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Alliance of Women Film Journalists - 2011 EDA Awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ)
Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards (6th)
Nominations: December 22, 2011
Awards: January 10, 2012

Below are the nominations & winners for the 6th Annual EDA 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
"Melancholia" (Magnolia Pictures)
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Pontchartrain

Best Animated Film
"Arthur Christmas" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation
"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
"The Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures) Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films, Kennedy/Marshall

Best Director
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
"The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Terrence Malick
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alexander Payne
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) Martin Scorsese

Best Original Screenplay
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
"Beginners" (Focus Features) Mike Mills
"Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures) Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
WINNER "Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen
"Win Win" (Fox Searchlight) Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) John Logan
WINNER "Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Lynne Ramsey and Rory Kinnear

Best Documentary
"Bill Cunningham New York" (Zeitgeist Films)
WINNER "Buck" (IFC Films)
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams" (IFC Films)
"The Interrupters" (Cinema Guild)
"Pina"
"Project Nim" (Roadside Attractions) Red Box Films

Best Actress
WINNER Viola Davis as Abileen Clark in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
Kirsten Dunst as Justine in "Melancholia" (Magnolia Pictures)
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian in "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week With Marilyn" (The Weinstein Company)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller in "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
WINNER Janet McTeer as Hubert Page in "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
Carey Mulligan as Sissy Sullivan in "Shame" (Fox Searchlight)
WINNER Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson in "The Help" (Walt Disney)

Best Actor
George Clooney as Matt King in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Jean Dujardin as George Valentin in "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER Michael Fassbender as Brandon Sullivan in "Shame" (Fox Searchlight)
Brad Pitt as Billy Beane in "Moneyball" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Michael Shannon as Curtis in "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier in "My Week With Marilyn" (The Weinstein Company)
Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose in "Drive" (FilmDistrict)
WINNER Christopher Plummer as Hal Fields in "Beginners" (Focus Features)
Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Andy Serkis in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (20th Century Fox)

Best Ensemble
WINNER "Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures) Apatow Productions
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Little Blair, Dune, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Ingenious Film Partners
"The Help" (Walt Disney) 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
"Margin Call" (Roadside Attractions) Before the Door
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Pontchartrain

Best Editing
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
WINNER "Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) Thelma Schoonmaker
"The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber & Mark Yoshikawa
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) Michael Kahn

Best Cinematography
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Guillaume Schiffman
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) Robert Richardson
"Melancholia" (Magnolia Pictures) Manuel Alberto Claro
WINNER "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" (DreamWorks SKG) Janusz Kaminski

Best Film Music or Score
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Ludovic Bource
WINNER "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
WINNER "Hanna" (Focus Features) The Chemical Brothers

Best Foreign Film
"Le Havre" Aki Kaurismaki, Finland
"Pina" Wim Wenders, Germany
WINNER "A Separation" (Sony Pictures Classics) Asghar Farhadi, Iran
"The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)" Canal+ España, El Deseo S.A., Insituto de Crédito Oficial, Pedro Almodóvar, Spain
"Trollhunter (Trolljegeren)" (Magnet Releasing) André Øvredal, Norway

Best Woman Director
WINNER "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Lynne Ramsey
"Pariah" (Focus Features) Dee Rees
"Higher Ground" (Sony Pictures Classics) Vera Farmiga
"Meek's Cutoff" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Kelly Reichardt
"Kung Fu Panda 2" (Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG) Jennifer Yuh

Best Woman Screenwriter
"Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures) Diablo Cody
"The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.) Abi Morgan
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Lynne Ramsey and Rory Kinnear
"Pariah" (Focus Features) Dee Rees
WINNER "Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures) Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig

Best Female Action Star
WINNER Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures)
Helen Mirren as Rachel Singer in "The Debt" (Focus Features, Miramax)
Paula Patton as Jane in "Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol" (Paramount Pictures)
WINNER Saoirse Ronan as Hanna in "Hanna" (Focus Features)
Zoe Saldana as Cataleya in "Colombiana" (TriStar Pictures, Stage 6 Films)

