Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2011

The 18th Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were given on December 18, 2011.

Top 10 films

1. The Descendants
2. The Artist
3. Hugo
4. Moneyball
5. The Tree of Life
6. Drive
7. Midnight in Paris
8. Win Win
9. War Horse
10. The Help

Winners

Best Actor

• George Clooney - The Descendants as Matt King

Michael Fassbender - Shame as Brandon Sullivan

Best Actress

• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher

Runner-up: Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk AbOUT Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian

Best Animated Film

• Rango

Runner-up: The Adventures of Tintin

Best Cinematography

• The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki

Runner-up: Hugo - Robert Richardson

Best Director

• Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Runner-up: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Best Documentary Film

• Project Nim

Runner-up: Tabloid

Best Ensemble

• The Help

Runner-up: The Descendants

Best Film

• The Descendants

Runner-up: The Artist

Best Foreign Language Film

• A Separation • Iran

Runner-up: The Skin I Live In • Spain

Best Screenplay – Adapted

• The Descendants - Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne

Runner-up: Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

Best Screenplay – Original

• Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen

Runner-up: The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Best Supporting Actor

• Christopher Plummer - Beginners as Hal

Runner-up: Albert Brooks - Drive as Bernie Rose

Best Supporting Actress

• Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page

Runner-up: Shailene Woodley - The Descendants as Alexandra King

The Gene Wyatt Award

• The Help

Runner-up: Undefeated