Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest surprise with four and three nominations respectively.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer received the most nominations to the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, 2024 edition. The biopic will be competing next February 12th in the Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Male Actor (Cillian Murphy), Supporting Male Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), and Supporting Female Actor (Emily Blunt) categories.

Oppenheimer’s main rivals are two non-English films: Anatomy of a Fall, with four nominations, and The Zone of Interest, with three. All three films will be duking it out in the Best Picture category.

Four films will be competing in two categories: Killers of the Flower Moon (Director, Supporting Male Actor), The Holdovers (Male Actor, Supporting Female Actor), Nyad (Female Actor, Supporting Female Actor), and Poor Things (Female Actor, Supporting Male Actor).

The documentary To Kill a Tiger achieved the rare feat of scoring nominations in both the international and Canadian sections of the awards.

The winners of the VFCC Awards for international film will be announced on February 12^th at a ceremony to take place at the VIFF Centre in Vancouver.

These are the nominees per category:

Best Picture

Anatomy of a Fall

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

Best Director

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Screenplay

Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, Barbie

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Male Actor

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Best Female Actor

Annette Bening, Nyad

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Supporting Male Actor

Willem Dafoe, Poor Things

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Female Actor

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Documentary

American Symphony

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

To Kill a Tiger

Best International Film in a Non-English Language

Anatomy of a Fall

Society of the Snow

The Zone of Interest

Breakdown by total of nominations:

Oppenheimer: 6

Anatomy of a Fall: 4

The Zone of Interest: 3

Killers of the Flower Moon: 2

The Holdovers: 2

Nyad: 2

Poor Things: 2

Barbie: 1

Maestro: 1

American Symphony: 1

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie: 1

To Kill a Tiger: 1

Society of the Snow: 1