Despite the UK Film Council's golden age, 2011 was very much a mixed bag of events
Cannes do ... We Need to Talk About Kevin. Photograph: Nicole Rivelli
In some ways, 2011 was the strangest year in living memory for British cinema. The UK Film Council was officially wound up at the end of March, a showy act from this coalition government, annulling a Labour creation on the grounds of high salaries and cronyism, but transferring much of its budget and responsibilities to the British Film Institute. And this at a time when the Film Council was having a golden age: a bag of Oscars for The King's Speech and a feeling that it had fostered real talent. Something was going very right for British cinema. Lynne Ramsey's We Need to Talk About Kevin premiered at Cannes; Steve McQueen's Shame and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights made waves at Venice.
Two film-makers from Iran showed that cinema was able to address the question of the Arab spring: Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi, directors and pro-democracy campaigners, have been given prison sentences for alleged crimes against national security. Showing enormous courage, they made films in 2011 that were critical of Iran. Panahi's This Is Not a Film and Rasoulof's Good Bye were shown at Cannes. I was on the Un Certain Regard jury that gave Rasoulof the directing prize.
Film-makers showed that 3D was not simply the fad that many had feared, with three directors making movies that grappled with its possibilities. Wim Wenders' Pina, about choreographer Pina Bausch, captured the physicality of dance; Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams intensified the mysteries of cave paintings; and Martin Scorsese's Hugo applied 3D to a family fantasy adventure.
An established talent and a relative newcomer gave us two of the year's best films. Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life was a bold and visionary work on an unfashionable Christian-humanist theme; while Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist was, released later this month, a glorious and loving pastiche of the Hollywood silent age.
Best breakthrough: Tom Hiddleston, for working with Branagh, Allen and Spielberg in quick succession.
Survivor of the year: Woody Allen, for Midnight in Paris.
Worst sequel: Split between The Hangover Part II and The Human Centipede 2.
The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
Le Quattro Volte (dir. Michelangelo Frammartino)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Best director
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Andrea Arnold for Wuthering Heights
Terence Davies for The Deep Blue Sea
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Semih Kaplanoglu for Honey
Michelangelo Frammartino for Le Quattro Volte
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation
Duncan Jones for Source Code
Kelly Reichardt for Meek's Cutoff
Joanna Hogg for Archipelago
Best actor
Brad Pitt for The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
Jean Dujardin for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Peter Mullan for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Daniel Henshall for Snowtown (dir. Justin Kurzel)
Aiden Gillen for Treacle Jr (dir. Jamie Thraves)
Gérard Depardieu for Mammuth (dirs. Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine)
Antonio Banderas for The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Michael Fassbender for Jane Eyre (dir. Cary Fukunaga)
Anders Danielsen Lie for Oslo, August 31st (dir. Joachim Trier)
Best supporting actor
Kenneth Branagh for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine (dir. Jim Loach)
Ezra Miller for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Bruce Greenwood for Meek's Cutoff (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
Michel Galabru for Love Like Poison (dir. Katell Quillévéré)
Matthew Lewis for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (dir. David Yates)
Christopher Plummer for Beginners (dir. Mike Mills)
Albert Brooks for Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)
Chris Langham for Black Pond (dirs. Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe)
Udo Kier for Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier)
Best actress
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Anna Paquin for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea (dir. Terence Davies)
Rinko Kikuchi for Norwegian Wood (dir. Tran Anh Hung)
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Yun Jung-hee for Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
Liana Liberato for Trust (dir. David Schwimmer)
Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
Catherine Deneuve for Potiche (dir. François Ozon)
Best supporting actress
Zawe Ashton for Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Lubna Azabal for Incendies (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
Sareh Bayat for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
Rachael Blake for Sleeping Beauty (dir. Julia Leigh)
Valeria De Franciscis Bendoni for The Salt Of Life (dir. Gianni di Gregorio)
Elle Fanning for Super 8 (dir. JJ Abrams)
Marion Cotillard for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
Allison Janney for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Sally Hawkins for Submarine (dir. Richard Ayoade)
Best documentary
Senna (dir. Asif Kapadia)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Cave f Forgotten Dreams (dir. oWerner Herzog)
Pina (dir. Wim Wenders)
Inside Job (dir. Charles Ferguson)
Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
Bobby Fischer Against the World (dir. Liz Garbus)
Waste Land (dir. Lucy Walker)
Tt3d: Closer to the Edge (dir. Richard de Araques)
Project Nim (dir. James Marsh)
Best screenplay
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin for Moneyball (dir. Bennett Miller)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March (dir. George Clooney)
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Richard Ayoade for Submarine (dir. Richard Aoyade)
Benoît Délepine and Gustave de Kervern for Mammuth (dirs. Benoît Délepine, Gustave de Kervern)
Joe Cornish for Attack the Block (dir. Joe Cornish)
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for tinker tailor soldier spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Kenneth Lonergan for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
The Guardian
Two film-makers from Iran showed that cinema was able to address the question of the Arab spring: Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi, directors and pro-democracy campaigners, have been given prison sentences for alleged crimes against national security. Showing enormous courage, they made films in 2011 that were critical of Iran. Panahi's This Is Not a Film and Rasoulof's Good Bye were shown at Cannes. I was on the Un Certain Regard jury that gave Rasoulof the directing prize.
