Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009

The winners of the 10th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2009, were announced on January 11, 2010.

Winners and nominees

International

Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man

• George Clooney – Up in the Air
• Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan – An Education

• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
• Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

• Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Film: Up in the Air

• A Serious Man
• The Hurt Locker

Best Foreign Language Film: Summer Hours • France

• Broken Embraces • Spain
• The Headless Woman • Argentina

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

• Alfred Molina – An Education
• Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air

• Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
• Mo'Nique – Precious

Best Screenplay: Up in the Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

• The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino

Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil

• The Cove
• Food, Inc

Canadian

Best Actor: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Sébastien Huberdeau – Polytechnique
• Stephen McHattie – Pontypool

Best Actress: Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

• Anne Dorval – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)
• Nisreen Faour – Amreeka

Best British Columbia Film: Facing Ali

• A Shine of Rainbows
• Excited

Best Director: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Cherien Dabis – Amreeka
• Denis Villeneuve – Polytechnique

Best Film: I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Polytechnique
• The Young Victoria

Best Supporting Actor: François Arnaud – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

• Daniel J. Gordon – Nurse.Fighter.Boy
• John Paul Tremblay – Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day

Best Supporting Actress: Gabrielle Rose – Excited

• Lisa Houle – Pontypool
• Miranda Richardson – The Young Victoria