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Detroit Film Critics Society - 2011 DFCS Awards

Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS)
DFCS Awards (5th)
Nominations: December 12, 2011
Awards: December 16, 2011

Below are the nominations & winners for the 5th Annual DFCS Awards.

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Best Picture
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Little Blair, Dune, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Ingenious Film Partners
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) GK Films
"Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics) Strange Matter Films
"The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Cottonwood Pictures

Best Director
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
"The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Terrence Malick
"Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics) Jeff Nichols
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) Martin Scorsese
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Nicolas Winding Refn

Best Actor
George Clooney in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER Michael Fassbender in "Shame" (Fox Searchlight)
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Michael Shannon in "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Actress
Viola Davis in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
Felicity Jones in "Like Crazy" (Paramount Vantage)
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
Charlize Theron in "Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures)
WINNER Michelle Williams in "My Week With Marilyn" (The Weinstein Company)

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh in "My Week With Marilyn" (The Weinstein Company)
Albert Brooks in "Drive" (FilmDistrict)
Ryan Gosling in "Crazy, Stupid, Love." (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Patton Oswalt in "Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures)
WINNER Christopher Plummer in "Beginners" (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
Jessica Chastain in "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics)
WINNER Carey Mulligan in "Shame" (Fox Searchlight)
Vanessa Redgrave in "Coriolanus" (The Weinstein Company)
Octavia Spencer in "The Help" (Walt Disney)

Best Ensemble
WINNER "Carnage" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Cedar Rapids" (Fox Searchlight) Ad Hominem Enterprises
"Crazy, Stupid, Love." (Warner Bros. Pictures) Di Novi Pictures, Carousel
"The Help" (Walt Disney) 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
"Margin Call" (Roadside Attractions) Before the Door
"Win Win" (Fox Searchlight) Next Wednesday Productions, Groundswell Productions

Best Breakthrough Performance
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)
Felicity Jones in "Like Crazy" (Paramount Vantage)
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures)
Elizabeth Olsen in "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Shailene Woodley in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Screenplay
"50/50" (Summit Entertainment) Will Reiser
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
"Beginners" (Focus Features) Mike Mills
WINNER "Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian
"Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics) Jeff Nichols

Best Documentary
"Into Eternity" (International Film Circuit)
"Into the Abyss" (IFC Films) Sundance Selects, Creative Differences Productions, Skellig Rock
"Marwencol" (The Cinema Guild)
WINNER "Tabloid" (IFC Films)
"We Were Here" (Red Flag Releasing)

2010 DFCS Awards

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