Film-makers showed that 3D was not simply the fad that many had feared, with three directors making movies that grappled with its possibilities. Wim Wenders' Pina, about choreographer Pina Bausch, captured the physicality of dance; Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams intensified the mysteries of cave paintings; and Martin Scorsese's Hugo applied 3D to a family fantasy adventure.
An established talent and a relative newcomer gave us two of the year's best films. Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life was a bold and visionary work on an unfashionable Christian-humanist theme; while Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist was, released later this month, a glorious and loving pastiche of the Hollywood silent age.
Best breakthrough: Tom Hiddleston, for working with Branagh, Allen and Spielberg in quick succession.
Survivor of the year: Woody Allen, for Midnight in Paris.
Worst sequel: Split between The Hangover Part II and The Human Centipede 2.
Peter Bradshaw's picks of 2011
Best filmThe Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
Le Quattro Volte (dir. Michelangelo Frammartino)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Best director
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Andrea Arnold for Wuthering Heights
Terence Davies for The Deep Blue Sea
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Semih Kaplanoglu for Honey
Michelangelo Frammartino for Le Quattro Volte
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation
Duncan Jones for Source Code
Kelly Reichardt for Meek's Cutoff
Joanna Hogg for Archipelago
Best actor
Brad Pitt for The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
Jean Dujardin for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Peter Mullan for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Daniel Henshall for Snowtown (dir. Justin Kurzel)
Aiden Gillen for Treacle Jr (dir. Jamie Thraves)
Gérard Depardieu for Mammuth (dirs. Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine)
Antonio Banderas for The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Michael Fassbender for Jane Eyre (dir. Cary Fukunaga)
Anders Danielsen Lie for Oslo, August 31st (dir. Joachim Trier)
Best supporting actor
Kenneth Branagh for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine (dir. Jim Loach)
Ezra Miller for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Bruce Greenwood for Meek's Cutoff (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
Michel Galabru for Love Like Poison (dir. Katell Quillévéré)
Matthew Lewis for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (dir. David Yates)
Christopher Plummer for Beginners (dir. Mike Mills)
Albert Brooks for Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)
Chris Langham for Black Pond (dirs. Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe)
Udo Kier for Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier)
Best actress
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Anna Paquin for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea (dir. Terence Davies)
Rinko Kikuchi for Norwegian Wood (dir. Tran Anh Hung)
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Yun Jung-hee for Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
Liana Liberato for Trust (dir. David Schwimmer)
Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
Catherine Deneuve for Potiche (dir. François Ozon)
Best supporting actress
Zawe Ashton for Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Lubna Azabal for Incendies (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
Sareh Bayat for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
Rachael Blake for Sleeping Beauty (dir. Julia Leigh)
Valeria De Franciscis Bendoni for The Salt Of Life (dir. Gianni di Gregorio)
Elle Fanning for Super 8 (dir. JJ Abrams)
Marion Cotillard for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
Allison Janney for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Sally Hawkins for Submarine (dir. Richard Ayoade)
Best documentary
Senna (dir. Asif Kapadia)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Cave f Forgotten Dreams (dir. oWerner Herzog)
Pina (dir. Wim Wenders)
Inside Job (dir. Charles Ferguson)
Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
Bobby Fischer Against the World (dir. Liz Garbus)
Waste Land (dir. Lucy Walker)
Tt3d: Closer to the Edge (dir. Richard de Araques)
Project Nim (dir. James Marsh)
Best screenplay
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin for Moneyball (dir. Bennett Miller)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March (dir. George Clooney)
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Richard Ayoade for Submarine (dir. Richard Aoyade)
Benoît Délepine and Gustave de Kervern for Mammuth (dirs. Benoît Délepine, Gustave de Kervern)
Joe Cornish for Attack the Block (dir. Joe Cornish)
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for tinker tailor soldier spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Kenneth Lonergan for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
The Guardian
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