Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021

The 22nd Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards were presented on March 7, 2022, to honour the films selected by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle as the best of 2021.^[1] Although usually presented in December of the same year for which the awards are presented, these awards were delayed to the winter of 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the associated complications in film production and distribution.

Nominations were announced on February 20.^[2]

Winners and nominees

International

Category	Winners and nominees	Films	Ref.
Best Film	Jane Campion	The Power of the Dog	[1] [2]
	Kenneth Branagh	Belfast
	Sian Heder	CODA
Best Actor	Andrew Garfield	Tick, Tick... Boom!
	Bradley Cooper	Nightmare Alley
	Denzel Washington	The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress	Olivia Colman	The Lost Daughter
	Jessica Chastain	The Eyes of Tammy Faye
	Renate Reinsve	The Worst Person in the World
Best Supporting Actor	Troy Kotsur	CODA
	Bradley Cooper	Licorice Pizza
	Jesse Plemons	The Power of the Dog
	Kodi Smit-McPhee	The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress	Ann Dowd	Mass
	Jessie Buckley	The Lost Daughter
	Kirsten Dunst	The Power of the Dog
Best Director	Denis Villeneuve	Dune
	Kenneth Branagh	Belfast
	Jane Campion	The Power of the Dog
Best Screenplay	Adam McKay, David Sirota	Don't Look Up
	Kenneth Branagh	Belfast
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	The Lost Daughter
Best Documentary	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Flee
	Edgar Wright	The Sparks Brothers
	Questlove	Summer of Soul
Best Foreign Language Film	Joachim Trier	The Worst Person in the World
	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Flee
	Anders Thomas Jensen	Riders of Justice

Canadian

Category	Winners and nominees	Films	Ref.
Best Film	Michael McGowan	All My Puny Sorrows	[1] [2]
	Danis Goulet	Night Raiders
	Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson	Scarborough
Best Actor	Daniel Doheny	Drinkwater
	Pavle Čemerikić	The White Fortress (Tabija)
	Jorge Antonio Guerrero	Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres)
Best Actress	Alison Pill	All My Puny Sorrows
	Piercey Dalton	Be Still
	Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers	Night Raiders
Best Supporting Actor	Joshua Odjick	Wildhood
	Eric McCormack	Drinkwater
	Alex Tarrant	Night Raiders
Best Supporting Actress	Sarah Gadon	All My Puny Sorrows
	Cherish Violet Blood	Scarborough
	Brooklyn Hart	Night Raiders
	Amanda Plummer	Night Raiders
	Ellie Posadas	Scarborough
Best Director	Danis Goulet	Night Raiders
	Michael McGowan	All My Puny Sorrows
	Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson	Scarborough
Best Screenplay	Michael McGowan	All My Puny Sorrows
	Igor Drljaca	The White Fortress (Tabija)
	Danis Goulet	Night Raiders
	Catherine Hernandez	Scarborough
Best Documentary	Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers	Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
	Tyson Sadler	The Last Tourist
	Arthur Jones	The Six
Best British Columbia Film	Trevor Mack	Portraits from a Fire
	Elizabeth Lazebnik	Be Still
	Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor	Someone Like Me
One to Watch	Trevor Mack	Portraits from a Fire
	Pavle Čemerikić	The White Fortress (Tabija)
	Elizabeth Lazebnik	Be Still