Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2011

The 10th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given out on December 5, 2011.

10th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 5, 2011 (2011-12-05)
Highlights
Best Film	The Artist
Best Director	Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Best Actor	George Clooney
Best Actress	Michelle Williams

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• The Artist

• The Descendants
• Drive
• Hugo
• Win Win

Best Director

• Martin Scorsese – Hugo

• Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
• Alexander Payne – The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor

• George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King

• Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
• Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
• Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
• Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

Best Actress

• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

• Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
• Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian

Best Supporting Actor

• Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose

• Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
• John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
• Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal
• Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar

Best Supporting Actress

• Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

• Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
• Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan
• Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, and Alexander Payne

• The Help – Tate Taylor
• Hugo – John Logan
• Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Original Screenplay

• 50/50 – Will Reiser

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• Win Win – Tom McCarthy

Best Cast

• Bridesmaids

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• The Help
• Hugo
• Margin Call

Best Animated Film

• Rango

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Puss in Boots
• Winnie the Pooh

Best Documentary Film

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams

• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
• Buck
• Into the Abyss
• Project Nim

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Skin I Live In • Spain

• 13 Assassins • Japan
• Certified Copy • France
• I Saw the Devil • South Korea
• Pina • Germany

Best Art Direction

• Hugo

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Best Cinematography

• The Tree of Life

• The Artist
• Hugo
• Melancholia
• War Horse

Best Score

• The Artist – Ludovic Bource

• Drive – Cliff Martinez
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Hugo – Howard Shore
• War Horse – John Williams

External links

• wafca.com