Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
# 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
