New York Film Critics Online 2011 Film Awards

At their twelfth annual awards meeting on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the L.G.B.T. headquarters in New York's Greenwich Village, members of New York Film Critics Online voted awards in 15 categories.

FILM
The Artist

DIRECTOR
Michael Hazanavicius for The Artist

ACTOR
Michael Shannon for Take Shelter

ACTRESS
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks for Drive

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki

SCREENPLAY
The Descendants

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
A Separation

DOCUMENTARY
Cave of Forgotten Dreams

ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin

USE OF MUSIC
The Artist - Ludovic Bource

BREAKOUT PERFORMER
Jessica Chastain for The Tree of Life, The Help, The Debt, Take Shelter

DEBUT AS DIRECTOR
Joe Cornish for Attack the Block

ENSEMBLE CAST
Bridesmaids

TOP PICTURES OF 2011 (alphabetical)
The Artist (The Weinstein Company)
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Drive (Film District)
The Help (Dreamworks Pictures)
Hugo (Paramount Pictures)
Melancholia (Magnolia Pictures)
Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)
Take Shelter (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
War Horse (Dreamworks Pictures)