'OPPENHEIMER' LEADS THE VANCOUVER CRITICS NOMINATIONS
FOR BEST IN INTERNATIONAL FILM
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 12th 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