Scored by his band We Are the City and shot on location in Norway, Andrew Huculiak’s Violent walked away with three cash prizes. After being named Best First Film by a Canadian Director, with a $250 cash prize sponsored by Telefilm Canada, the evocative, affecting film went on to win Best British Columbia Film, which came with two separate $500 cash prizes sponsored by the Canadian Media Production Association-BC Producers’ Branch and the Director’s Guild of Canada-BC Council.

Veteran production manager Warren Carr was named this year’s recipient of The Ian Caddell Award for Achievement (named in honour of the VFCC’s late cofounder and presented to a British Columbian who has made a significant contribution to the province’s film industry). One of the first Vancouver-based line producers enlisted by Hollywood productions shooting north of the border, Carr’s career highlights include Oscar-nominated features and Emmy-nominated television movies.

Finally, Paramount publicist Ken McIntyre received the Critics’ Sweetheart Cup, presented annually to a film industry representative who has made the VFCC’s collective job a little easier and more pleasant throughout the year.

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle is composed of Vancouver-based film writers and critics from print, radio, online and television.

A complete list of winners follows.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

BEST FILM

Boyhood

BEST ACTOR

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

BEST ACTRESS

Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

BEST DIRECTOR

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

BEST SCREENPLAY

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Force Majeure

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Overnighters

CANADIAN AWARDS

BEST CANADIAN FILM

Tu dors Nicole

BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM

Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Mommy

BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM

Julianne Côté, Tu dors Nicole
($500 cash prize sponsored by the Union of BC Performers.)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM

Marc-André Grondin, Tu dors Nicole

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM

Suzanne Clément, Mommy

BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A CANADIAN FILM

Xavier Dolan, Mommy

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM

Denis Villeneuve, Enemy

BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

The Price We Pay

BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR

Violent

($250 cash prize sponsored by Telefilm Canada.)

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM

Violent

(Two $500 cash prizes sponsored by the Canadian Media Production Association-BC Producers’ Branch and the Director’s Guild of Canada-BC Council.)