Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest will compete in nearly every category, with Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn facing off in the Best Supporting Male Actor race.

One Battle after Another will face Hamnet and Marty Supreme for the Best Picture award.


One Battle after Another, a sprawling drama that pits revolutionaries against darkest forces hiding within the Establishment received seven nominations to the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s 2026 International Awards.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s tenth film will compete in nearly every category, including Best Picture, Director (Anderson), Screenplay, Male Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Supporting Male Actor (Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro), and Supporting Female Actor (Teyana Taylor).

Facing this formidable contender are two quietly powerful family dramas: Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet,nominated for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Female Actor (Jessie Buckley); and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, competing in the Best Male Actor (Stellan Skarsgård), Female Actor (Renate Reinsve), and Supporting Female Actor (Elle Fanning) categories.

Sentimental Value will also face Cannes rival It Was Just an Accident and Brazil’s breakout hit The Secret Agent for the Best International Film in Non-English Language award.

In the Documentary category, Netflix-backed titles The Perfect Neighbor —an indictment of America’s “stand your ground” laws— and Cover-Up, a portrait of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, will compete against Apple TV+’s bittersweet Come See Me in the Good Light.

The international accolades will be announced at the 26^th VFCC Awards ceremony to take place on Monday, February 23 at the VIFF Centre in Vancouver.

Nominees by category:

Best Picture

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle after Another

Best Director

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle after Another

Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Best Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle after Another

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Best Male Actor

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle after Another

Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams

Best Female Actor

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Male Actor

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle after Another

Sean Penn, One Battle after Another

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Female Actor

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Teyana Taylor, One Battle after Another

Best Documentary

Come See Me in the Good Light

Cover-Up

The Perfect Neighbor

Best International Film in Non-English Language

It Was Just an Accident (Iran)

The Secret Agent (Brazil)

Sentimental Value (Norway)