Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2015
# Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2015

The nominations for the 16th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2015, were announced on December 14, 2015. Several winners were announced on December 21, 2015, while the rest were revealed on January 6, 2016.

## Winners and nominees

### International

**Best Film**

* Spotlight
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Revenant

**Best Director**

* George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
* Todd Haynes – Carol
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant

**Best Actor**

* Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
* Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
* Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

**Best Actress**

* Brie Larson – Room
* Cate Blanchett – Carol
* Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

**Best Supporting Actor**

* Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
* Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
* Sylvester Stallone – Creed

**Best Supporting Actress**

* Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
* Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
* Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

**Best Screenplay**

* Charlie Kaufman – Anomalisa
* Emma Donoghue – Room
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight

**Best Foreign-Language Film**

* The Assassin
* Goodnight Mommy
* Son of Saul

**Best Documentary**

* Amy
* Cartel Land
* Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

### Canadian

**Best Canadian Film**

* Room
* The Forbidden Room
* Sleeping Giant

**Best Director of a Canadian Film**

* Andrew Cividino – Sleeping Giant
* Lenny Abrahamson – Room
* Atom Egoyan – Remember

**Best Actor in Canadian Film**

* Jacob Tremblay – Room
* Michael Eklund – Eadweard
* Christopher Plummer – Remember

**Best Actress in Canadian Film**

* Brie Larson – Room
* Marie Brassard – The Heart of Madame Sabali
* Julia Sarah Stone – Wet Bum

**Best Supporting Actor in Canadian Film**

* Nick Serino – Sleeping Giant
* Patrick Huard – My Internship in Canada
* Reece Moffett – Sleeping Giant

**Best Supporting Actress in Canadian Film**

* Tara Pratt – No Men Beyond This Point
* Joan Allen – Room
* Suzanne Clement – My Internship in Canada

**Best Screenplay of a Canadian Film**

* Emma Donoghue – Room
* Benjamin August – Remember
* Andrew Cividino, Blain Watters, and Aaron Yeger – Sleeping Giant

**Best Canadian Documentary**

* Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
* Fractured Land
* How to Change the World
* Hurt

**Best First Film by a Canadian Director**

* Sleeping Giant
* Hit 2 Pass
* Wet Bum

**Best British Columbia Film**

* Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
* Eadweard
* No Men Beyond This Point
