Paul Thomas Anderson Battle after battle The Vancouver Film Critics Circle took home the award for Best Picture of 2025, while Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for his role in the politically charged thriller.
Battle after battle It previously received seven nominations from Vancouver critics.
The film about a former revolutionary group was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, and also received acting nominations for star Leonardo DiCaprio and supporting cast members Benicio del Toro, Teyana Taylor and Penn.
Other winners included Vancouver Film Critics Sinners Writer-director Ryan Coogler, who won Best Director and Best Screenplay for his brilliant vampire film.
both of them One battle and Sinners They are the front-runners at the Academy Awards, as the latest awards continue to build momentum ahead of the 2026 Academy Awards.
In other acting categories, the Best Actor crown went to Timothée Chalamet for his role in Josh Safdie’s Ping-Pong. Marty SupremeWhile Jessie Buckley won the Best Actress award for her role in a movie HamnetChloe Zhao Shakespeare’s Heartbreaker.
The Best Supporting Actress award went to Amy Madigan for her performance as the creepy clown aunt in Zach Krieger’s film. Weapons.
At another awards ceremony on Monday evening in Vancouver, local film critics awarded the Best Documentary Award to Geeta Gandebher for her film ideal neighbor, On the consequences of “stand your ground” laws as revealed by a deadly 2023 shooting, Best International Film in a Non-English Language went to Iranian director Jafar Panahi. It was just an accident.
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