Awards for 2012

COFCA Award

Best Picture

WINNER

Drive

NOMINEES

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

Best Actor

WINNER

Take Shelter: Michael Shannon

NOMINEES

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

Actor of the Year

WINNER

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

NOMINEES

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

Best Actress

WINNER

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen

NOMINEES

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

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Beginners: Christopher Plummer

NOMINEES

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

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

The Descendants: Shailene Woodley

NOMINEES

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

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
Take Shelter: Jeff Nichols
Young Adult: Diablo Cody
The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick

Best Screenplay, Adapted

WINNER

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Steven Zaillian

NOMINEES

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

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki

NOMINEES

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

Best Score

WINNER

Hanna: The Chemical Brothers

NOMINEES

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

Best Animated Film

WINNER

Arthur Christmas

NOMINEES

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

Best Ensemble

WINNER

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

NOMINEES

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

Breakthrough Film Artist

WINNER

Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn
For directing

NOMINEES

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

Best Overlooked Film

WINNER

Margaret: Kenneth Lonergan

NOMINEES

Beginners: Mike Mills
Des hommes et des dieux: Xavier Beauvois
Higher Ground: Vera Farmiga
Attack the Block: Joe Cornish

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