Vancouver Film Critics Circle: ‘Mank’ Leads With Five Nominations

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has revealed its international nominations, with David Fincher’s Mank, from Netflix, leading this year’s field with five mentions.

The biographical drama about Herman J. Mankiewicz — the alcoholic writer sequestered in the Mojave Desert to finish his screenplay for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, in Fincher’s behind-the-scenes look at 1930s Hollywood — received nominations for best picture, best director, best screenplay for Jack Fincher and acting mentions for Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried.

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland followed with three nominations, including for best picture, best director and best actress for Frances McDormand. And Promising Young Woman also netted three mentions, including for best picture, best screenplay for writer-director Emerald Fennell and best actress for Carey Mulligan.

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The winners of the VFCC International awards will be announced on Feb. 22, with a virtual ceremony to take place on March 8.

A full list of nominees in the international categories follows:

Best Picture

Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Screenplay

Jack Fincher, Mank
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Best Actress

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-jung Youn, Minari

Best Documentary

Athlete A
Collective
Totally Under Control

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round
Dear Comrades
Minari