ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS WINNERS

Best Picture

The Artist

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Michael Fassbender (Shame)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Viola Davis (The Help)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)

Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

Best Adapted Screenplay                   

Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash (The Descendants)

Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)

Best Cinematography                               

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)

Best Editing

Thelma Schoonmaker (Hugo)

Best Film Music or Score

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Best Ensemble Cast

Bridesmaids

Best Animated Film

Rango

Best Documentary

Buck

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation

Female Focus Awards

Best Woman Director

Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Woman Screenwriter         

Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)

Best Breakthrough Performance

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Best Animated Female

Isla Fisher (Rango)

Kick-Ass Award for Best Female Action Star

Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Saoirse Ronan (Hanna)

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

Helen Mirren (The Debt)

Humanitarian Activism Award

Angelina Jolie (for UN work and making In the Land of Blood and Honey to raise awareness about genocide)

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry

Jessica Chastain (The Debt / The Help / Take Shelter / The Tree of Life)

Female Icon Award

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)

Special Mention Awards

Unforgettable Moment Award                                                

The Artist (the sound of the glass clinking on the table)

Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality or Seduction

Melancholia (Justine in the moonlight)

Shame (opening sequence on the subway train)

Movie You Wanted to Love but Just Couldn’t

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Sequel or Remake that Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award

The Hangover Part II

Actress Most in Need of a New Agent

All the actresses in New Year’s Eve

Most Egregious Age Difference

Bella (18) and Edward (over 100) (Breaking Dawn – Part 1)

Glenn Close (64) and Mia Wasikowska (22) (Albert Nobbs)

Hall of Shame Award

The Hollywood Reporter (for failing to invite any women to join the Directors Roundtable)

Still can't understand the Most Egregious Age Difference award (why is this an issue unless it's a Woody Allen film...?) nor the Hall of Shame Award considering that this very organisation failed to nominate any female directors in its main Best Director category (in which they were eligible). Hell, who cares anyway? Nominations can be found here.