Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2011
The winners of the 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were announced on January 10, 2012.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/vancouver-critics-name-the-artist-top-film-of-2011/article4085811/ "Vancouver critics name The Artist top film of 2011"]. The Globe and Mail, January 10, 2012.
Winners and nominees
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!width="450"|Winners and nominees !width="450"|Films | ||
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| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Best Film | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michel Hazanavicius | style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Artist |
| Alexander Payne | The Descendants | |
| Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life | |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Actor | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michael Fassbender | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Shame |
| Jean Dujardin | The Artist | |
| Michael Shannon | Take Shelter | |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Actress | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Elizabeth Olsen | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Martha Marcy May Marlene |
| Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | |
| Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Supporting Actor | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Christopher Plummer | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Beginners |
| Kenneth Branagh | My Week with Marilyn | |
| Albert Brooks | Drive | |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Supporting Actress | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Jessica Chastain | style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help |
| Melissa McCarthy | Bridesmaids | |
| Shailene Woodley | The Descendants | |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Best Director | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Terrence Malick | style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Tree of Life |
| Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist | |
| Martin Scorsese | Hugo | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4 |Best Screenplay | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michel Hazanavicius | style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Artist |
| Woody Allen | Midnight in Paris | |
| Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | The Descendants | |
| Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian | Moneyball | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5 |Best Documentary | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Werner Herzog | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Cave of Forgotten Dreams |
| Patricio Guzmán | Nostalgia for the Light | |
| Steve James | The Interrupters | |
| James Marsh | Project Nim | |
| Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks | Surviving Progress | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 |Best Foreign Language Film | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Asghar Farhadi | style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Separation |
| Lee Chang-dong | Poetry | |
| Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | The Kid with a Bike |
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 |Best Film | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Jean-Marc Vallée | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Café de Flore |
| Ed Gass-Donnelly | Small Town Murder Songs | |
| Ken Scott | Starbuck | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 |Best Actor | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Peter Stormare | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Small Town Murder Songs |
| Mohamed Fellag | Monsieur Lazhar | |
| Patrick Huard | Starbuck | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5 |Best Actress | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Michelle Williams | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Take This Waltz |
| Keira Knightley | A Dangerous Method | |
| Vanessa Paradis | Café de Flore | |
| Ingrid Veninger | I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person | |
| Rachel Weisz | The Whistleblower | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 |Best Supporting Actor | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Viggo Mortensen | style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Dangerous Method |
| Vincent Cassel | A Dangerous Method | |
| Seth Rogen | Take This Waltz | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 |Best Supporting Actress | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Hélène Florent | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Café de Flore |
| Jill Hennessy | Small Town Murder Songs | |
| Hallie Switzer | I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4 |Best Director | style="background:#FAEB86;" | David Cronenberg | style="background:#FAEB86;" | A Dangerous Method |
| Ed Gass-Donnelly | Small Town Murder Songs | |
| Ken Scott | Starbuck | |
| Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore | |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3 |Best British Columbia Film | style="background:#FAEB86;" | Joel Heath | style="background:#FAEB86;" |People of a Feather |
| Carl Bessai | Sisters & Brothers | |
| Michael Goldbach | Daydream Nation | |
| style="text-align:center;" |Special Achievement | style="background:#FAEB86;" colspan=2 | Marv Newland |