The winners of the 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were announced on January 10, 2012.[1]
| Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| The Descendants | ||
| The Tree of Life | ||
| Best Actor | Michael Fassbender | Shame |
| The Artist | ||
| Take Shelter | ||
| Best Actress | Elizabeth Olsen | Martha Marcy May Marlene |
| The Iron Lady | ||
| My Week with Marilyn | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Plummer | Beginners |
| My Week with Marilyn | ||
| Drive | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help |
| Bridesmaids | ||
| The Descendants | ||
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist | |
| Martin Scorsese | Hugo | |
| Best Screenplay | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| Midnight in Paris | ||
| The Descendants | ||
| Moneyball | ||
| Best Documentary | Werner Herzog | Cave of Forgotten Dreams |
| Nostalgia for the Light | ||
| The Interrupters | ||
| Project Nim | ||
| Surviving Progress | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | A Separation |
| Poetry | ||
| The Kid with a Bike |
| Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore |
| Small Town Murder Songs | ||
| Starbuck | ||
| Best Actor | Peter Stormare | Small Town Murder Songs |
| Monsieur Lazhar | ||
| Starbuck | ||
| Best Actress | Michelle Williams | Take This Waltz |
| A Dangerous Method | ||
| Café de Flore | ||
| I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person | ||
| The Whistleblower | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Viggo Mortensen | A Dangerous Method |
| A Dangerous Method | ||
| Take This Waltz | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Hélène Florent | Café de Flore |
| Small Town Murder Songs | ||
| I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person | ||
| Best Director | David Cronenberg | A Dangerous Method |
| Small Town Murder Songs | ||
| Starbuck | ||
| Café de Flore | ||
| Best British Columbia Film | Joel Heath | People of a Feather |
| Sisters & Brothers | ||
| Daydream Nation | ||
| Special Achievement | Marv Newland |