ROOM LEADS VANCOUVER FILM CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATIONS

Being both a Canadian production and one of the best-reviewed films of the year, Lenny Abrahamson's Room was the obvious choice to claim the most nominations from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle this year. Despite missing out on Best Film or Director nods (though it received them in the Canadian categories), overall the film received eight mentions. Filling out the VFCC's top three films of the year were Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight and The Revenant, whose profile continues to rise as awards season progresses. Winners are due to be announced on the 21st of December. Have a look at the nominations in full:

Best Film

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Spotlight

Best Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)

Todd Haynes (Carol)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Screenplay

Emma Donoghue (Room)

Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Best Documentary

Amy

Cartel Land

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Best Foreign Language Film

The Assassin

Goodnight Mommy

Son of Saul

Best Canadian Film

The Forbidden Room

Room

Sleeping Giant

Best Canadian Documentary

Haida Gawii: On the Edge of the World

Fractured Land

How to Change the World

Hurt

Best British Columbia Film

Eadweard

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World

No Men Beyond This Point

Best Director of a Canadian Film

Lenny Abrahamson (Room)

Andrew Cividino (Sleeping Giant)

Atom Egoyan (Remember)

Best Actor in a Canadian Film

Michael Eklund (Eadweard)

Christopher Plummer (Remember)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Actress in a Canadian Film

Marie Brassard (Sabali)

Brie Larson (Room)

Julia Sarah Stone (Wet Bum)

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film

Patrick Huard (My Internship in Canada)

Reece Moffett (Sleeping Giant)

Nick Serino (Sleeping Giant)

Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film

Joan Allen (Room)

Suzanne Clément (My Internship in Canada)

Tara Pratt (No Men Beyond This Point)

Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film

Benjamin August (Remember)

Andrew Cividino, Blain Watters and Aaron Yeger (Sleeping Giant)

Emma Donoghue (Room)

Best First Film by a Canadian Director

Hit 2 Pass (Kurt Walker)

Sleeping Giant (Andrew Cividino)

Wet Bum (Lindsay MacKay)