Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders received the most nominations in the Canadian section of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards. Raiders captured seven nominations, followed by All My Puny Sorrows and Scarborough with five apiece.
Goulet will be competing in the Best Director and Best Screenplay categories.
Night Raiders is in also the running for Best Picture, Actress (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), Supporting Actor (Alex Tarrant) and Supporting Actress (Amanda Plummer and Brooklyn Hart).
In turn, All My Puny Sorrows scored five nominations (Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress and Supporting Actress), same as Scarborough (Picture, Director, Screenplay and two nominees in the Supporting Actress category).
In the Best British Columbia Film category, a coming-of-age dramedy (Portraits From a Fire), a surrealistic drama (Be Still) and a documentary (Someone Like Me) will be vying for the award.
The nominees in the One to Watch category are the writer/director of Be Still, Elizabeth Lazebnick, the lead actor of The White Fortress, Pavle Cemerikic, and the writer/producer/director of Portraits From a Fire, Trevor Mack.
The winner of the One to Watch category will receive $500 courtesy of Telefilm Canada. The winner of Best BC Film will receive $500 from the Canadian Media Producers Association. The winner in the Best Canadian Director category will receive $500 from the Directors Guild of Canada – BC. The winners of the Best Actor and Best Actress categories will receive $250 each courtesy of UBCP/ACTRA.
The winners of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, Canadian section, will be announced during the VFCC awards ceremony next March 7th.
CANADIAN NOMINATIONS
Best Picture
All My Puny Sorrows
Night Raiders
Scarborough
Best Director
Danis Goulet, Night Raiders
Michael McGowan, All My Puny Sorrows
Shasha Nakhai & Rich Williamson, Scarborough
Best Screenplay
Igor Drljaca, The White Fortress
Danis Goulet, Night Raiders
Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough
Michael McGowan, All My Puny Sorrows
Best Actor
Pavle Cemerikic, The White Fortress
Daniel Doheny, Drinkwater
Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Drunken Birds
Best Actress
Piercey Dalton, Be Still
Alison Pill, All My Puny Sorrows
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Night Raiders
Best Supporting Actor
Eric McCormack, Drinkwater
Joshua Odjick, Wildhood
Alex Tarrant, Night Raiders
Best Supporting Actress
Cherish Violet Blood, Scarborough
Sarah Gadon, All My Puny Sorrows
Brooklyn Hart, Night Raiders
Amanda Plummer, Night Raiders
Ellie Posadas, Scarborough
Best Canadian Documentary
Kimmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
The Last Tourist
The Six
Best BC Film
Be Still
Portraits From a Fire
Someone Like Me
One to Watch
Pavle Cemerikic, The White Fortress
Elizabeth Lazebnick, Be Still
Trevor Mack, Portraits From a Fire
TOTAL NOMINATIONS
Night Raiders – 7
Scarborough – 5
All My Puny Sorrows – 5
Be Still – 3
The White Fortress – 3
Drinkwater – 2
Portraits From a Fire – 2
Drunken Birds – 1
Wildhood – 1
Kimmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy – 1
The Last Tourist -1
The Six – 1
Someone Like Me – 1
Source: Vancouver Film Critics Circle
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