Crazy Random Happenstance

Best Picture: ”A Separation” (Runner-up: “The Tree of Life”)

Best Director: Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life” (Runner-up: Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”)

Best Actor: Tom Cullen, “Weekend” (Runner-up: Peyman Moaadi, “A Separation”)

Best Actress: Anna Paquin, “Margaret” (Runner-up: Juliette Binoche, “Certified Copy”)

Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, “The Tree of Life” (Runner-up: Shahab Hosseini, “A Separation”)

Best Supporting Actress: J. Smith-Cameron, “Margaret” (Runner-up: Jessica Chastain, “Take Shelter”)

Best Adapted Screenplay: (tie) “Mysteries of Lisbon” and “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” (Runner-up: “The Skin I Live In”)

Best Original Screenplay: ”A Separation” (Runner-up: “Weekend”)

Best Cinematography: ”The Tree of Life” (Runner-up: “Mysteries of Lisbon”)

Best Editing: ”The Tree of Life” (Runner-up: “Drive”)

Best Production Design: ”The Mill and the Cross” (Runner-up: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”)

Best Original Score: ”Drive” (Runner-up: “Mysteries of Lisbon”)

Best Ensemble: ”A Separation” (Runner-up: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”)

Best Animated Film: ”Rango” (Runner-up: “Winnie the Pooh”)

Best Documentary: ”The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu” (Runner-up: “Nostalgia for the Light”)

Best Film Not in the English Language: ”A Separation” (Runner-up: “Mysteries of Lisbon”)

Best Picture Not Released in 2011: ”Alps,” “Century of Birthing,” “Declaration of War,” “The Deep Blue Sea,” “Elena,” “Faust,” “The Kid with a Bike,” “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” “This is not a Film,” “The Turin Horse”

Top 10 Films of 2011 (in order): ”A Separation,” “The Tree of Life,” “Mysteries of Lisbon,” “Certified Copy,” “Weekend,” “Margaret,” “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” “Drive,” “Meek’s Cutoff,” “Hugo”