2011 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
| 37th LAFCA Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 11, 2011 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Descendants |
The 37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2011.[1]
Winners
- Best Picture:
- The Descendants
- Runner-up: The Tree of Life
- Best Director:
- Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
- Runner-up: Martin Scorsese – Hugo
- Best Actor:
- Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, and X-Men: First Class
- Runner-up: Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
- Best Actress:
- Yoon Jeong-hee – Poetry (Shi)
- Runner-up: Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Christopher Plummer – Beginners
- Runner-up: Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Jessica Chastain – Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life
- Runner-up: Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
- Best Screenplay:
- Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
- Runner-up: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, and Alexander Payne – The Descendants
- Best Cinematography:
- Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
- Runner-up: Cao Yu – City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!)
- Best Production Design:
- Dante Ferretti – Hugo
- Runner-up: Maria Djurkovic – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Best Music Score:
- The Chemical Brothers – Hanna
- Runner-up: Cliff Martinez – Drive
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!) • China
- Runner-up: A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
- Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Runner-up: The Arbor
- Best Animation:
- Rango
- Runner-up: The Adventures of Tintin
- New Generation Award:
- Career Achievement Award:
- The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
- Bill Morrison – Spark of Being
References
- ^ Knegt, Peter (11 December 2011). "'The Descendants' Takes Top Prize at LA Critics Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 28 December 2017.