Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009

The winners of the 10th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2009, were announced on January 11, 2010.

International
Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man Best Actress: Carey Mulligan – An Education Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Film: Up in the Air Best Foreign Language Film: Summer Hours • France Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air Best Screenplay: Up in the Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
 * George Clooney – Up in the Air
 * Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
 * Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
 * Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
 * Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
 * Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
 * A Serious Man
 * The Hurt Locker
 * Broken Embraces • Spain
 * The Headless Woman • Argentina
 * Alfred Molina – An Education
 * Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
 * Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
 * Mo'Nique – Precious
 * The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
 * Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
 * The Cove
 * Food, Inc

Canadian
Best Actor: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) Best Actress: Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria Best British Columbia Film: Facing Ali Best Director: Xavier Dolan – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) Best Film: I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) Best Supporting Actor: François Arnaud – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) Best Supporting Actress: Gabrielle Rose – Excited
 * Sébastien Huberdeau – Polytechnique
 * Stephen McHattie – Pontypool
 * Anne Dorval – I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)
 * Nisreen Faour – Amreeka
 * A Shine of Rainbows
 * Excited
 * Cherien Dabis – Amreeka
 * Denis Villeneuve – Polytechnique
 * Polytechnique
 * The Young Victoria
 * Daniel J. Gordon – Nurse.Fighter.Boy
 * John Paul Tremblay – Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day
 * Lisa Houle – Pontypool
 * Miranda Richardson – The Young Victoria