Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2011

The winners of the 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were announced on January 10, 2012.[1]

Winners and nominees

International

Category Winners and nominees Films
Best Film Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Alexander Payne The Descendants
Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
Best Actor Michael Fassbender Shame
Jean Dujardin The Artist
Michael Shannon Take Shelter
Best Actress Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer Beginners
Kenneth Branagh My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks Drive
Best Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help
Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids
Shailene Woodley The Descendants
Best Director Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Martin Scorsese Hugo
Best Screenplay Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Woody Allen Midnight in Paris
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash The Descendants
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian Moneyball
Best Documentary Werner Herzog Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Patricio Guzmán Nostalgia for the Light
Steve James The Interrupters
James Marsh Project Nim
Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks Surviving Progress
Best Foreign Language Film Asghar Farhadi A Separation
Lee Chang-dong Poetry
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne The Kid with a Bike

Canadian

Category Winners and nominees Films
Best Film Jean-Marc Vallée Café de Flore
Ed Gass-Donnelly Small Town Murder Songs
Ken Scott Starbuck
Best Actor Peter Stormare Small Town Murder Songs
Mohamed Fellag Monsieur Lazhar
Patrick Huard Starbuck
Best Actress Michelle Williams Take This Waltz
Keira Knightley A Dangerous Method
Vanessa Paradis Café de Flore
Ingrid Veninger I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person
Rachel Weisz The Whistleblower
Best Supporting Actor Viggo Mortensen A Dangerous Method
Vincent Cassel A Dangerous Method
Seth Rogen Take This Waltz
Best Supporting Actress Hélène Florent Café de Flore
Jill Hennessy Small Town Murder Songs
Hallie Switzer I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person
Best Director David Cronenberg A Dangerous Method
Ed Gass-Donnelly Small Town Murder Songs
Ken Scott Starbuck
Jean-Marc Vallée Café de Flore
Best British Columbia Film Joel Heath People of a Feather
Carl Bessai Sisters & Brothers
Michael Goldbach Daydream Nation
Special Achievement Marv Newland

References

  1. ^ "Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011". The Globe and Mail, January 10, 2012.