The nominations for the 17th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2016, were announced on December 16, 2016. Manchester by the Sea led with six nominations, when Moonlight with four and La La Land with three nominations.

The winners were announced on December 20, 2016. Manchester by the Sea won five awards, including Best Film.

Winners and nominees

International

Best Film Manchester by the Sea La La Land Moonlight

Best Director Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Damien Chazelle – La La Land Denis Villeneuve – Arrival

Best Actor Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Ryan Gosling – La La Land Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Actress Isabelle Huppert – Elle Amy Adams – Arrival Natalie Portman – Jackie

Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea

Best Supporting Actress Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea Viola Davis – Fences Naomie Harris – Moonlight

Best Screenplay Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

Best Foreign-Language Film Toni Erdmann Elle The Handmaiden

Best Documentary Cameraperson 13th O.J.: Made in America

Canadian

Best Canadian Film Hello Destroyer Werewolf Window Horses

Best Director of a Canadian Film Kevan Funk – Hello Destroyer Ashley McKenzie – Werewolf Isiah Medina – 88:88

Best Actor in a Canadian Film Jared Abrahamson – Hello Destroyer Chen Gang – Old Stone Andrew Gillis – Werewolf

Best Actress in a Canadian Film Bhreagh MacNeil – Werewolf Deragh Campbell – Never Eat Alone Tatiana Maslany – The Other Half

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film Kurt Max Runte – Hello Destroyer Joe Buffalo – Hello Destroyer Martin Dubreuil – Shambles (Maudite poutine)

Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film Molly Parker – Weirdos Hannah Gross – Unless Julia Sarah Stone – The Unseen

Best Screenplay of a Canadian Film Ann Marie Fleming – Window Horses Kevan Funk – Hello Destroyer Ashley McKenzie – Werewolf

Best Canadian Documentary The Prison in Twelve Landscapes After the Last River We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Best First Film by a Canadian Director Werewolf Hello Destroyer Never Eat Alone

Best British Columbia Film Hello Destroyer Aim for the Roses Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Window Horses

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