Monday, December 19, 2011
SEFCA honors The Descendants, The Help
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Fox Searchlight
- I'VE PICKED OUT A SPOT ON MY MANTLE: SEFCA Best Picture winner 'The Descendants'
Meryl Streep won Best Actress for her role as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady.’ Best Supporting Acting honors went to Christopher Plummer as an elderly father who comes out of the closet in ‘Beginners,’ and Janet McTeer as a cross-dressing woman in 19th century Ireland in ‘Albert Nobbs.’ Martin Scorsese won Best Director for ‘Hugo,’ his 3-D homage to the pioneers of cinema, while Woody Allen’s time-travel comedy ‘Midnight in Paris’ won Best Original Screenplay.
‘The Help,’ Tate Taylor’s dramedy about race relations in Jim Crow era Mississippi, won Best Ensemble, as well as the 7th annual Wyatt Award in recognition of a film that best embodies the spirit of the South. “Our on-line discussions in the past weeks proved quite passionate both for and against ‘The Help,’” says SEFCA president Curt Holman, “but the fact that it cracked our list of Top 10 Best Films testifies to its enthusiastic support by a majority.” Wyatt Award runner-up were the high school football documentary Undefeated, followed by The Tree of Life.
Other winners include James Marsh’s account of an ill-fated primate experiment, ‘Project Nim’ as Best Documentary; the Iranian drama of a failed marriage, ‘A Separation’ for Best Foreign Language Film;’ the Western homage ‘Rango’ as Best Animated film; and Terence Malick’s moody memory tale ‘The Tree of Life’ for Best Cinematography.
The association’s 20th annual awards saw ballots from 47 members, all film journalists working in print, radio and on-line media in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
TOP TEN FILMS
The Descendants
The Artist
Hugo
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Drive
Midnight in Paris
Win Win
War Horse
The Help
BEST ACTOR
Winner — George Clooney (The Descendants)
Runner-up — Michael Fassbender (Shame)
BEST ACTRESS
Winner - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Runner-up - Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Runner-up - Albert Brooks, Drive
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner - Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Runner-up - Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner - The Help
Runner-up - The Descendants
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner - Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Runner-up - Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner - Midnight in Paris
Runner-up — The Artist
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner - The Descendants
Runner-up — Moneyball
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner - Project Nim
Runner-up - Tabloid
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Winner - A Separation
Runner-up - The Skin I Live In
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner — Rango
Runner-up — The Adventures of Tintin
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner - The Tree of Life
Runner-up — Hugo
The GENE WYATT AWARD
Winner — The Help
Runner-up — Undefeated
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