San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Explained

15th SDFCS Awards

December 14, 2010

----Best Film:
Winter's Bone----Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky
Black Swan

The 15th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 14, 2010.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Colin Farrell  - Ondine

• Aaron Eckhart  - Rabbit Hole
• Jesse Eisenberg  - The Social Network
• Colin Firth  - The King's Speech
• James Franco  - 127 Hours

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence  - Winter's Bone

• Carey Mulligan  - Never Let Me Go
• Natalie Portman  - Black Swan
• Tilda Swinton  - I Am Love
• Michelle Williams  - Blue Valentine

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 3

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Tangled

Best Cinematography

Inception  - Wally Pfister

• 127 Hours  - Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak
• Black Swan  - Matthew Libatique
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –Part 1  - Eduardo Serra
• Shutter Island  - Robert Richardson

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky  - Black Swan

• Danny Boyle  - 127 Hours
• David Fincher  - The Social Network
• Debra Granik  - Winter's Bone
• Christopher Nolan  - Inception

Best Documentary

Exit Through the Gift Shop

• A Film Unfinished
• Inside Job
• The Tillman Story
• Waiting for "Superman"

Best Editing

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World  - Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss

• 127 Hours  - Jon Harris
• Black Swan  - Andrew Weisblum
• Inception  - Lee Smith
• The Social Network  - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Best Ensemble Performance

44 Inch Chest

• Another Year
• The Fighter
• The Social Network
• Winter's Bone

Best Film

Winter's Bone

• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network

Best Foreign Language Film

I Am Love (Io sono l'amore) • Italy

• Biutiful • Mexico
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) • Sweden
• Mother (Madeo) • South Korea
• No One Knows About Persian Cats (Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh) • Iran

Best Production Design

Shutter Island  - Dante Ferretti

• Alice in Wonderland  - Robert Stromberg
• Black Swan  - Therese De Prez
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1  - Stuart Craig
• Inception  - Guy Hendrix Dyas

Best Score

Never Let Me Go  - Rachel Portman

• 127 Hours  - A. R. Rahman
• Alice in Wonderland  - Danny Elfman
• Black Swan  - Clint Mansell
• The Social Network  - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Best Original Screenplay

Four Lions  - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain

• Inception  - Christopher Nolan
• The King's Speech  - David Seidler
• Ondine  - Neil Jordan
• Toy Story 3  - Michael Arndt

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network  - Aaron Sorkin

• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World  - Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall
• Shutter Island  - Laeta Kalogridis
• The Town  - Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard
• Winter's Bone  - Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best Supporting Actor

John Hawkes  - Winter's Bone

• Christian Bale  - The Fighter
• John Hurt  - 44 Inch Chest
• Jeremy Renner  - The Town
• Geoffrey Rush  - The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

Lesley Manville  - Another Year

• Dale Dickey  - Winter's Bone
• Melissa Leo  - The Fighter
• Blake Lively  - The Town
• Jacki Weaver  - Animal Kingdom

Body of Work

Rebecca Hall  - Red Riding 1974, Please Give and The Town

Notes and References

1. Web site: San Diego Critics nominations. AwardsDaily.
2. Web site: Winters Bone wins 3 San Diego Critics Awards. AwardsDaily.