Kathleen Hepburn’s debut feature Never Steady, Never Still was named Best Canadian Film by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle in an awards ceremony Monday night at at the Hyatt Regency’s Grille and Bar.
Hepburn’s devastating tale about a woman suffering with Parkinson’s Disease in B.C.’s Northern Interior led the awards, also taking home Best Canadian Director, Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Shirley Henderson), and Best B.C. Film. The Best B.C. Film award included two $500 cash prizes, one for the film’s producers from the Canadian Media Producers Association – B.C. Producers Branch, and another for the director provided by the Directors Guild of Canada – B.C. Council.
Cody Bown’s Gregoire, a story about wayward youth in pre-wildfire Fort McMurray, won three prizes, including One to Watch (Bown), Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film (Morgan Taylor Campbell), and Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Ben Cotton). One to Watch comes with a $500 cash prize courtesy of Telefilm Canada, and the Union of B.C. Performers / ACTRA sponsored another $500 for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film.
Ronnie Rowe was awarded Best Actor in a Canadian Film for his role in Black Cop, while Pascal Plante won Best Screenplay for a Canadian film for Fake Tattoos. Sofia Bohdanowicz’s Maison du bonheur was named Best Canadian Documentary.
Best Canadian Film
Never Steady, Never Still
Best Actor in a Canadian Film
Ronnie Rowe, Black Cop
Best Actress in a Canadian Film
Shirley Henderson; Never Steady, Never Still
Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film
Ben Cotton, Gregoire
Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film
Morgan Taylor Campbell, Gregoire
Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film
Pascal Plante, Fake Tattoos
Best Director of a Canadian Film
Kathleen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still
Best Canadian Documentary
Maison du bonheur
One to Watch
Cody Bown, Gregoire
Best British Columbia Film
Never Steady, Never Still
($500 cash prize sponsored by the Canadian Media Production Association-BC Producers’ Branch for the film’s producers. $500 cash prize sponsored by the Directors Guild of Canada-BC District Council for the film’s director.)
International awards announced Dec. 18 gave Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age comedy Lady Bird three awards, including Best Film. Saoirse Ronan was named Best Actress, while her co-star Laurie Metcalf took home Best Supporting Actress. Paul Thomas Anderson swept up Best Director for his virtuosic work in Phantom Thread, while the film’s lead actor Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor. Willem Dafoe received Best Supporting Actor; Jordan Peele won Best Screenplay for Get Out. BPM earned the title of Best Foreign Language Film and Frederic Wiseman’s Ex Libris: The New York Public Library won Best Documentary.
Best Film
Lady Bird
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Best Actress
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Best Supporting Actress
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Best Screenplay
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Foreign Language Film
BPM
Best Documentary
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
