Women Film Critics Circle Announces 2011 Winners
The Women Film Critics Circle has announced its 2011 nominations for the best movies this year by and about women, and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically, in the film world.
This year the big winner is The Iron Lady. I had a chance to catch this and although I agree it’s an amazing performance by Meryl Streep, I wasn’t too impressed with the storytelling. My review to come this week!
Below are the nominees and the winners in bold. Please give us your thoughts!
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
CRITICAL WOMEN ON FILM
Criticalwomen@gmail.com
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN – tied
- The Iron Lady - review coming soon!
- We Need To Talk About Kevin - review
- Pariah
- The Whistleblower
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER
Screenwriting Award
- The Iron Lady [Abi Morgan] - review coming soon!
- In The Land Of Blood And Honey [Angelina Jolie]
- Pariah [Dee Reese]
- We Need To Talk About Kevin [Lynne Ramsay] – review
BEST ACTRESS
- Viola Davis: The Help – review
- Jessica Chastain: The Debt/The Help – review
- Meryl Streep: The Iron Lady - review coming soon!
- Tilda Swinton: We Need To Talk About Kevin – review
BEST ACTOR
- George Clooney: The Descendants - review
- Jean Dujardin: The Artist
- Tom Hardy: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/Warrior
- Ryan Gosling: Drive – review/The Ides Of March – review
BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS
- Melissa McCarthy: Bridesmaids – review
- Katie O’Grady: Rid Of Me – review
- Sarah Jessica Parker: I Don’t Know How She Does It
- Kristen Wiig: Bridesmaids - review/Paul
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
- Shailene Woodley: The Descendants - review
- Jordana Beatty: Judy Moody
- Liana Liberato: Trust
- Amara Miller: The Descendants – review
BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- The Hedgehog
- A Separation
- In The Land Of Blood And Honey
- When We Leave
BEST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
- The Whistleblower
- Albert Nobbs - review coming soon!
- The Iron Lady - review coming soon!
- Soul Surfer – review
WORST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
- Melancholia - review
- Jack And Jill
- My Week With Marilyn (Alissa’s Review) (Alex’s Review)
- Young Adult – review
BEST MALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
WORST MALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE
BEST DOCUMENTARIES BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- Always Faithful
- The Price Of Sex
- The Woman With The Five Elephants
- Women Art Revolution
BEST FAMILY FILM
BEST ANIMATED FEMALES
- Puss N Boots 3D
- Arthur Christmas
- Gnomeo And Juliet
- Kung Fu Panda 2
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
- The Debt
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – review coming soon!
- The Iron Lady - review coming soon!
- Midnight In Paris
COURAGE IN ACTING
Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen
- Glenn Close: Albert Nobbs - review coming soon!
- Josiane Balasko: The Hedgehog
- Mimi Chakarova: The Price Of Sex
- Tilda Swinton: We Need To Talk About Kevin – review
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD
Performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored
- Miral: Hiram Abbass
- Meeks Cutoff: Michelle Williams
- Danai Gurira: 3 Backyards
- Red Shirley
WOMEN’S WORK: BEST ENSEMBLE
BEST SCREEN COUPLE
- The Artist: Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin
- Gnomeo And Juliet
- The Iron Lady - review coming soon!
- Like Crazy
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
- Kathy Bates
- Cicely Tyson
- Hiam Abbass
- Michelle Yeoh
ACTING AND ACTIVISM
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Mia Farrow
- Daryl Hannah
- Alfre Woodard
ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD
For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
- The Whistleblower
- In A Better World
- In The Land Of Blood And Honey
- Life, Above All
JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD
For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
- The Help – review
- America
- Pariah
- 3 Backyards
KAREN MORLEY AWARD
For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
- Albert Nobbs – review coming soon!
- The Conspirator
- Meek’s Cutoff
- Snow Flower And The Secret Fan
MOMMIE DEAREST WORST SCREEN MOM OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Judi Dench: J. Edgar – review
The Women Film Critics Circle is an association of 57 women film critics (I’m one of them!) and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media. They came together in 2004 to form the first women critics’ organization in the United States, in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully. WFCC also prides itself on being the most culturally and racially diverse critics group in the country by far, and best reflecting the diversity of movie audiences.
Critical Women On Film, a presentation of The Women Film Critics Circle, is their journal of discussion and theory. And a gathering of women’s voices expressing a fresh and differently experienced perspective from the primarily male dominated film criticism world.
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
CRITICAL WOMEN ON FILM
Criticalwomen@gmail.com
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