15th Online Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2012

Best Picture: The Tree of Life The 15th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 2 January 2012.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture The Tree of Life The Artist The Descendants Drive Hugo

Best Director Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Martin Scorsese – Hugo Lars von Trier – Melancholia Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor Michael Fassbender – Shame George Clooney – The Descendants Jean Dujardin – The Artist Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

Best Actress Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer – Beginners Albert Brooks – Drive John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene Nick Nolte – Warrior Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life

Best Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs Carey Mulligan – Shame Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Best Original Screenplay Midnight in Paris – Woody AllenMartha Marcy May Marlene – Sean Durkin A Separation – Asghar Farhadi The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick Win Win – Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted ScreenplayTinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor & Peter StraughanThe Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash & Alexander Payne Drive – Hossein Amini Moneyball – Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay & Rory Stewart Kinnear

Best Foreign Language FilmA Separation 13 Assassins Certified Copy The Skin I Live In Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Best Documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams The Interrupters Into the Abyss Project Nim Tabloid

Best Animated Feature Rango The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Arthur Christmas Kung Fu Panda 2 Winnie the Pooh

Best Cinematography The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel Hugo – Robert Richardson Melancholia – Manuel Alberto Claro

Best Editing The Tree of Life – Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber & Mark Yoshikawa Drive – Matthew Newman Martha Marcy May Marlene – Zachary Stuart-Pontier Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Dino Jonsäter We Need to Talk About Kevin – Joe Bini

Special awards To Jessica Chastain, the breakout performer of the year To Martin Scorsese in honor of his work and dedication to the pursuit of film preservation

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