Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2011

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<big>15th TFCA Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> December 14, 2011 </div>

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<br> Best Film: <br> <big> The Tree of Life </big> </div> 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