By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations
To be awarded January 9.
Best Canadian film:
Cafe de flore
Small Town Murder Songs
Starbuck
Best actor in a Canadian film:
Mohamed Fellag, Monsieur Lazhar
Patrick Huard, Starbuck
Peter Stormare, Small Town Murder Songs
Best actress in a Canadian film:
Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method
Vanessa Paradis, Cafe de flore
Ingrid Veninger, i am a good person/i am a bad person
Rachel Weisz, The Whistleblower
Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz
Best supporting actor in a Canadian film:
Vincent Cassel, A Dangerous Method
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Seth Rogen, Take This Waltz
Best supporting actress in a Canadian film:
Helene Florent, Cafe de flore
Jill Hennessy, Small Town Murder Songs
Hallie Switzer, I am a good person/I am a bad person
Best director of a Canadian film:
David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method
Ed Gass-Donnelly, Small Town Murder Songs
Ken Scott, Starbuck
Jean-Marc Vallee, Cafe de flore
Best British Columbia film:
Daydream Nation
People of a Feather
Sisters&Brothers
Best film:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Best actor:
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best actress:
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best supporting actor:
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best supporting actress:
Jessica Chastain, The Help, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best director:
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Terence Malick, The Tree of Life
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best documentary:
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Interrupters
Nostalgia for the Light
Project Nim
Surviving Progress
Best screenplay:
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball
Best foreign-language film:
A Separation
Poetry
The Kid with a Bike