the Snow La sociedad de la nieve Spain, United States J. A. Bayona2024 Flow Straume Latvia, France, Belgium Gints Zilbalodis Dana Gee, "Oscar favourite Anora wins best international honour from Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, February 19, 2025. All We Imagine as Light France, India, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy Payal Kapadia Erik Anderson, "2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations". Awards Watch, January 21, 2025. Emilia Pérez France Jacques Audiard

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