Georgia Film Critics Association

Georgia Film Critics Association - 2011 GFCA Awards

Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA)
GFCA Awards (1st)
Nominations: January 13, 2012
Awards: January 16, 2012

Below are the nominations & winners for the 1st Annual GFCA Awards.

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Best Film
"The Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures) Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films, Kennedy/Marshall
"Another Earth" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Artists Public Domain
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Little Blair, Dune, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Ingenious Film Partners
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Marc Platt Productions, Motel Movies
"Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Scott Rudin Productions, Rachael Horovitz, Michael De Luca
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Working Title Films
WINNER "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Cottonwood Pictures
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG)
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
"Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures) Mr. Mudd

Best Director
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Nicolas Winding Refn
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Tomas Alfredson
WINNER "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Terrence Malick
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) Steven Spielberg
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Lynne Ramsay

Best Actor
George Clooney in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Hunter McCracken in "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features)
WINNER Brad Pitt in "Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Michael Shannon in "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Actress
WINNER Juliette Binoche in "Certified Copy" (MK2 Diffusion, IFC Films)
Viola Davis in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
Rooney Mara in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures)
Tilda Swinton in "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
Charlize Theron in "Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures)
Mia Wasikowska in "Jane Eyre" (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks in "Drive" (FilmDistrict)
Robert Forster in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hardy in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features)
WINNER Brad Pitt in "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
Sandra Bullock in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WINNER Jessica Chastain in "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Kate Mara in "Happythankyoumoreplease" (Anchor Bay Films)
Shailene Woodley in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Original Screenplay
"50/50" (Summit Entertainment) Will Reiser
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
WINNER "Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Terrence Malick
"Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures) Diablo Cody

Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
WINNER "Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin
"The Muppets" (Walt Disney Pictures) Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller
"Submarine" (The Weinstein Company) Richard Ayoade
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Best Cinematography
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Marc Platt Productions, Motel Movies, Newton Thomas Sigel
"Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Scott Rudin Productions, Rachael Horovitz, Michael De Luca, Wally Pfister
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Working Title Films, Hoyte Van Hoytema
WINNER "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Cottonwood Pictures, Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) Janusz Kaminski

Best Art Direction
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Laurence Bennett
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) GK Films, Dante Ferretti
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Working Title Films, Maria Djurkovic
WINNER "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Cottonwood Pictures, Jack Fisk
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) Rick Carter

Best Original Score
"The Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures) John Williams
"Contagion" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Cliff Martinez
"Hanna" (Focus Features) The Chemical Brothers
"Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Mychael Danna
WINNER "War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) John Williams

Best Original Song
"Life's a Happy Song" from "The Muppets" (Walt Disney Pictures) Bret McKenzie
WINNER "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" (Walt Disney Pictures) Bret McKenzie
"Pictures in My Head" from "The Muppets" (Walt Disney Pictures) Aris Archontis, Jeannie Lurie, Chen Neeman
"So Long" from "Winnie the Pooh" (Walt Disney) Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward
"Star Spangled Man" from "Captain America: The First Avenger" (Paramount Pictures) Alan Menken & David Zippel

Best Ensemble
"Contagion" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Double Feature Films, Gregory Jacobs
"The Ides of March" (Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment) Appian Way, Smoke House
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Pontchartrain
WINNER "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Working Title Films
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG)

Best Foreign Film
WINNER "Certified Copy" (MK2 Diffusion, IFC Films) France
"The Human Resources Manager" (Film Movement) Israel/Germany/France/Romania
"In Darkness" (Sony Pictures Classics) Poland
"Inuk" Greenland/France
"Sound of Noise" (Nordisk Film Distribution) Sweden/France

Breakthrough Award
Richard Ayoade in "Submarine" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER Jessica Chastain in "Coriolanus" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER Jessica Chastain in "The Debt" (Focus Features, Miramax)
WINNER Jessica Chastain in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
WINNER Jessica Chastain in "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics)
WINNER Jessica Chastain in "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hiddleston in "Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tom Hiddleston in "Thor" (Paramount Pictures)
Tom Hiddleston in "War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG)
Hunter McCracken in "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Josh Radnor in "Happythankyoumoreplease" (Anchor Bay Films)

Best Animated Film
WINNER "The Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures) Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films, Kennedy/Marshall

Best Documentary
WINNER "Senna" (Toho-Towa, PDA)

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
WINNER "Sahkanaga" John Henry Summerour

2012 Award Guide

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