Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2011 Explained

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

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilms
Best Film Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Best ActorMichael FassbenderShame
The Artist
Take Shelter
Best ActressElizabeth OlsenMartha Marcy May Marlene
The Iron Lady
My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor Christopher PlummerBeginners
My Week with Marilyn
Drive
Best Supporting Actress Jessica ChastainThe Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
Best Director Terrence MalickThe Tree of Life
Michel HazanaviciusThe Artist
Martin ScorseseHugo
Best ScreenplayMichel Hazanavicius The Artist
Midnight in Paris
The Descendants
Moneyball
Best DocumentaryWerner Herzog Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Nostalgia for the Light
The Interrupters
Project Nim
Surviving Progress
Best Foreign Language FilmAsghar Farhadi A Separation
Poetry
The Kid with a Bike

Canadian

CategoryWinners and nomineesFilms
Best FilmJean-Marc Vallée Café de Flore
Small Town Murder Songs
Starbuck
Best ActorPeter Stormare Small Town Murder Songs
Monsieur Lazhar
Starbuck
Best ActressMichelle Williams Take This Waltz
A Dangerous Method
Café de Flore
I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person
The Whistleblower
Best Supporting ActorViggo Mortensen A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
Take This Waltz
Best Supporting ActressHélène Florent Café de Flore
Small Town Murder Songs
I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person
Best DirectorDavid Cronenberg A Dangerous Method
Small Town Murder Songs
Starbuck
Café de Flore
Best British Columbia FilmJoel HeathPeople of a Feather
Sisters & Brothers
Daydream Nation
Special AchievementMarv Newland

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/vancouver-critics-name-the-artist-top-film-of-2011/article4085811/ "Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011"