Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2011



24th CFCA Awards December 19, 2011

Best Film:  The Tree of Life 

The 24th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on December 19, 2011.

Best Actor
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
 * George Clooney – The Descendants
 * Jean Dujardin – The Artist
 * Michael Fassbender – Shame
 * Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Actress
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
 * Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
 * Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
 * Anna Paquin – Margaret
 * Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

Best Animated Film
Rango
 * The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
 * Arthur Christmas
 * Puss in Boots
 * Winnie the Pooh

Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
 * Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
 * Hugo – Robert Richardson
 * Melancholia – Manuel Alberto Claro
 * War Horse – Janusz Kamiński

Best Director
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
 * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
 * Alexander Payne – The Descendants
 * Martin Scorsese – Hugo
 * Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Documentary Film
The Interrupters
 * Cave of Forgotten Dreams
 * Into the Abyss
 * Pina
 * Project Nim
 * Tabloid

Best Film
The Tree of Life
 * The Artist
 * The Descendants
 * Drive
 * Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation, Iran
 * In a Better World, Denmark/Sweden
 * Incendies, Canada
 * The Skin I Live In, Spain
 * Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Thailand

Best Original Score
Drive – Cliff Martinez
 * The Artist – Ludovic Bource
 * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
 * Hanna – The Chemical Brothers
 * Hugo – Howard Shore

Best Screenplay – Adapted
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
 * The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
 * Drive – Hossein Amini
 * Hugo – John Logan
 * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Screenplay – Original
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
 * Martha Marcy May Marlene – Sean Durkin
 * Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
 * A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
 * The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks – Drive
 * Nick Nolte – Warrior
 * Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
 * Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life
 * Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
 * Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
 * Carey Mulligan – Shame
 * Octavia Spencer – The Help
 * Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Most Promising Filmmaker
Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene
 * J. C. Chandor – Margin Call
 * Simon Curtis – My Week with Marilyn
 * Drake Doremus – Like Crazy
 * Tate Taylor – The Help

Most Promising Performer
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
 * Liana Liberato – Trust
 * Brit Marling – Another Earth
 * Hunter McCracken – The Tree of Life
 * Shailene Woodley – The Descendants