BOYHOOD, BIRDMAN Among Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Winners

Richard Linklater's drama BOYHOOD received the award for Best Film at last night's Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards. The film, which was shot over a period of 12 years, also received nods for Patricia Arquette as Best Supporting Actress.

The film was also named Best Picture by the L.A. Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Circle, New York Film Critics Online and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle.

Also among the night's winners was BIRDMAN director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Wes Anderson was awarded the best screenplay prize for his hit film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Jake Gyllenhaal, currently starring on Broaway in 'Constellations', won for best actor for the film Nightcrawlers, while Tilda Swinton picked up the award for Best Actress for her role in Only Lovers Left Alive.

The full list of Vancouver Film Critics awards winners follows:

Best Picture - Boyhood
Best Director - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
Best Screenplay - Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Actress - Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive)
Best Actor - Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) - The Overnighters
Best Foreign Film - Force Majeure

About The Vancouver Film Critics Circle:

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle was founded in 2000 by David Spaner and Ian Caddell in order to help promote Canadian films and the British Columbia film and television industry. Its membership currently includes professional (paid) critics for print, radio, on-line and television who are either based in Vancouver or with Vancouver outlets.

Source: THR