Another day, another choice. The San Francisco Critics Circle have announced their awards for excellence in film for 2011. Terrence Malik’s Tree of Life took Best Film while Malik claimed the award for Best Director.
Further adding to awards season confusion, the SFCC named Gary Oldman Best Actor for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and We Need To Talk About Kevin’s Tilda Swinson Best Actress.
For a complete list of winners, follow the jump.
Best Picture
The Tree of Life
Best Director
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Best Original Screenplay
J.C. Chandor for Margin Call
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Actor
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks for Drive
Best Supporting Actress
Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus
Best Animated Feature
Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
Certified Copy
Best Documentary
Tabloid
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
National Film Preservation Foundation, in recognition of for its work in the preservation and dissemination of endangered, culturally significant films
Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema
The Mill and the Cross