Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2011

24th CFCA Awards

December 19, 2011

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Best Film:
The Tree of Life

The 24th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on December 19, 2011.

Nominees

Michael Shannon, Best Actor winner

Michelle Williams, Best Actress winner

Jessica Chastain, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Actor

Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

• George Clooney – The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin – The Artist
• Michael Fassbender – Shame
• Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Actress

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

• Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
• Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Anna Paquin – Margaret
• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

Best Animated Film

Rango

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

Best Cinematography

The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki

• Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
• Hugo – Robert Richardson
• Melancholia – Manuel Alberto Claro
• War Horse – Janusz Kamiński

Best Director

Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life

• Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
• Alexander Payne – The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese – Hugo
• Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Documentary Film

The Interrupters

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• Into the Abyss
• Pina
• Project Nim
• Tabloid

Best Film

The Tree of Life

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation, Iran

• In a Better World, Denmark/Sweden
• Incendies, Canada
• The Skin I Live In, Spain
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Thailand

Best Original Score

Drive – Cliff Martinez

• The Artist – Ludovic Bource
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Hanna – The Chemical Brothers
• Hugo – Howard Shore

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

• The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
• Drive – Hossein Amini
• Hugo – John Logan
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Screenplay - Original

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius

• Martha Marcy May Marlene – Sean Durkin
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
• The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks – Drive

• Nick Nolte – Warrior
• Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
• Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life
• Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life

• Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
• Carey Mulligan – Shame
• Octavia Spencer – The Help
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Most Promising Filmmaker

Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene

• J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
• Simon Curtis – My Week with Marilyn
• Drake Doremus – Like Crazy
• Tate Taylor – The Help

Most Promising Performer

Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene

• Liana Liberato – Trust
• Brit Marling – Another Earth
• Hunter McCracken – The Tree of Life
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

References

• Tree of Life Leads CFCA Nominations with 7; Descendants, Drive Follow with 6 chicagofilmcritics.org
• Chicago Film Critics Nominations AwardsDaily
• CFCA Names Tree of Life Best Picture chicagofilmcritics.org

External links

• chicagofilmcritics.org