2011 National Society of Film Critics Awards

The 46th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2012, honored the best in film for 2011.



46th NSFC Awards January 7, 2012

Best Film:  Melancholia 

Winners
Film titles are listed, following the number of votes each received:



Best Picture
1. Melancholia (29) 2. The Tree of Life (28) 3. A Separation (20)

Best Director
1. Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (31) 2. Martin Scorsese – Hugo (29) 3. Lars von Trier – Melancholia (23)

Best Actor
1. Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life (35) 2. Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (22) 3. Jean Dujardin – The Artist (19)

Best Actress
1. Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia (39) 2. Yoon Jeong-hee – Poetry (25) 3. Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (20)

Best Supporting Actor
1. Albert Brooks – Drive (38) 2. Christopher Plummer – Beginners (24) 3. Patton Oswalt – Young Adult (19)

Best Supporting Actress
1. Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life (30) 2. Jeannie Berlin – Margaret (19) 3. Shailene Woodley – The Descendants (17)

Best Screenplay
1. Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (39) 2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball (22) 3. Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris (16)

Best Cinematography
1. Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life (76) 2. Manuel Alberto Claro – Melancholia (41) 3. Robert Richardson – Hugo (33)

Best Foreign Language Film
1. A Separation (67) 2. Mysteries of Lisbon (28) 3. Le Havre (22)

Best Non-Fiction Film
1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (35) 2. The Interrupters (26) 3. Into the Abyss (18)

Best Experimental Film
Seeking the Monkey King

Film Heritage Awards

 * 1) BAMcinématek for its complete Vincente Minnelli retrospective with all titles shown on 16 mm or 35 mm film.
 * 2) Lobster Films, Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema, and Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage for the restoration of the color version of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.
 * 3) Museum of Modern Art for its extensive retrospective of Weimar Cinema.
 * 4) Flicker Alley for their box set Landmarks of Early Soviet Film.
 * 5) The Criterion Collection for its 2-disc DVD package of The Complete Jean Vigo.