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Best Picture

	1. The Descendants
	2. The Artist
	3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
	4. Midnight in Paris
	5. The Tree of Life
	6. Hugo
	7. 50/50
	8. Drive
	9. Shame
	10. Moneyball

Best Director

	1. Alexander Payne - The Descendants
	2. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
	3. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
	4. Martin Scorsese - Hugo
	5. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Best Actor

	1. George Clooney - The Descendants as Matt King
	2. Jean Dujardin - The Artist as George Valentin
	3. Michael Fassbender - Shame as Brandon Sullivan
	4. Brad Pitt - Moneyball as Billy Beane
	5. Michael Shannon - Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

Best Actress

	1. Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
	2. Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian
	3. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
	4. Charlize Theron - Young Adult as Mavis Gary
	5. Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia as Justine

Best Supporting Actor

	1. Christopher Plummer - Beginners as Hal Fields
	2. Albert Brooks - Drive as Bernie Rose
	3. Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter
	4. Armie Hammer - J. Edgar as Clyde Tolson
	5. Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier

Best Supporting Actress

	1. Shailene Woodley - The Descendants as Alexandra King
	2. Bérénice Bejo - The Artist as Peppy Miller
	3. Octavia Spencer - The Help as Minny Jackson
	4. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids as Megan Price
	5. Carey Mulligan - Shame as Sissy Sullivan

Best Screenplay

	1. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash - The Descendants
	2. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Best Cinematography

	1. Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life
	2. Janusz Kamiński - War Horse

Best Foreign Language Film

	1. A Separation • Iran
	2. The Skin I Live In • Spain
	3. Incendies • Canada
	4. 13 Assassins • Japan
	5. Of Gods and Men • France (TIE)
	5. Certified Copy • France (TIE)

Best Documentary Film

	1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
	2. Project Nim
	3. The Interrupters
	4. Page One: Inside the New York Times
	5. Buck

Best Animated Film

	1. Rango
	2. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Individual awards (Russell Smith Award)

We Need to Talk About Kevin, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"