The nominations for the 16th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in

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, 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

Michael Fassbender by Gage Skidmore 2015

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 Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Award ...

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Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a ...

'' * Leonardo DiCaprio – '' The Revenant'' *

Eddie Redmayne Edward John David Redmayne (; born 6 January 1982) is an English actor. Known for his roles in biopics and blockbusters, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Olivier Awards. He ...

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The Danish Girl ''The Danish Girl'' is a novel by American writer David Ebershoff, published in 2000 by the Viking Press in the United States and Allen & Unwin in Australia. Summary The novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Lili Elbe, one of the fir ...

'' ;Best Actress * Brie Larson – '' Room'' *

Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...

– '' Carol'' * Saoirse Ronan – ''

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

'' ;Best Supporting Actor *

Mark Rylance Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960) is a British actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his roles on stage and screen having received numerous awards including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Laurenc ...

– '' Bridge of Spies'' * Michael Shannon – ''

99 Homes ''99 Homes'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, written by Bahrani and Amir Naderi, and starring Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Tim Guinee, and Laura Dern. Set in Florida, during the Great Recession, the film follows sin ...

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Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...

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Creed A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) in a form which is structured by subjects which summarize its core tenets. The ea ...

'' ;Best Supporting Actress * Alicia Vikander – '' Ex Machina'' * Jennifer Jason Leigh – '' The Hateful Eight'' * Alicia Vikander – ''

'' ;Best Screenplay *

Charlie Kaufman Charles Stuart Kaufman (; born November 19, 1958) is an American filmmaker and novelist. He wrote the films ''Being John Malkovich'' (1999), ''Adaptation'' (2002), and ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (2004). He made his directorial de ...

– '' Anomalisa'' * Emma Donoghue – '' Room'' * Tom McCarthy and

Josh Singer Josh Singer (born 1972) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing '' The Fifth Estate'' (2013), ''Spotlight'' (2015), ''The Post'' (2017) and '' First Man'' (2018). He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenpl ...

– '' Spotlight'' ;Best Foreign-Language Film * '' The Assassin'' * ''

Goodnight Mommy ''Goodnight Mommy'' (german: Ich seh, Ich seh , translation=I see, I see; UK: ''Goodnight Mummy'') is a 2014 Austrian psychological horror film, written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The film stars Susanne Wuest and twin ac ...

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Son of Saul ''Son of Saul'' ( hu, Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian historical drama film directed by László Nemes, in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, a ...

'' ;Best Documentary * ''

Amy Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886– ...

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Cartel Land ''Cartel Land'' is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Matthew Heineman about the Mexican Drug War, especially vigilante groups fighting Mexican drug cartels. The film focuses on Tim "Nailer" Foley, the leader of Arizona Border Recon ...

'' * '' 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 Andrew Cividino (born 1983) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter."Big buzz at Cannes for Canadian auteur's coming-of-age yarn". ''Montreal Gazette'', May 22, 2015. He is best known for his feature film directorial debut '' Sleeping Giant' ...

– '' Sleeping Giant'' * Lenny Abrahamson – '' Room'' *

Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan m ...

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Remember Remember may refer to: Film and television * ''Remember?'', a 1939 film starring Robert Taylor and Greer Garson * ''Remember'' (1926 film), an American silent drama film * ''Remember'' (2015 film), a Canadian film by Atom Egoyan, starring Chris ...

'' ;Best Actor in Canadian Film *

Jacob Tremblay Jacob Tremblay ( ; born October 5, 2006) is a Canadian actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Canadian Screen Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Young Artist Award, and nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award, tw ...

– '' Room'' * Michael Eklund – '' Eadweard'' * Christopher Plummer – ''

'' ;Best Actress in Canadian Film * Brie Larson – '' Room'' *

Marie Brassard Marie Brassard is a Canadian actress,Histoire du théâtre au Canada'. Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto; 1990. p. 158. theatrical writer and director. She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert LepageNew Yo ...

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The Heart of Madame Sabali ''The Heart of Madame Sabali'' (french: Le Cœur de Madame Sabali) is a 2015 tragicomic feature film by Canadian director Ryan McKenna.T'cha Dunlevy"Ryan McKenna finds heart, and humour, in Le coeur de Madame Sabali" ''Montreal Gazette'', Decembe ...

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Julia Sarah Stone Julia Sarah Stone (born November 24, 1997) is a Canadian actress. She began studying theater at the age of six, and appeared in a number of school plays over the following years. After booking a small part in an independent short film in 2009, sh ...

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Wet Bum ''Wet Bum'' (retitled ''Surfacing'' in some international markets) is a 2014 Canadian drama film, directed by Lindsay MacKay. The film stars Julia Sarah Stone as Sam, a shy and self-conscious teenage girl struggling to assert herself with those ar ...

'' ;Best Supporting Actor in Canadian Film *

Nick Serino Nicholas Jonathan Roger Serino (born October 11, 1997), known professionally as Nick Serino, is a Canadian actor. Early life Serino was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario and attended Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Career Serino won ...

– '' Sleeping Giant'' * Patrick Huard – ''

My Internship in Canada My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

'' * Reece Moffett – '' Sleeping Giant'' ;Best Supporting Actress in Canadian Film * Tara Pratt – ''

No Men Beyond This Point ''No Men Beyond This Point'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy film directed by Mark Sawers. It was shown in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and acquired for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films (worldwide rights exc ...

'' * Joan Allen – '' Room'' * Suzanne Clement – ''

'' ;Best Screenplay of a Canadian Film * Emma Donoghue – '' Room'' *

Benjamin August Benjamin August (born c. 1979) is an American casting director and screenwriter known for ''Remember'' (2015), ''The Swimmer'' and ''The Thief''.

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, Blain Watters, and Aaron Yeger – '' Sleeping Giant'' ;Best Canadian Documentary * '' Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World'' * ''

Fractured Land ''Fractured Land'' is a 2015 Canadian feature documentary film directed by Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis, profiling the Dené activist Caleb Behn as he goes through law school and builds a movement around greater awareness of hydraulic fracturing ...

'' * '' How to Change the World'' * '' Hurt'' ;Best First Film by a Canadian Director * '' Sleeping Giant'' * ''Hit 2 Pass'' * ''

'' ;Best British Columbia Film * '' Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World'' * '' Eadweard'' * ''

References

External links

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2015 film awards 2015 in Canadian cinema 2015 in British Columbia