The 21st Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards honoured the films selected by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as the best of 2020.Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021. Although usually presented in December of the same year for which the awards are presented, these awards were delayed to the winter of 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the associated complications in film production and distribution.
Nominations for the Canadian film categories were announced on February 3, 2021, and nominations in the international categories were announced on February 19. The international winners were announced on February 22,Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021. and the Canadian winners were announced on March 8.
Winners and nominees
International CategoryWinners and nomineesFilms Best Film Chloé Zhao Nomadland David Fincher Mank Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman Best Actor Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal Anthony Hopkins The Father Gary Oldman Mank Best Actress Frances McDormand Nomadland Viola Davis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman Best Supporting Actor Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7 Leslie Odom Jr. One Night in Miami... Best Supporting Actress Youn Yuh-jung Minari Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Amanda Seyfried Mank Best Director Chloé Zhao Nomadland David Fincher Mank Thomas Vinterberg Another Round (Druk) Best Screenplay Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman Jack Fincher Mank Best Documentary Alexander Nanau Collective Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk Athlete A Alex Gibney Totally Under Control Best Foreign Language Film Lee Isaac Chung Minari Thomas Vinterberg Another Round (Druk) Andrei Konchalovsky Dear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi!)
Canadian CategoryWinners and nomineesFilms Best Film Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli Violation "VFCC Vote for Violation" . Northern Stars, March 10, 2021.Jorge Ignacio Castillo, "POSSESSOR AND CHAINED DOMINATE THE VFCC NOMINATIONS FOR BEST IN CANADIAN FILM". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, February 3, 2021. Brandon Cronenberg Possessor Sean Durkin The Nest Best Actor Justin Rain Brother, I Cry Adam Brody The Kid Detective Alex Crowther Flowers of the Field Marlon Kazadi Chained Best Actress Madeleine Sims-Fewer Violation Carrie Coon The Nest Andrea Riseborough Possessor Best Supporting Actor Christopher Abbott Possessor Adam Beach Monkey Beach Adrian Holmes Chained Aleks Paunovic Chained Best Supporting Actress Rainbow Dickerson Beans Tina Lameman Monkey Beach Jennifer Jason Leigh Possessor Best Director Brandon Cronenberg Possessor Sean Durkin The Nest Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli Violation Best Screenplay Sean Durkin The Nest Brandon Cronenberg Possessor Titus Heckel Chained Best Documentary Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel Jennifer Abbott The Magnitude of All Things Ariel Nasr The Forbidden Reel Best British Columbia Film Titus Heckel Chained Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel Jessie Anthony Brother, I Cry One to Watch Titus Heckel Chained Kiawenti:io Tarbell Beans Jessie Anthony Brother, I Cry
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