'Zero Dark Thirty' Pulls in 4 More Awards From Vancouver Film Critics

Kathryn Bigelow's hunt-for-Osama bin Laden hunt thriller wins for best film, director, screenplay and actress for star Jessica Chastain.

TORONTO -- Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty on Monday night 

picked up four trophies at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, 

including best film.

Bigelow's drama about the hunt for Osama bin Laden also earned best 

director, best actress for Jessica Chastain and best screenplay for 

Mark Boal.

Also big at the Canadian critics' kudosfest was Paul Thomas 

Anderson's The Master, which brought Joaquin Phoenix the best actor 

prize, a best supporting actor trophy for Philip Seymour Hoffman and 

best supporting actress for Amy Adams.

Vancouver film critics gave Leos Carax's Holy Motors the best foreign-

language film trophy, while Malik Bendjelloul's Searching for Sugar Man 

was chosen as the best documentary of 2012.

In the Canadian film categories, Kim Nguyen's Rebelle, a drama about 

child soldiers in Congo, won for best Canuck movie, while lead Rachel 

Mwanza won for best actress and Serge Kanyinda was selected best 

supporting actor.

And another Canadian film, Beyond the Black Rainbow, won three 

awards, including best British Columbia film, best Canadian director for 

Panos Cosmatos and best actor in a Canadian film for Michael Rogers.