# Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2011

The winners of the 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were announced on January 10, 2012.

## Winners and nominees
### International

| Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
| Best Film | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| Best Film | Alexander Payne | The Descendants |
| Best Film | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| Best Actor | Michael Fassbender | Shame |
| Best Actor | Jean Dujardin | The Artist |
| Best Actor | Michael Shannon | Take Shelter |
| Best Actress | Elizabeth Olsen | Martha Marcy May Marlene |
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady |
| Best Actress | Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Plummer | Beginners |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kenneth Branagh | My Week with Marilyn |
| Best Supporting Actor | Albert Brooks | Drive |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help |
| Best Supporting Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Bridesmaids |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | The Descendants |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| Best Director | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| Best Director | Martin Scorsese | Hugo |
| Best Screenplay | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| Best Screenplay | Woody Allen | Midnight in Paris |
| Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | The Descendants |
| Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian | Moneyball |
| Best Documentary | Werner Herzog | Cave of Forgotten Dreams |
| Best Documentary | Patricio Guzmán | Nostalgia for the Light |
| Best Documentary | Steve James | The Interrupters |
| Best Documentary | James Marsh | Project Nim |
| Best Documentary | Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks | Surviving Progress |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | A Separation |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Lee Chang-dong | Poetry |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | The Kid with a Bike |

### Canadian

| Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
| Best Film | Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore |
| Best Film | Ed Gass-Donnelly | Small Town Murder Songs |
| Best Film | Ken Scott | Starbuck |
| Best Actor | Peter Stormare | Small Town Murder Songs |
| Best Actor | Mohamed Fellag | Monsieur Lazhar |
| Best Actor | Patrick Huard | Starbuck |
| Best Actress | Michelle Williams | Take This Waltz |
| Best Actress | Keira Knightley | A Dangerous Method |
| Best Actress | Vanessa Paradis | Café de Flore |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Veninger | I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person |
| Best Actress | Rachel Weisz | The Whistleblower |
| Best Supporting Actor | Viggo Mortensen | A Dangerous Method |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vincent Cassel | A Dangerous Method |
| Best Supporting Actor | Seth Rogen | Take This Waltz |
| Best Supporting Actress | Hélène Florent | Café de Flore |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jill Hennessy | Small Town Murder Songs |
| Best Supporting Actress | Hallie Switzer | I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person |
| Best Director | David Cronenberg | A Dangerous Method |
| Best Director | Ed Gass-Donnelly | Small Town Murder Songs |
| Best Director | Ken Scott | Starbuck |
| Best Director | Jean-Marc Vallée | Café de Flore |
| Best British Columbia Film | Joel Heath | People of a Feather |
| Best British Columbia Film | Carl Bessai | Sisters & Brothers |
| Best British Columbia Film | Michael Goldbach | Daydream Nation |
| Special Achievement | Marv Newland | Marv Newland |