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Houston Film Critics Society - 2011 HFCS Awards

Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS)
HFCS Awards (5th)
Nominations: December 10, 2011
Awards: January 7, 2012

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

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Best Picture
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Marc Platt Productions, Motel Movies
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Pontchartrain
"Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics) Strange Matter Films
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Little Blair, Dune, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Ingenious Film Partners
"The Help" (Walt Disney) 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
"The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Cottonwood Pictures
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG)
"Win Win" (Fox Searchlight) Next Wednesday Productions, Groundswell Productions

Best Director
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alexander Payne
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
WINNER "Drive" (FilmDistrict) Nicolas Winding Refn
"The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Terrence Malick
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen

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

Best Actress
Elizabeth Olsen in "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
Michelle Williams in "My Week With Marilyn" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER Tilda Swinton in "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
Viola Davis in "The Help" (Walt Disney)

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER Albert Brooks in "Drive" (FilmDistrict)
Alex Shaffer in "Win Win" (Fox Searchlight)
Andy Serkis in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (20th Century Fox)
Armie Hammer in "J. Edgar" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners" (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
Jessica Chastain in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures)
Octavia Spencer in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
WINNER Shailene Woodley in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Screenplay
WINNER "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
"Win Win" (Fox Searchlight) Thomas McCarthy
"50/50" (Summit Entertainment) Will Reiser
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen

Best Animated Film
"The Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures) Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films, Kennedy/Marshall
"Happy Feet Two" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Kennedy Miller Mitchell
"Kung Fu Panda 2" (Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG) DreamWorks Animation
"Puss in Boots" (DreamWorks Animation) Paramount Pictures
WINNER "Rango" (Paramount Pictures) GK Films, Blind Wink
"Winnie the Pooh" (Walt Disney) Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Cinematography
WINNER "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Emmanuel Lubezki
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Guillaume Schiffman
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) Janusz Kaminski
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) Robert Richardson
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Newton Thomas Sigel

Best Documentary
"Buck" (IFC Films)
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams" (IFC Films)
WINNER "Project Nim" (Roadside Attractions) Red Box Films
"The Elephant in the Living Room" (NightFly Entertainment)
"Undefeated" (The Weinstein Company)

Best Foreign Film
"13 Assassins" (Toho Company Ltd., Magnet Releasing) Japan
"Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" (Variance Films) Brazil
WINNER "I Saw the Devil" (Magnet Releasing) South Korea
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) France
"The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)" Canal+ España, El Deseo S.A., Insituto de Crédito Oficial, Spain

Best Original Score
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Alexandre Desplat
"Shame" (Fox Searchlight) Harry Escott
"The Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures) John Williams
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) John Williams
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Ludovic Bource

Best Original Song
"Lay Your Head Down" from "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions) music & lyrics by B. Bryne & G. Close
WINNER "Life's a Happy Song" from "The Muppets" (Walt Disney Pictures) music & lyrics by Bret McKenzie
"Star-Spangled Man" from "Captain America: The First Avenger" (Paramount Pictures) music & lyrics by Alan Menken
"The Living Proof" from "The Help" (Walt Disney) music & lyrics by Mary J. Blige
"Think You Can Wait" from "Win Win" (Fox Searchlight) music & lyrics by The National

Worst Movies of the Year
"Jack and Jill" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Happy Madison, Broken Road
"Red Riding Hood" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Appian Way
"The Sitter" (20th Century Fox)
"The Smurfs" (Sony Pictures) Kerner Entertainment
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1" (Summit Entertainment) Temple Hill
WINNER "Your Highness" (Universal Pictures) Stuber Pictures

Technical Achievement
WINNER "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (20th Century Fox) Chernin Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Cinema
WINNER Hunter Todd
WINNER Mary Lampe

Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER Jeff Bridges

Humanitarian of the Year Award
WINNER Joanne King Herring

Texas Independent Film Award
"Deadbeat TV Vol. 2" Steven W. Katz, director & producer
"The Great American Moon Rock Caper" Travis Ammons, director; Travis Ammons, Richard Boyd, Wes Linnenbank, Michael Muscal, Marlene Sarres, producers
"Jacob" Larry Wade Carrell, director; Larry Wade Carrell, Stacy Davidson, Chuck Norfolk, producers
WINNER "Puncture" (Millennium Entertainment) Adam & Mark Kassen, directors & producers
"Stick 'Em Up!" Alex Luster, director; Mario Figueroa, Tony Reyes, producers

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