# 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. 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, and the Canadian winners were announced on March 8.

## Winners and nominees
### International

| Category | Winners and nominees | Films | Ref. |
| Best Film | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland | [2] [1] |
| Best Film | David Fincher | Mank | [2] [1] |
| Best Film | Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman | [2] [1] |
| Best Actor | Chadwick Boseman | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | [2] [1] |
| Best Actor | Riz Ahmed | Sound of Metal | [2] [1] |
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | The Father | [2] [1] |
| Best Actor | Gary Oldman | Mank | [2] [1] |
| Best Actress | Frances McDormand | Nomadland | [2] [1] |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | [2] [1] |
| Best Actress | Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | [2] [1] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah | [2] [1] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sacha Baron Cohen | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | [2] [1] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Leslie Odom Jr. | One Night in Miami... | [2] [1] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Youn Yuh-jung | Minari | [2] [1] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Maria Bakalova | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | [2] [1] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Amanda Seyfried | Mank | [2] [1] |
| Best Director | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland | [2] [1] |
| Best Director | David Fincher | Mank | [2] [1] |
| Best Director | Thomas Vinterberg | Another Round (Druk) | [2] [1] |
| Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | [2] [1] |
| Best Screenplay | Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman | [2] [1] |
| Best Screenplay | Jack Fincher | Mank | [2] [1] |
| Best Documentary | Alexander Nanau | Collective | [2] [1] |
| Best Documentary | Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk | Athlete A | [2] [1] |
| Best Documentary | Alex Gibney | Totally Under Control | [2] [1] |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Lee Isaac Chung | Minari | [2] [1] |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Thomas Vinterberg | Another Round (Druk) | [2] [1] |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Andrei Konchalovsky | Dear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi!) | [2] [1] |

### Canadian

| Category | Winners and nominees | Films | Ref. |
| Best Film | Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli | Violation | [3] [4] |
| Best Film | Brandon Cronenberg | Possessor | [3] [4] |
| Best Film | Sean Durkin | The Nest | [3] [4] |
| Best Actor | Justin Rain | Brother, I Cry | [3] [4] |
| Best Actor | Adam Brody | The Kid Detective | [3] [4] |
| Best Actor | Alex Crowther | Flowers of the Field | [3] [4] |
| Best Actor | Marlon Kazadi | Chained | [3] [4] |
| Best Actress | Madeleine Sims-Fewer | Violation | [3] [4] |
| Best Actress | Carrie Coon | The Nest | [3] [4] |
| Best Actress | Andrea Riseborough | Possessor | [3] [4] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Abbott | Possessor | [3] [4] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Adam Beach | Monkey Beach | [3] [4] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Adrian Holmes | Chained | [3] [4] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Aleks Paunovic | Chained | [3] [4] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rainbow Dickerson | Beans | [3] [4] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tina Lameman | Monkey Beach | [3] [4] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Possessor | [3] [4] |
| Best Director | Brandon Cronenberg | Possessor | [3] [4] |
| Best Director | Sean Durkin | The Nest | [3] [4] |
| Best Director | Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli | Violation | [3] [4] |
| Best Screenplay | Sean Durkin | The Nest | [3] [4] |
| Best Screenplay | Brandon Cronenberg | Possessor | [3] [4] |
| Best Screenplay | Titus Heckel | Chained | [3] [4] |
| Best Documentary | Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan | The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel | [3] [4] |
| Best Documentary | Jennifer Abbott | The Magnitude of All Things | [3] [4] |
| Best Documentary | Ariel Nasr | The Forbidden Reel | [3] [4] |
| Best British Columbia Film | Titus Heckel | Chained | [3] [4] |
| Best British Columbia Film | Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan | The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel | [3] [4] |
| Best British Columbia Film | Jessie Anthony | Brother, I Cry | [3] [4] |
| One to Watch | Titus Heckel | Chained | [3] [4] |
| One to Watch | Kiawenti:io Tarbell | Beans | [3] [4] |
| One to Watch | Jessie Anthony | Brother, I Cry | [3] [4] |