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Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The winners of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film are listed below:

Winners and nominees

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2000s

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Year Winners and nominees Original title Country Director(s) Ref
2002 Talk to Her Hable con ella Spain Pedro Almodóvar [1]
And Your Mother Too Y Tu Mamá También Mexico Alfonso Cuarón [1]
Mostly Martha Bella Martha Germany Sandra Nettelbeck [1]
2003 City of God Cidade de Deus Brazil Fernando Meirelles [2]
L'Auberge Espagnole L'Auberge Espagnole France/Spain Cédric Klapisch [2]
The Triplets of Belleville Les Triplettes de Belleville France/Canada Sylvain Chomet [2]
2004 A Very Long Engagement Un long dimanche de fiançailles France Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Maria Full of Grace María, llena eres de gracia Colombia Joshua Marston
The Motorcycle Diaries Diarios de motocicleta Argentina Walter Salles
2005 Paradise Now الجنّة الآن Palestine Hany Abu-Assad
Downfall Der Untergang Germany Oliver Hirschbiegel
Kung Fu Hustle 功夫 Hong Kong Stephen Chow
2006 Volver Spain Pedro Almodóvar [3]
The Child L'Enfant Belgium Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne [3]
Letters from Iwo Jima 硫黄島からの手紙 United States/Japan Clint Eastwood [3]
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile Romania Cristian Mungiu
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Le Scaphandre et le papillon France Julian Schnabel
Persepolis Persepolis France Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
2008 The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen Seite Germany Fatih Akin [4]
Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in Sweden Tomas Alfredson [4]
Tell No One Ne le dis à personne France Guillaume Canet [4]
2009 Summer Hours L'Heure d'été France Olivier Assayas
Broken Embraces Los abrazos rotos Spain Pedro Almodóvar
The Headless Woman La mujer sin cabeza / La mujer rubia Argentina Lucrecia Martel

2010s

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Year Winner and nominees Original title Country Director(s) Ref
2010 Carlos France Olivier Assayas
Mother 마더 South Korea Bong Joon-ho
A Prophet Un prophète France Jacques Audiard
The Secret in Their Eyes El secreto de sus ojos Argentina Juan José Campanella
2011 A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Iran Asghar Farhadi
Poetry 시 South Korea Lee Chang-dong
The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo Belgium Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
2012 Holy Motors France Leos Carax
Amour France/Austria Michael Haneke
The Intouchables Intouchables France Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
2013 The Hunt Jagten Denmark Thomas Vinterberg
Blancanieves Spain Pablo Berger
Blue is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 France Abdellatif Kechiche
2014 Force Majeure Turist Sweden Ruben Östlund
Ida Poland Paweł Pawlikowski
We Are the Best! Vi är bäst! Sweden Lukas Moodysson
2015 The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goodnight Mommy Ich seh, Ich seh Austria Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
Son of Saul Saul fia Hungary László Nemes
2016 Toni Erdmann Germany Maren Ade
Elle France Paul Verhoeven
The Handmaiden 아가씨 South Korea Chan-wook Park
2017 BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 battements par minute France Robin Campillo
A Fantastic Woman Una mujer fantástica Chile Sebastián Lelio
The Square Sweden Ruben Östlund
2018 Roma Mexico Alfonso Cuarón [5]
Burning 버닝 South Korea Lee Chang-dong [6]
Shoplifters 万引き家族 Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda [6]
2019 Parasite 기생충 South Korea Bong Joon-ho [7]
The Farewell 別告訴她 United States Lulu Wang [8]
Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria Spain Pedro Almodóvar [8]

2020s

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Year Winner and nominees Original title Country Director(s) Ref
2020 Minari 미나리 United States Lee Isaac Chung [9]
Another Round Druk Denmark Thomas Vinterberg [10]
Dear Comrades! Dorogie tovarishchi! Russia Andrei Konchalovsky
2021 The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Norway Joachim Trier [11]
Flee Flugt Denmark Jonas Poher Rasmussen [12]
Riders of Justice Retfærdighedens Ryttere Denmark Anders Thomas Jensen
2022 All Quiet on the Western Front Im Westen nichts Neues Germany Edward Berger [13]
Holy Spider Ankabut-e moqaddas Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden Ali Abbasi [14]
RRR India S. S. Rajamouli
2023 The Zone of Interest United States, United Kingdom, Poland Jonathan Glazer [15]
Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute France Justine Triet [16]
Society of the Snow La sociedad de la nieve Spain, United States J. A. Bayona

References

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  1. ^ a b c David Spaner, "More Moore, please: Local critics name the Far From Heaven star 'best actress of 2002'". The Province, January 30, 2003.
  2. ^ a b c David Spaner, "Lost in Translation wins big". The Province, February 5, 2004.
  3. ^ a b c Peter T. Chattaway, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle — the winners!". FilmChat, January 15, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c Peter T. Chattaway, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle — the winners!". FilmChat, January 12, 2009.
  5. ^ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names 'Roma' best picture". CTV News. December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Vlessing, Etan (December 12, 2018). "'The Favourite' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  7. ^ Etan Vlessing, "'Parasite' Named Best Picture by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, December 16, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Adrian Mack, "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019.
  9. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021.
  10. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021.
  11. ^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.
  12. ^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
  13. ^ Vlessing, Etan (February 13, 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  14. ^ "Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees". Northern Stars. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  15. ^ Gee, Dana (February 13, 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' beats out Hollywood to take top honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  16. ^ Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2024.