2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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77th NYFCC Awards
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Best Picture:
The Artist
77th NYFCC Awards
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Best Picture:
The Artist
The 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 29 November 2011 and presented on 9 January 2012.
Winners
- Best Film:
- *The Artist
- *Runners-up: Melancholia and Hugo
- Best Director:
- *Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
- *Runners-up: Martin Scorsese – Hugo and Lars von Trier – Melancholia
- Best Actor:
- *Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life
- *Runners-up: Michael Fassbender – Shame and Jean Dujardin – The Artist
- Best Actress:
- *Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
- *Runners-up: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn and Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Albert Brooks – Drive
- *Runners-up: Christopher Plummer – Beginners and Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
- *Runners-up: Carey Mulligan – Shame and Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
- Best Screenplay:
- *Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
- Best Cinematography:
- *Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- *A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
- *Runner-up: Incendies • Canada
- Best Non-Fiction Film:
- *Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Best First Film:
- *J. C. Chandor – Margin Call
- Special Award:
- *Raúl Ruiz