The Los Angeles Film Critics Association today named Alexander Payne’s The Descendants 2011’s Best Picture and Terrence Malik [Tree of Life] Best Director. The LAFCA Awards added to the stunning lack of consensus as to the possibilities for both Oscar nominations and award winners.
Follow the jump for the complete list of LAFCA Award winners.
Best Picture
The Descendants
(Runner-up: The Tree of Life)
Best Director
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
(Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, Hugo)
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class
(Runner-up: Michael Shannon, Take Shelter)
Best Actress
Yun Jung-hee, Poetry
(Runner-up: Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia)
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
(Runner-up: Patton Oswalt, Young Adult)
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain, Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, The Tree of Life
(Runner-up: Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs)
Best Animated Film
Rango
(Runner-up: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn)
Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
(Runner-up: The Arbor)
Best Screenplay
A Separation, Asghar Farhadi
(Runner-up: The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)
Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki
(Runner-up: City of Life and Death, Cao Yu)
Best Production Design
Hugo, Dante Ferretti
(Runner-up: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Maria Djurkovic)
Best Music/Score
Hanna, The Chemical Brothers
(Runner-up: Drive, Cliff Martinez)
Best Independent/Experimental Film
Spark of Being