2011 Movie Parliament Awards - The Winners !

Hi everyone ! Thank you so much for getting involved in the 2011 MP Awards.
The votes have been cast and it's now time to reveal the winners, just before the 2011 Campaign comes to an end, with the César and the Oscars.
For the first time in the history of Movie Parliament, your choice has been counted like one of the Ministers'. For every category, we'll indicate everyone's vote (yours, Michael's and mine) and proclaim the consensus winner.
Let's get started !

 

Best Film: Drive
Readers: Drive - Michael: Drive - Arnaud: Declaration of War

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Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Readers: Refn - Michael: Refn - Arnaud: Terrence Malick

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Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
Readers: Dunst - Michael: Elena Anaya - Arnaud : Dunst

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Best Actor: Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Readers: Fassbender - Michael: Michael Shannon - Arnaud: Fassbender

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Best Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan (Shame)
Readers: Mulligan (Shame) - Michael: Elle Fanning - Arnaud: Mulligan (Shame)

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Best Supporting Actor: Shahab Hosseini (A Separation)
Readers: (tie) Hosseini & Brad Pitt - Michael : Michael Fassbender - Arnaud: Hosseini

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Most Promising Actress: Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter)
Readers: Chastain - Michael: Chastain - Arnaud: Chastain

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Most Promising Actor: Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Readers: Miller - Michael: Hunter McCracken - Arnaud: Miller

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Best Original Screenplay: A Separation
Readers: (tie) Midnight in Paris & A Separation - Michael: Take Shelter - Arnaud: A Separation

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Best Adapted Screenplay: The Skin I Live In
Readers: (tie) Drive & The Skin I Live In - Michael: Moneyball - Arnaud: The Skin I Live In

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Best Editing: The Tree of Life
Readers: The Tree of Life - Michael: Senna - Arnaud: The Tree of Life

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Best Art Direction: Hugo
Readers: Hugo - Michael: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Arnaud: Hugo

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Best Cinematography: The Tree of Life
Readers: The Tree of Life - Michael: The Tree of Life - Arnaud : The Tree of Life

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Best Costume Design: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Readers: The Artist - Michael: Harry Potter - Arnaud: Harry Potter

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Best Hair & Make-Up: J. Edgar
Readers: (tie) Captain America & Harry Potter - Michael: J. Edgar - Arnaud: J. Edgar

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Best Sound: Drive
Readers: Drive - Michael: Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Arnaud: Drive

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Best Score: Drive
Readers: Drive - Michael: Drive - Arnaud: The Artist

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Best Song: Life's a Happy Song (The Muppets)
Readers: La Seine - Michael: Life's a Happy Song - Arnaud: Life's a Happy Song

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Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Readers: Apes - Michael: Apes - Arnaud: Apes

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Best Animated Film: The Adventures of Tintin
Readers: Tintin - Michael: Rango - Arnaud: Tintin

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Best Directorial Debut Film: Donoma
Readers: Donoma - Michael: Attack the Block - Arnaud: Donoma

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Best Documentary Film: Life in a Day
Readers: Life in a Day - Michael: Senna - Arnaud: Life in a Day

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Tally (nominations/awards)

Drive - 9/4
The Tree of Life - 7/2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - 6/1
A Separation - 5/2
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 5/0
The Artist - 4/0
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 4/1
The Skin I Live In - 4/1

Take Shelter - 4/1
X-Men: First Class - 4/0
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 3/0
Hugo - 3/1
Melancholia - 3/1
Moneyball - 3/0
Super 8 - 3/0

  

2011: The Year of the Driver

- "Drive" is the big winner of these MP Awards, with 4 wins: Pic, Director, Sound and Score. With 2 wins each, then come "The Tree of Life" (Editing & Cinematography), "A Separation" (Supporting Actor & Original Screenplay) and "Shame" (Actor & Supporting Actress). The film by Steve McQueen managed to score 2 wins out of its 2 nominations !
- VFX, Cinematography & Promising Actress are our only unanimous decisions. 
- Among the 19 categories that mirror the Oscars, only 5 of our winners are actually nominated for the statuette: the screenplay for "A Separation", Hugo's art direction, Drive's sound, Tree of Life's cinematography and Apes' VFX.
- Interestingly, none of our acting winners got nominated for an Oscar, but 3 of them got awarded in 2011 main festivals: Cannes for Dunst, Venice for Fassbender and Berlin for Hosseini. Same can be said for director Nicolas Winding Refn who missed the Oscar nod, but won the Cannes Best Director prize.
- Finally, I'm glad to see my Twitter campaign for "Donoma" revealed fruitful ! 
Thanks again, and see you next year for the 2012 MP Awards !