15th TFCA Awards December 14, 2011
Best Film: The Tree of Life The 15th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were given on December 14, 2011.
Winners Best Actor: Michael Shannon – Take Shelter Runners-Up: George Clooney – The Descendants and Michael Fassbender – Shame
Best Actress: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn Runners-Up: Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene and Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Best Animated Film: The Adventures of Tintin Runners-Up: Puss in Boots and Rango
Best Director: Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life Runners-Up: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist and Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Best Documentary Film: Nostalgia for the Light Runners-Up: Into the Abyss and Project Nim
Best Film: The Tree of Life Runners-Up: The Artist and The Descendants
Best First Feature: Attack the Block Runners-Up: Margin Call and Martha Marcy May Marlene
Best Foreign Language Film: Mysteries of Lisbon • Portugal Runners-Up: Attenberg • Greece, Le Havre • Finland and A Separation • Iran
Best Screenplay: Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Runners-Up: The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash and The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer – Beginners Runners-Up: Albert Brooks – Drive and Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter Runners-Up: Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life and Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Rogers Canadian Film Award: Monsieur Lazhar Runners-Up: Café de Flore and A Dangerous Method
References “The Tree of Life” Named Best Picture of 2011 torontofilmcritics.com