77th NYFCC Awards
January 9, 2012
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.[1][2][3]
Winners
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Brad_Pitt_Cannes_2012.jpg/150px-Brad_Pitt_Cannes_2012.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Meryl_Streep_from_%22Florence_Foster_Jenkins%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2833644504135%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Meryl_Streep_from_%22Florence_Foster_Jenkins%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2833644504135%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Albert_Brooks_at_%27Drive%27_premiere_TIFF_9.10.11.jpg/150px-Albert_Brooks_at_%27Drive%27_premiere_TIFF_9.10.11.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Jessica_Chastain_at_2015_Empire_Awards.jpg/150px-Jessica_Chastain_at_2015_Empire_Awards.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Aaron_Sorkin_at_PaleyFest_2013.jpg/150px-Aaron_Sorkin_at_PaleyFest_2013.jpg)
- 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:
- Best Cinematography:
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
- Runner-up: Incendies • Canada
- Best Non-Fiction Film:
- Best First Film:
- Special Award:
References
- ^ "New York critics name 'The Artist' best film of the year". Times Union. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Knegt, Peter (29 November 2011). "'The Artist' Leads New York Film Critics' Circle Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Corliss, Richard (29 November 2011). "New York Film Critics Can't Wait to Give Their Top Prizes to The Artist". Time. Retrieved 7 August 2016.