Best Animated Female
Emily Blunt as Juliet in "Gnomeo & Juliet" (Touchstone)
WINNER Isla Fisher as Beans in "Rango" (Paramount Pictures)
Anne Hathaway as Jewel in "Rio" (20th Century Fox)
Salma Hayak as Kitty Softpaw in "Puss in Boots" (DreamWorks Animation)
Angelina Jolie as Tigress in "Kung Fu Panda 2" (Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG)

Best Breakthrough Performance
Jessica Chastain as Mrs. O’Brien in "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
WINNER Elizabeth Olsen as Martha in "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Adepero Oduye as Alike in "Pariah" (Focus Features)
Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures)
Shailene Woodley as Alexandra King in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Female Icon Award
WINNER Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs in "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis as Abileen Clark in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs in "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
Judi Dench as Anna Marie Hoover in "J. Edgar" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WINNER Helen Mirren as Rachel Singer in "The Debt" (Focus Features, Miramax)
Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia in "Coriolanus" (The Weinstein Company)
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
WINNER Jessica Chastain for performances in four highly acclaimed films
"Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) Thelma Schoonmaker for editing
Stacey Snider for helming DreamWorks
"Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures) Kristen Wiig

Award for Humanitarian Activism
Sandra Bullock for tsunami relief
Elaine Hendrix for Animal Rescue Corps and In Defense of Animals
WINNER Angelina Jolie for UN work and making In the Land of Blood and Honey to raise awareness about genocide
Elizabeth Taylor for her work with AIDS
Olivia Wilde for her work in Haiti

Hall of Shame Award
WINNER The Hollywood Reporter for failing to invite women to join the Directors Roundtable
"I Melt With You" (Magnolia Pictures) production and cast
"Jack and Jill" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Happy Madison, Broken Road, production and cast
"Something Borrowed" (Warner Bros. Pictures) 2S Films, Wild Ocean Films, production and cast
"Sucker Punch" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Cruel and Unusual, production and cast

Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
Jennifer Aniston
Kate Hudson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Amanda Seyfried
WINNER All actresses in New Year's Eve

Movie You Wanted to Love but Just Couldn't
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Marc Platt Productions, Motel Movies
"The Future" (Roadside Attractions)
"Sucker Punch" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Cruel and Unusual
WINNER "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features) Working Title Films
"Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures) Mr. Mudd

Unforgettable Moment Award
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) The sound of glass clinking on the table
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) The elevator scene
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures) Lisbeth's revenge
"The Help" (Walt Disney) The pie scene
"Shame" (Fox Searchlight) Carey Mulligan singing New York, New York

Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
Carl Jung spanks Sabina Spielrein in "A Dangerous Method" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Lisbeth mounts Mikael in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures)
WINNER Justine in the moonlight in "Melancholia" (Magnolia Pictures)
WINNER Opening sequence on the subway train in "Shame" (Fox Searchlight)
Brandon with co-worker in "Shame" (Fox Searchlight)

Sequel or Remake That Shouldn't Have Been Made Award
"Arthur" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Kevin McCormick, MBST Entertainment, Benderspink
"Cars 2" (Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney) Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Studios
WINNER "The Hangover Part II" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Green Hat Films
"Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil" (The Weinstein Company) The Weinstein Company, Kanbar Entertainment
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (Paramount Pictures) Di Bonaventura Pictures, Ian Bryce, Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto

Most Egregious Age Difference
WINNER Glenn Close (64) and Mia Wasikowska (22) in "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
Daniel Craig (43) and Rooney Mara (26) in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures)
Owen Wilson (43) and Léa Seydoux (26) in "Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Emily Browning (23) and Man 1 (Peter Carroll, 68), Man 2 (Chris Haywood, 63) and Man 3 (Hugh Keays-Byrne, 64) in "Sleeping Beauty" (IFC Films)
WINNER Bella (18) and Edward (over 100) in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1" (Summit Entertainment)

2010 Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards

2009 Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards

2008 Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards

2007 Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards

2006 Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards

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