2011 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Awards - winners

The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their 10th anniversary WAFCA Awards today. They gave The Artist another Best Film win, after the New York critics did so last week. The film also picked up an additional award for Best Score (Ludovic Bource).

Two other films were double winners. Martin Scorsese's Hugo picked up Best Director and Best Art Direction (Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo). Both The Artist and Hugo share a similar quality of skilful, heartfelt nostalgia. The Descendants won for Best Actor (George Clooney) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash).

The rest of the awards were generously spread around. The Best Actress was Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn. The Best Supporting Actor and Actress were Albert Brooks (Drive) and Octavia Spencer (The Help) respectively. The surprise winner for Best Acting Ensemble was Bridesmaids.

Rango was named Best Animated Feature. Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams took Best Documentary. Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In won for Best Foreign Language Film.

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THE 2011 WAFCA AWARD WINNERS

Best Film:

The Artist

Best Director:

Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Best Actor:

George Clooney (The Descendants)

Best Actress:

Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actor:

Albert Brooks (Drive)

Best Supporting Actress:

Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Best Acting Ensemble:

Bridesmaids

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)

Best Original Screenplay:

Will Reiser (50/50)

Best Animated Feature:

Rango

Best Documentary:

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Skin I Live In

Best Art Direction:

Dante Ferretti, Production Designer, and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Set Decorator (Hugo)

Best Cinematography:

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)

Best Score:

Ludovic Bource (The Artist)

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The 2011 WAFCA AWARD NOMINEES Were: 

Best Film:

The Artist

The Descendants

Drive

Hugo

Win Win

Best Director: 

Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Alexander Payne (The Descendants)

Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)

Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Best Actor:

George Clooney (The Descendants)

Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

Michael Fassbender (Shame)

Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)

Best Actress: 

Viola Davis (The Help)

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actor: 

Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)

Albert Brooks (Drive)

John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)

Best Supporting Actress: 

Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)

Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)

Carey Mulligan (Shame)

Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

Best Acting Ensemble: 

Bridesmaids

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The Help

Hugo

Margin Call

Best Adapted Screenplay: 

Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)

Tate Taylor (The Help)

John Logan (Hugo)

Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Moneyball)

Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)

Best Original Screenplay: 

Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Tom McCarthy (Win Win)

Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)

Will Reiser (50/50)

Best Animated Feature: 

The Adventures of Tintin

Arthur Christmas

Puss in Boots

Rango

Winnie the Pooh

Best Documentary: 

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Buck

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life

Project Nim

Best Foreign Language Film: 

13 Assassins

Certified Copy

I Saw the Devil

Pina

The Skin I Live In

Best Art Direction:

Lawrence Bennett, Production Designer, and Gregory S. Hooper, Art Director (The Artist)

Stuart Craig, Production Designer, and Stephenie McMillan, Set Decorator (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2)

Dante Ferretti, Production Designer, and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Set Decorator (Hugo)

Jack Fisk, Production Designer, and Jeanette Scott, Set Decorator (The Tree of Life)

Rick Carter, Production Designer, and Lee Sandales, Set Decorator (War Horse)

Best Cinematography:

Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist)

Robert Richardson (Hugo)

Manuel Alberto Claro (Melancholia)

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)

Janusz Kaminski (War Horse)

Best Score:

Ludovic Bource (The Artist)

Cliff Martinez (Drive)

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Howard Shore (Hugo)

John Williams (War Horse)