The winners of the 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were announced on January 10, 2012."Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011". The Globe and Mail, January 10, 2012.
Winners and nominees International CategoryWinners and nomineesFilmsBest Film Michel Hazanavicius The ArtistAlexander Payne The DescendantsTerrence Malick The Tree of Life Best Actor Michael Fassbender ShameJean Dujardin The ArtistMichael Shannon Take Shelter Best Actress Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May MarleneMeryl Streep The Iron LadyMichelle Williams My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer BeginnersKenneth Branagh My Week with MarilynAlbert Brooks Drive Best Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The HelpMelissa McCarthy BridesmaidsShailene Woodley The Descendants Best Director Terrence Malick The Tree of LifeMichel HazanaviciusThe ArtistMartin ScorseseHugoBest Screenplay Michel Hazanavicius The Artist Woody Allen Midnight in Paris Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash The Descendants Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian MoneyballBest Documentary Werner Herzog Cave of Forgotten Dreams Patricio Guzmán Nostalgia for the Light Steve James The Interrupters James Marsh Project Nim Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks Surviving ProgressBest Foreign Language Film Asghar Farhadi A Separation Lee Chang-dong Poetry Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne The Kid with a Bike
Canadian CategoryWinners and nomineesFilmsBest Film Jean-Marc Vallée Café de Flore Ed Gass-Donnelly Small Town Murder Songs Ken Scott StarbuckBest Actor Peter Stormare Small Town Murder SongsMohamed Fellag Monsieur LazharPatrick Huard StarbuckBest Actress Michelle Williams Take This WaltzKeira Knightley A Dangerous MethodVanessa Paradis Café de FloreIngrid Veninger I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad PersonRachel Weisz The WhistleblowerBest Supporting Actor Viggo Mortensen A Dangerous MethodVincent Cassel A Dangerous MethodSeth Rogen Take This WaltzBest Supporting Actress Hélène Florent Café de FloreJill Hennessy Small Town Murder SongsHallie Switzer I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad PersonBest Director David Cronenberg A Dangerous Method Ed Gass-Donnelly Small Town Murder Songs Ken Scott Starbuck Jean-Marc Vallée Café de FloreBest British Columbia Film Joel HeathPeople of a Feather Carl Bessai Sisters & Brothers Michael Goldbach Daydream NationSpecial Achievement Marv Newland
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