The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
Winners and nominees
2000s YearWinnersFilmRef 2009 Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air "Vancouver critics pick I Killed My Mother". CBC News, January 13, 2010. Mark Boal The Hurt Locker Craig Takeuchi, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Up in the Air, J'ai tué ma mí¨re lead nominations". The Georgia Straight, January 4, 2010. Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
2010s YearWinnersFilmRef 2010 Aaron Sorkin The Social Network "Incendies, Barney’s lead Vancouver Critics Awards". Playback, January 11, 2011. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen True Grit Glen Schaefer, "Incendies gets five nods from Vancouver film critics". The Province, January 4, 2011. Christopher Nolan Inception 2011 Michel Hazanavicius The Artist "Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011". The Globe and Mail, January 10, 2012. Woody Allen Midnight in Paris "VFCC Announces 12th Annual Award Nominees". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, January 2, 2012. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash The Descendants Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian Moneyball 2012 Mark Boal Zero Dark Thirty "Beyond the Black Rainbow, War Witch win at Vancouver critics awards". Playback, January 8, 2013. Tony Kushner Lincoln "2013 VFCC Nominees Announced!". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 27, 2012. Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained 2013 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Inside Llewyn Davis "The Dirties cleans up in Vancouver; Film critics give top prizes to Matt Johnson, 12 Years a Slave". Edmonton Journal, January 9, 2014. Spike Jonze Her "And the 2014 VFCC nominees are...". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 22, 2013. John Ridley 12 Years a Slave 2014 Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel "Tu dors Nicole and Mommy top Canadian winners at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards". The Georgia Straight, January 6, 2015. Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) "2015 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 22, 2014. Richard Linklater Boyhood 2015 Charlie Kaufman Anomalisa "Vancouver Film Critics Honour ‘Haida Gwaii’" . Point of View, January 7, 2016. Emma Donoghue Room "2016 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 14, 2015. Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Spotlight 2016 Kenneth Lonergan Manchester by the Sea "Hello Destroyer wins big with VFCC". Playback, January 11, 2017. Barry Jenkins Moonlight "2017 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 16, 2016. Taylor Sheridan Hell or High Water 2017 Jordan Peele Get Out "Never Steady, Never Still takes the big prizes at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2018. Greta Gerwig Lady Bird "2018 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 15, 2017. Martin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2018 Paul Schrader First Reformed "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names Edge of the Knife top Canadian feature film". Toronto Star, January 8, 2019. Bo Burnham Eighth Grade Josh Cabrita, "2019 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 14, 2018. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara The Favourite 2019 Noah Baumbach Marriage Story "Vancouver film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'" . Tri-City News, January 7, 2020. Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won Parasite Adrian Mack, "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019. Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2020s YearWinnersFilmRef 2020 Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021. Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021. Jack Fincher Mank 2021 Adam McKay and David Sirota Don't Look Up Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022. Kenneth Branagh Belfast Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022. Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter 2022 Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Todd Field Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Everything Everywhere All at Once 2023 Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach Barbie Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer Justine Triet, Arthur Harari Anatomy of a Fall 2024 Jesse Eisenberg A Real Pain Dana Gee, "Oscar favourite Anora wins best international honour from Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, February 19, 2025. Sean Baker Anora Erik Anderson, "2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations". Awards Watch, January 21, 2025. Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold The Brutalist
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