"The Iron Lady," "We Need to Talk About Kevin" Among Women Film Critics Circle Award Winners
The Women Film Critics Circle has announced the winner of its annual awards and the list is quite interesting! But as Melissa Silverstein from IndieWire asked, where is the award for Best Woman Director? But I guess by honoring "The Iron Lady" and "We Need to Talk About Kevin," both movies tied and both movies directed by women (Phyllida Lloyd for "Iron Lady" and Lynne Ramsay for "Kevin"), their respective directors are being awarded.
"The Help," directed by a man, Tate Taylor, was given the Best Movie About Women award, while the Best Storyteller went to Abi Morgan, the scriptwriter of "The Iron Lady."
Viola Davis from "The Help" won Best Actress, George Clooney ("The Descendants") took home the Best Actor trophy while his co-star, Shailene Woodley was given the Best Young Actress Award. And Melissa McCarthy continued to get more awards! This time, the "Bridesmaids" scene-stealer won Best Comedic Actress.
Here's the complete list of winners (If you're interested to see the winners/nominees from other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here):
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN: TIE*
The Iron Lady
We Need To Talk About Kevin
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN:
The Help
BEST STORYTELLER:
The Iron Lady: Abi Morgan
BEST ACTRESS:
Viola Davis: The Help
BEST ACTOR:
George Clooney: The Descendants
BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS:
Melissa McCarthy: Bridesmaids
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Shailene Woodley: The Descendants
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
The Hedgehog
BEST FEMALE IMAGES:
The Whistleblower
WORST FEMALE IMAGES:
Melancholia
BEST MALE IMAGES:
The Descendants
WORST MALE IMAGES:
Hangover 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN:
Semper Fi: Always Faithful
BEST FAMILY FILM:
Hugo
BEST ANIMATED FEMALES
Puss 'N Boots
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES:
The Debt
COURAGE IN ACTING:
Glenn Close: Albert Nobbs
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD: Tie*
Hiam Abbass: Miral
Michelle Williams: Meek's Cutoff
BEST UNRELEASED MOVIE:
Miss Representation
WOMEN'S WORK: BEST FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
The Help
BEST SCREEN COUPLE:
The Artist: Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Tie*
Kathy Bates
Cicely Tyson
ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD:
Elizabeth Taylor
ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD (For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women)
The Whistleblower
JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD (For best expressing the woman of color experience in America)
The Help
KAREN MORLEY AWARD (For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity)
Albert Nobbs
MOMMIE DEAREST WORST SCREEN MOM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Judi Dench: J. Edgar
The Women Film Critics Circle is an association of 57 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media. We came together in 2004 to form the first women critics organization in the United States, in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully.
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