2014 VFCC Award Nominations - Complete List

The Vancouver Film Critics Association or Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) was apparently founded to represent Vancouver’s print, on-line, and broadcast media.  The group honors the best in Canadian and international filmmaking with the annual VFCC Awards.

In anticipation of the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards, here, is a look at the 2014 VFCC Award nominations.  Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave led all films in the 2014 VFCC Awards with six nominations in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s International category.

The Dirties, the story of two film geeks planning a high school shooting, received five VFCC nominations in the Canadian category, including “Best Canadian Film” and “Best First Film by a Canadian Director.”  Director-star Matt Johnson was also nominated for “Best Director of a Canadian Film” and “Best Actor in a Canadian Film.”

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle introduced a new award, “Best First Film by a Canadian Director.”

2014 VFCC Awards – International category (for the year in film 2013) – full list of nominees:

BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb, Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Spike Jonze, Her
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blancanieves
Blue is the Warmest Colour
The Hunt

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
West of Memphis

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2014 VFCC Awards – Canadian categories (for the year in film 2013) – full list of nominees:

BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Dirties
Gabrielle
Watermark

BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Thomas Haden Church, Whitewash
Matt Johnson, The Dirties
Tom Scholte, The Dick Knost Show

BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Michelle Giroux, Blood Pressure
Tatiana Maslany, Picture Day
Sophie Desmarais, Sarah Prefers to Run

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Marc Labreche, Whitewash
Alexandre Landry, Gabrielle
Owen Williams, The Dirties

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Romane Bohringer, Vic + Flo Saw a Bear
Lise Roy, Tom at the Farm
Gabrielle Rose, The Dick Knost Show

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Louise Archambault, Gabrielle
Jeff Barnaby, Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Matt Johnson, The Dirties

BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY
My Prairie Home
Oil Sands Karaoke
Watermark

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Down River
Oil Sands Karaoke
When I Walk

BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR
The Dirties
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Sarah Prefers to Run

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle also announced that Canadian animation pioneer Al Sens is the winner of the 2014 Ian Caddell Award for Achievement.  Presented to a British Columbian who has made a significant contribution to the province’s film industry, this award is named in honour of the VFCC’s cofounder, Ian Caddel, who passed away in 2012.

A Vancouver native, the self-taught animator founded Al Sens Animation, the city’s first animation studio, in 1958. Since then, he has amassed an impressive body of inventive work (including 1965’s The See Hear Talk Think Dream and Act Film and 1978’s Canadian Vignettes: Logger), developed his trademark “spit technique,” and served as a mentor to generations of animators.

Sens, who had recently turned 80, was to presented with his award at the VFCC’s 14th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, January 7, 2014.


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