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
Sébastien Huberdeau – Polytechnique
Stephen McHattie – Pontypool
Best Actress: Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

Anne Dorval – I Killed My Mother
Nisreen Faour – Amreeka

Best British Columbia Film: Facing Ali

A Shine of Rainbows
Excited

Best Director: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother
Cherien Dabis – Amreeka
Denis Villeneuve – Polytechnique
Best Film: I Killed My Mother
Polytechnique
The Young Victoria
Best Supporting Actor: François Arnaud – I Killed My Mother

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''