Awards for 2012

COFCA Award

Best Picture

WINNER

Drive

NOMINEES

Martha Marcy May Marlene
Take Shelter
Margin Call
Super 8
The Tree of Life
Win Win
Melancholia
Hugo
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Midnight in Paris
The Ides of March
The Artist

Best Actor

WINNER

Take Shelter: Michael Shannon

NOMINEES

Drive: Ryan Gosling
Shame: Michael Fassbender
The Artist: Jean Dujardin
The Descendants: George Clooney

Actor of the Year

WINNER

Texas Killing Fields, The Debt, The Tree of Life, Coriolanus, The Help, Take Shelter: Jessica Chastain

NOMINEES

The Ides of March, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Drive: Ryan Gosling
Moneyball, Happy Feet Two, The Tree of Life: Brad Pitt
The Ides of March, The Descendants: George Clooney
A Dangerous Method, X-Men: First Class, Shame, Jane Eyre: Michael Fassbender

Best Actress

WINNER

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen

NOMINEES

Young Adult: Charlize Theron
The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep
The Help: Viola Davis
My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams
Melancholia: Kirsten Dunst

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Beginners: Christopher Plummer

NOMINEES

Drive: Albert Brooks
Martha Marcy May Marlene: John Hawkes
Young Adult: Patton Oswalt
The Tree of Life: Brad Pitt

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

The Descendants: Shailene Woodley

NOMINEES

The Tree of Life: Jessica Chastain
The Help: Jessica Chastain
Bridesmaids: Melissa McCarthy
Shame: Carey Mulligan

Best Director

WINNER

Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn

NOMINEES

Melancholia: Lars von Trier
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: David Fincher
Hugo: Martin Scorsese
The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick

Best Screenplay - Original

WINNER

Source Code: Ben Ripley

NOMINEES

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
Young Adult: Diablo Cody
The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick
Take Shelter: Jeff Nichols

Best Screenplay, Adapted

WINNER

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Steven Zaillian

NOMINEES

Moneyball: Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian
The Descendants: Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne
The Ides of March: Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, George Clooney
Drive: Hossein Amini

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki

NOMINEES

Melancholia: Manuel Alberto Claro
War Horse: Janusz Kaminski
Hugo: Robert Richardson
Drive: Newton Thomas Sigel

Best Score

WINNER

Hanna: The Chemical Brothers

NOMINEES

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
War Horse: John Williams
Hugo: Howard Shore
The Tree of Life: Alexandre Desplat

Best Documentary

NOMINEE

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Best Animated Film

WINNER

Arthur Christmas

NOMINEES

Winnie the Pooh
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rango
The Adventures of Tintin

Best Ensemble

WINNER

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Mark Strong, William Haddock, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Colin Firth, David Dencik, Kathy Burke, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, Ciarán Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon McBurney, John Hurt

NOMINEES

The Descendants: Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Robert Forster, Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer, Shailene Woodley, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, George Clooney, Beau Bridges
The Tree of Life: Tye Sheridan, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Sean Penn, Laramie Eppler, Brad Pitt
Margin Call: Mary McDonnell, Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Demi Moore, Aasif Mandvi, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci
Bridesmaids: Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jill Clayburgh, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne
The Help: Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Sissy Spacek, Chris Lowell, Octavia Spencer, Ahna O'Reilly, Mike Vogel, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Viola Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Aunjanue Ellis
The Ides of March: Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood

Breakthrough Film Artist

WINNER

Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn
For directing

NOMINEES

The Debt, The Help, Coriolanus, Texas Killing Fields, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter: Jessica Chastain
For acting
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Sean Durkin
For directing and screenwriting
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen
For acting
The Descendants: Shailene Woodley
For acting

Best Overlooked Film

WINNER

Margaret: Kenneth Lonergan

NOMINEES

Beginners: Mike Mills
Of Gods and Men: Xavier Beauvois
Higher Ground: Vera Farmiga
Attack the Block: Joe Cornish

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