Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards: J'ai tué ma mí¨re, Up in the Air scoop up multiple awards
The Vancouver film reviewers have spoken: Up in the Air and J'ai tué me mere won the most honours at the tenth annual Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards.
At a ceremony held the Railway Club on Monday (January 11), the VFCC announced Up in the Air as the best film of 2009 (beating A Serious Man and The Hurt Locker). The comedy (which led with six nominations) also won best screenplay (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner), and Vera Farmiga, who plays the love interest of George Clooney's character, beat her costar Anna Kendrick for best supporting actress.
Kathryn Bigelow was named best director for her gritty war drama The Hurt Locker, managing to beat stiff competition: Up in the Air's Jason Reitman and Inglourious Basterds' Quentin Taratino.
Meanwhile, the acclaimed Quebec box office hit J'ai tué ma mí¨re collected four of its five nominations in the Canadian categories: best Canadian film (beating Polytechnique and The Young Victoria), best actor and director (Xavier Dolan), and best supporting actor (Franí§ois Arnaud).
Facing Ali, Pete McCormack's documentary about Muhammad Ali, won the best British Columbia film award (defeating A Shine of Rainbows and Excited). Meanwhile, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, about aging Toronto heavy-metal pioneers trying to mount a European tour, was named best documentary.
Emily Blunt took the award for best actress in a Canadian film for The Young Victoria while local thespian Gabrielle Rose won best supporting actress for Excited.
France's Summer Hours by Olivier Assayas won the best foreign language film.
As previously announced, two achievement awards (for contribution to B.C.'s film industry) went out to Festival Cinemas co-owner Leonard Schein (presented by Vancouver International Film Festival director Alan Franey) and documentary filmmaker Nettie Wild (presented by the Georgia Straight's Ken Eisner).
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM INDUSTRY
Leonard Schein
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM INDUSTRY
Nettie Wild
BEST FILM Up in the Air
BEST ACTOR Colin Firth, A Single Man
BEST ACTRESS Carey Mulligan, An Education
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
BEST DIRECTOR Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST DOCUMENTARY Anvil! The Story of Anvil
BEST SCREENPLAY Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
BEST CANADIAN FILM J'ai tué ma mí¨re (I Killed My Mother)
BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM Xavier Dolan, J'ai tué ma mí¨re (I Killed My Mother)
BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM Franí§ois Arnaud, J'ai tué ma mí¨re (I Killed My Mother)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM Gabrielle Rose, Excited
BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM Xavier Dolan, J'ai tué ma mí¨re (I Killed My Mother)
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM Facing Ali
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Summer Hours, France
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