Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2011

The 10th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given out on December 5, 2011.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Film:

• The Artist

• The Descendants
• Drive
• Hugo
• Win Win

Best Director:

• Martin Scorsese - Hugo

• Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
• Alexander Payne - The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive

Best Actor:

• George Clooney - The Descendants as Matt King

• Jean Dujardin - The Artist as George Valentin
• Michael Fassbender - Shame as Brandon Sullivan
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball as Billy Beane
• Michael Shannon - Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

Best Actress:

• Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

• Viola Davis - The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
• Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian

Best Supporting Actor:

• Albert Brooks - Drive as Bernie Rose

• Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
• John Hawkes - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
• Christopher Plummer - Beginners as Hal
• Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar

Best Supporting Actress:

• Octavia Spencer - The Help as Minny Jackson

• Bérénice Bejo - The Artist as Peppy Miller
• Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids as Megan
• Carey Mulligan - Shame as Sissy Sullivan
• Shailene Woodley - The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• The Descendants - Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne

• The Help - Tate Taylor
• Hugo - John Logan
• Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Original Screenplay:

• 50/50 - Will Reiser

• The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
• Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
• Win Win - Tom McCarthy

Best Cast:

• Bridesmaids

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• The Help
• Hugo
• Margin Call

Best Animated Film:

• Rango

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
• Arthur Christmas
• Puss in Boots
• Winnie the Pooh

Best Documentary Film:

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams

• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
• Buck
• Into the Abyss
• Project Nim

Best Foreign Language Film:

• The Skin I Live In • Spain

• 13 Assassins • Japan
• Certified Copy • France
• I Saw the Devil • South Korea
• Pina • Germany

Best Art Direction:

• Hugo

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Best Cinematography:

• The Tree of Life

• The Artist
• Hugo
• Melancholia
• War Horse

Best Score:

• The Artist - Ludovic Bource

• Drive - Cliff Martinez
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Hugo - Howard Shore
• War Horse - John Williams

References

External links

• wafca.com