26th VFCC Awards February 23, 2026
Best International Picture: One Battle After Another
Best Canadian Picture: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
The 26th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards were presented on February 23, 2026, to honour the films selected by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as the best of 2025.
The nominations were announced on January 20, 2026. For the international categories, One Battle After Another led the nominees with seven, followed by Hamnet and Sentimental Value with four each. For the Canadian focused categories, Mile End Kicks led with seven nominations, followed by Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie with five.
Winners and nominees
International Best Picture Best Director One Battle After Another Hamnet Marty Supreme Ryan Coogler – Sinners Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Chloé Zhao – Hamnet Best Male Actor Best Female Actor Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value as Nora Borg Best Supporting Male Actor Best Supporting Female Actor Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value as Rachel Kemp Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills Best Screenplay Best Documentary Ryan Coogler – Sinners Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell – Hamnet The Perfect Neighbor Come See Me in the Good Light Cover-Up Best International Film in Non-English Language It Was Just an Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value
Canadian Best Picture Best Director Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Mile End Kicks Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara) Matt Johnson – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Zacharias Kunuk – Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara) Chandler Levack – Mile End Kicks Best Male Actor Best Female Actor Matt Johnson – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie as Matt Michael Greyeyes – Meadowlarks Leo Woodall – Tuner as Niki White Tatiana Maslany – Keeper as Liz Barbie Ferreira – Mile End Kicks as Grace Pine Iringó Réti – Blue Heron as Mother Best Supporting Male Actor Best Supporting Female Actor Devon Bostick – Mile End Kicks Jay McCarrol – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie as Jay Stanley Simons – Mile End Kicks Alex Rice – Meadowlarks Juliette Gariépy – Mile End Kicks Michelle Thrush – Meadowlarks Best Screenplay Best Canadian Documentary Daniel Roher and Robert Ramsey – Tuner Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Chandler Levack – Mile End Kicks Modern Whore Forward Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story Best BC Film Best BC Director Foreigner Blue Heron Forward Nic Collar – Forward Tasha Hubbard – Meadowlarks Sophy Romvari – Blue Heron Ava Maria Safai – Foreigner One to Watch Sophy Romvari – Blue Heron Nicole Bazuin – Modern Whore Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams – Dream Eater
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