Asociatia Nationala a Criticilor de Film din America a numit "Melancholia", meditatia lui Lars von Tier pe baza sfarsitului lumii, drept cea mai buna pelicula a anului trecut. Aceasta s-a aflat la mare concurenta cu pelicula "The Tree of Life" (care a castigat marele premiu la Cannes) si cu filmul iranian "A Separation".
Brad Pitt a castigat premiul pentru cel mai bun actor, atat pentru "Moneyball" cat si pentru "Tree of Life", in vreme ce Kirsten Dunst a fost apreciata drept cea mai buna actrita pentru rolul din "Melancholia".
Terrence Malick a castigat categoria cel mai bun regizor, iar pelicula "A Separation" a fost considerata cel mai bun film strain.
Iata lista completa a nominalizatilor si a castigatorilor.
BEST ACTOR
*1. Brad Pitt – 35 (Moneyball, The Tree of Life)
2. Gary Oldman – 22 (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
3. Jean Dujardin – 19 (The Artist)
BEST ACTRESS
*1. Kirsten Dunst – 39 (Melancholia)
2. Yun Jung-hee – 25 (Poetry)
3. Meryl Streep – 20 (The Iron Lady)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
*1. Albert Brooks - 38 (Drive)
2. Christopher Plummer – 24 (Beginners)
3. Patton Oswalt – 19 (Young Adult)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*1. Jessica Chastain – 30 (The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help)
2. Jeannie Berlin – 19 (Margaret)
3. Shailene Woodley – 17 (The Descendants)
BEST PICTURE
*1. Melancholia - 29 (Lars von Trier)
2. The Tree of Life – 28 (Terrence Malick)
3. A Separation - 20 (Asghar Farhadi)
BEST DIRECTOR
*1. Terrence Malick – 31 (The Tree of Life)
2. Martin Scorsese – 29 (Hugo)
3. Lars von Trier – 23 (Melancholia)
BEST NONFICTION
*1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams – 35 (Werner Herzog)
2. The Interrupters – 26 (Steve James)
3. Into the Abyss – 18 (Werner Herzog)
BEST SCREENPLAY
*1. A Separation – 39 (Asghar Farhadi)
2. Moneyball – 22 (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin)
3. Midnight in Paris – 16 (Woody Allen)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
*1. A Separation – 67 (Asghar Farhadi)
2. Mysteries of Lisbon – 28 (Raoul Ruiz)
3. Le Havre – 22 (Aki Kaurismäki)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
*1. The Tree of Life – 76 (Emmanuel Lubezki)
2. Melancholia – 41 (Manuel Alberto Claro)
3. Hugo – 33 (Robert Richardson)
EXPERIMENTAL
Ken Jacobs, for “Seeking the Monkey King.”
