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Women Film Critics Circle - 2011 WFCC Awards

Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC)
WFCC Awards (8th)
Nominations: December 13, 2011
Awards: December 20, 2011

Below are the nominations & winners for the 8th Annual WFCC Awards.

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Best Movie About Women
"Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
"Cracks" (Optimum Releasing, IFC Films)
WINNER "The Help" (Walt Disney) 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
"Rid of Me" (Phase 4 Films)

Best Movie by a Woman
WINNER "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
"Pariah" (Focus Features)
WINNER "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
"The Whistleblower" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award)
"In the Land of Blood and Honey" (FilmDistrict) Angelina Jolie
WINNER "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.) Abi Morgan
"Pariah" (Focus Features) Dee Rees
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Lynne Ramsay

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain in "The Debt" (Focus Features, Miramax)
Jessica Chastain in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
WINNER Viola Davis in "The Help" (Walt Disney)
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
Tilda Swinton in "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures)

Best Actor
WINNER George Clooney in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
Tom Hardy in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (Focus Features)
Tom Hardy in "Warrior" (Lionsgate)
Ryan Gosling in "Drive" (FilmDistrict)
Ryan Gosling in "The Ides of March" (Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Best Young Actress
Jordana Beatty in "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer" (Relativity Media)
Liana Liberato in "Trust" (Millennium Films)
Amara Miller in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
WINNER Shailene Woodley in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Comedic Actress
Katie O'Grady in "Rid of Me" (Phase 4 Films)
WINNER Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures)
Sarah Jessica Parker in "I Don't Know How She Does It" (The Weinstein Company)
Kristen Wiig in "Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures)
Kristen Wiig in "Paul" (Universal Pictures)

Best Foreign Film by or About Women
WINNER "The Hedgehog (Le hérisson)" (NeoClassic Films) France/Italy
"A Separation" (Sony Pictures Classics) Iran
"In the Land of Blood and Honey" (FilmDistrict) USA
"When We Leave (Die Fremde)" (Olive Films) Germany

Best Female Images in a Movie
"Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
"The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
"Soul Surfer" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
WINNER "The Whistleblower" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Worst Female Images in a Movie
"Jack and Jill" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Happy Madison, Broken Road
WINNER "Melancholia" (Magnolia Pictures)
"My Week With Marilyn" (The Weinstein Company) BBC, Trademark Films
"Young Adult" (Paramount Pictures) Mr. Mudd

Best Male Images in a Movie
"50/50" (Summit Entertainment) Point Grey
WINNER "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Little Blair, Dune, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Ingenious Film Partners
"Meet Monica Velour" (Anchor Bay Films) Gilbert Films
"Of Gods and Men" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Worst Male Images in a Movie
WINNER "The Hangover Part II" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Green Hat Films
"No Strings Attached" (Paramount Pictures) The Montecito Picture Company
"The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)" Canal+ España, El Deseo S.A., Insituto de Crédito Oficial
"Straw Dogs" (Screen Gems) Battleplan

Best Theatrically Unreleased Movie
WINNER "Miss Representation"

Best Equality of the Sexes
WINNER "The Debt" (Focus Features, Miramax) Marv Films
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony Pictures)
"The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Pontchartrain

Best Animated Females
"Arthur Christmas" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
"Gnomeo & Juliet" (Touchstone)
"Kung Fu Panda 2" (Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG)
WINNER "Puss in Boots" (DreamWorks Animation)

Best Family Film
WINNER "Hugo" (Paramount Pictures) GK Films
"Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer" (Relativity Media) Smokewood Entertainment
"The Muppets" (Walt Disney Pictures) Walt Disney Studios
"The Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures) Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films, Kennedy/Marshall

Lifetime Achievement Award
Hiam Abbass
WINNER Kathy Bates
WINNER Cicely Tyson
Michelle Yeoh

Acting and Activism
Mia Farrow
Daryl Hannah
WINNER Elizabeth Taylor
Alfre Woodard

Adrienne Shelly Award
"In a Better World" (Sony Pictures Classics) Zentropa Productions
"In the Land of Blood and Honey" (FilmDistrict)
"Life, Above All" (Sony Pictures Classics)
WINNER "The Whistleblower" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Josephine Baker Award
"América"
WINNER "The Help" (Walt Disney) 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
"Pariah" (Focus Features)
"3 Backyards" (Screen Media Films)

Karen Morley Award
WINNER "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
"The Conspirator" (Roadside Attractions) The American Film Company
"Meek's Cutoff" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Big Feet

Courage in Acting Award
Josiane Balasko in "The Hedgehog (Le hérisson)" (NeoClassic Films)
Mimi Chakarova in "The Price of Sex"
WINNER Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
Tilda Swinton in "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Oscilloscope Pictures)

Invisible Woman Award
WINNER Hiam Abbass in "Miral" (The Weinstein Company)
Danai Gurira in "3 Backyards" (Screen Media Films)
in "Red Shirley"
WINNER Michelle Williams in "Meek's Cutoff" (Oscilloscope Pictures)

Best Documentary by or About Women
"The Price of Sex"
WINNER "Semper Fi: Always Faithful" (Wider Film Projects) Tied to the Tracks Films
"The Woman With the 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)" (The Cinema Guild)
"!Women Art Revolution" Hotwire Productions

Women's Work: Best Ensemble
"Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
"Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures) Apatow Productions
WINNER "The Help" (Walt Disney) 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
"The Whistleblower" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Best Screen Couple
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Bérénice Bejo and Jean Dujardin
"Gnomeo & Juliet" (Touchstone)
"The Iron Lady" (Weinstein Co.)
"Like Crazy" (Paramount Vantage)

Mommie Dearest Worst Screen Moms of the Year Award
WINNER Judi Dench in "J. Edgar" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

2010 WFCC Awards

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