Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2020

The 21st Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards honoured the films selected by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as the best of 2020.Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2021-vancouver-film-critics-circle-nominations-list "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations"]. The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021. Although usually presented in December of the same year for which the awards are presented, these awards were delayed to the winter of 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the associated complications in film production and distribution.

Nominations for the Canadian film categories were announced on February 3, 2021, and nominations in the international categories were announced on February 19. The international winners were announced on February 22,Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chloe-zhaos-nomadland-named-best-feature-by-vancouver-film-critics-circle "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle"]. The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021. and the Canadian winners were announced on March 8.

Winners and nominees

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rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Film

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Chloé Zhao

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Nomadland

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David Fincher

| Mank

Emerald Fennell

| Promising Young Woman

rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| Best Actor

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Chadwick Boseman

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Riz Ahmed

| Sound of Metal

Anthony Hopkins

| The Father

Gary Oldman

| Mank

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Actress

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Frances McDormand

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Nomadland

Viola Davis

| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Carey Mulligan

| Promising Young Woman

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Supporting Actor

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Daniel Kaluuya

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Judas and the Black Messiah

Sacha Baron Cohen

| The Trial of the Chicago 7

Leslie Odom Jr.

| One Night in Miami...

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Supporting Actress

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Youn Yuh-jung

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Minari

Maria Bakalova

| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Amanda Seyfried

| Mank

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Director

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Chloé Zhao

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Nomadland

David Fincher

| Mank

Thomas Vinterberg

| Another Round (Druk)

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 | Best Screenplay

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Aaron Sorkin

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Trial of the Chicago 7

Emerald Fennell

| Promising Young Woman

Jack Fincher

| Mank

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 | Best Documentary

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Alexander Nanau

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Collective

Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk

| Athlete A

Alex Gibney

| Totally Under Control

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 | Best Foreign Language Film

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Lee Isaac Chung

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Minari

Thomas Vinterberg

| Another Round (Druk)

Andrei Konchalovsky

| Dear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi!)

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style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 | Best Film

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Violation

| rowspan="33"; style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.northernstars.ca/vfcc-vote-for-violation/ "VFCC Vote for Violation"]. Northern Stars, March 10, 2021.
Jorge Ignacio Castillo, [https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2021/02/03/possessor-and-chained-dominate-the-vfcc-nominations-for-best-in-canadian-film/ "POSSESSOR AND CHAINED DOMINATE THE VFCC NOMINATIONS FOR BEST IN CANADIAN FILM"]. Vancouver Film Critics Circle, February 3, 2021.

Brandon Cronenberg

| Possessor

Sean Durkin

| The Nest

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4 | Best Actor

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Justin Rain

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Brother, I Cry

Adam Brody

| The Kid Detective

Alex Crowther

| Flowers of the Field

Marlon Kazadi