Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2011 Explained

7th AFCA Awards

----Best Film:
Hugo

The 7th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2011, were announced on December 28, 2011.^{[1] [2]}

Top 10 Films

1. Hugo
2. Drive
3. Take Shelter
4. Midnight in Paris
5. Attack the Block
6. The Artist
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boatda)
9. 13 Assassins
10. Melancholia

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Hugo
• Best Director:
  • Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
• Best Actor:
  • Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
• Best Actress:
  • Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Albert Brooks – Drive
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
• Best Original Screenplay:
  • Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• Best Adapted Screenplay:
  • Drive – Hossein Amini
• Best Cinematography:
  • The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
• Best Original Score:
  • Attack the Block – Steven Price
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boatda) • South Korea
• Best Documentary:
  • Senna
• Best Animated Feature:
  • Rango
• Best First Film:
  • Joe Cornish – Attack the Block
• Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award:
  • Jessica Chastain – Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life
• Austin Film Award:
  • Take Shelter – Jeff Nichols

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austin Film Critics Association Announces Awards. 2011-12-30. The Austin Chronicle. 2012-09-11.
2. Web site: Austin Critics Go For 'Hugo,' Shannon, Swinton. 2010-12-28. indieWire. 2012-09-11.