Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2011

The winners of the 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were announced on January 10, 2012.

Winners and nominees

International

Category	Winners and nominees	Films
Best Film	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist
	Alexander Payne	The Descendants
	Terrence Malick	The Tree of Life
Best Actor	Michael Fassbender	Shame
	Jean Dujardin	The Artist
	Michael Shannon	Take Shelter
Best Actress	Elizabeth Olsen	Martha Marcy May Marlene
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady
	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor	Christopher Plummer	Beginners
	Kenneth Branagh	My Week with Marilyn
	Albert Brooks	Drive
Best Supporting Actress	Jessica Chastain	The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help
	Melissa McCarthy	Bridesmaids
	Shailene Woodley	The Descendants
Best Director	Terrence Malick	The Tree of Life
	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist
	Martin Scorsese	Hugo
Best Screenplay	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist
	Woody Allen	Midnight in Paris
	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash	The Descendants
	Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian	Moneyball
Best Documentary	Werner Herzog	Cave of Forgotten Dreams
	Patricio Guzmán	Nostalgia for the Light
	Steve James	The Interrupters
	James Marsh	Project Nim
	Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks	Surviving Progress
Best Foreign Language Film	Asghar Farhadi	A Separation
	Lee Chang-dong	Poetry
	Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	The Kid with a Bike

Canadian

Category	Winners and nominees	Films
Best Film	Jean-Marc Vallée	Café de Flore
	Ed Gass-Donnelly	Small Town Murder Songs
	Ken Scott	Starbuck
Best Actor	Peter Stormare	Small Town Murder Songs
	Mohamed Fellag	Monsieur Lazhar
	Patrick Huard	Starbuck
Best Actress	Michelle Williams	Take This Waltz
	Keira Knightley	A Dangerous Method
	Vanessa Paradis	Café de Flore
	Ingrid Veninger	I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person
	Rachel Weisz	The Whistleblower
Best Supporting Actor	Viggo Mortensen	A Dangerous Method
	Vincent Cassel	A Dangerous Method
	Seth Rogen	Take This Waltz
Best Supporting Actress	Hélène Florent	Café de Flore
	Jill Hennessy	Small Town Murder Songs
	Hallie Switzer	I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person
Best Director	David Cronenberg	A Dangerous Method
	Ed Gass-Donnelly	Small Town Murder Songs
	Ken Scott	Starbuck
	Jean-Marc Vallée	Café de Flore
Best British Columbia Film	Joel Heath	People of a Feather
	Carl Bessai	Sisters & Brothers
	Michael Goldbach	Daydream Nation
Special Achievement	Marv Newland