'BLACKBERRY' AND 'SEAGRASS' RECEIVE THE MOST NOMINATIONS
FOR BEST IN CANADIAN FILM FROM VANCOUVER CRITICS
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, To Kill a Tiger, and Seven Veils will also be competing for the VFCC Awards.
Matt Johnson’s hit 'BlackBerry' dominated the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards’ Canadian Film categories while 'Seagrass' emerged as the main contender for best in British Columbia, the VFCC announced on Monday.
BlackBerry’s six nominations include Best Picture, Director (Matt Johnson), Screenplay, Male Actor (Jay Baruchel), and Male Supporting Actor, with Johnson facing costar Glenn Howerton for the award.
Seagrass will be competing in the Screenplay, Male Supporting Actor (Chris Pang), Female Supporting Actor, One to Watch, BC Film, and BC Director categories.
Nisha Pahuja’s documentary To Kill a Tiger not only was nominated for Best Doc, but also Best Picture and Best Director. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person also scored three nominations (Picture, Female Actor, and One to Watch). In total, 21 Canadian films will be competing for awards.
The winner of the One to Watch category will receive a prize of $1,000, courtesy of TELEFILM- Canada. The winner of Best BC Director will be awarded $500, courtesy of the Directors Guild of Canada, BC District. The winner of Best BC Film will receive $500, courtesy of the Canadian Media Producers Association, BC Producers Branch.
The results will be announced on February 12th at a ceremony to take place at the VIFF Centre in Vancouver.
These are the nominees per category:
Best Picture
BlackBerry
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
To Kill a Tiger
Best Director
Atom Egoyan, Seven Veils
Matt Johnson, BlackBerry
Nisha Pahuja, To Kill a Tiger
Best Screenplay
Meredith Hama-Brown, Seagrass
Matt Johnson & Matthew Miller, BlackBerry
Julia Lederer, With Love and a Major Organ
Best Male Actor
Jay Baruchel, BlackBerry
Cody Lightning, Hey, Viktor
Theodore Pellerin, Solo
Best Female Actor
Sara Montpetit, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Rachel Sennott, I Used to Be Funny
Amanda Seyfried, Seven Veils
Best Male Supporting Actor
Jonas Chernick, The Burning Season
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Matt Johnson, BlackBerry
Chris Pang, Seagrass
Best Female Supporting Actor
Nyah Huang Breitkreuz, Seagrass
Wendy Crewson, Close to You
Mia Goth, Infinity Pool
Sabrina Jalees, I Used to Be Funny
Rebecca Liddiard, Seven Veils
Sophie Lorain, Testament
Best Canadian Documentary
Mr Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
Satan Wants You
To Kill a Tiger
TELEFILM-Canada Award One to Watch
Meredith Hama-Brown, Seagrass
Jenny Lee-Gilmore, Overtime
Ariana Louis-Seize, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Ally Pankiw, I Used to Be Funny
CMPA-BC Award Best BC Film
Float
I'm Just Here for the Riot
Seagrass
WaaPaKe
DGC-BC Award Best BC Director
Laura Adkin, Re: Uniting
Tyler Funk, Anything for Fame
Meredith Hama-Brown, Seagrass
Sherren Lee, Float
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