1st International Film Awards

This is the first edition of International Film Award, referred to the year 2012. The list of nominees was announced on 8 February 2012. Winners will be announced, however, on 11 February 2012.

Nominees and winners
Nominees and winners for the 1st edition of the International Film Award were:

Best Film

 * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Tomas Alfredson
 * Hugo – Martin Scorsese
 * Moneyball – Bennett Miller
 * The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
 * The Descendants – Alexander Payne

Best Animated Feature

 * The Adventures of Tin Tin – Steven Spielberg
 * Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
 * Chico and Rita – Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
 * Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
 * Cars 2 – John Lasseter

Best Action Film

 * Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Guy Ritchie
 * Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – Brad Bird
 * Cowboys & Aliens – Jon Favreau
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Rob Marshall
 * Thor – Kenneth Branagh

Best Comedy or Drama Film

 * The Descendants – Alexander Payne
 * Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
 * Hugo – Martin Scorsese
 * The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
 * Albert Nobbs – Rodrigo Garcia

Best Actor in a Leading Role

 * Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * George Clooney – The Descendants
 * Jean Dujardin – The Artist
 * Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
 * Brad Pitt – Moneyball

Best Actrees in a Leading Role

 * Berenice Bejo – The Artist
 * Viola Davis – The Help
 * Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
 * Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
 * Tida Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor

 * Benedict Cumberbatch – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Nick Nolte – Warrior
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides of March
 * Jared Harris – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
 * Jonah Hill – Moneyball

Best Supporting Actrees

 * Octavia Spencer – The Help
 * Kathy Burke – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
 * Carey Mulligan – Drive
 * Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids

Best Original Screenplay

 * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist


 * Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris


 * Abi Morgan – The Iron Lady


 * Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids


 * J. C. Chandor – Margin Call

Best Adapted Screenplay

 * Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * George Cloneey, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
 * John Logan – Hugo
 * Gleen Close and John Banville – Albert Nobbs
 * Tate Taylor – The Help

Best Directing

 * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
 * Martin Scorsese – Hugo


 * Tate Taylor – The Help


 * Gleen Close – Albert Nobbs


 * Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Cinematography

 * Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist


 * Janusz Kaminski – War Horse


 * Robert Richardson – Hugo


 * Jeff Cronenweth – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Film Editing

 * Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo
 * Kevin Tent – The Descendants
 * Dino Jonsater – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
 * Mattew Newman – Drive

Best Art Direction

 * Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana MacDonald – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Rick Carter and Lee Sandales – War Horse
 * Robert Gould and Laurence Bennett – The Artist
 * Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo – Hugo
 * Jane Ann Stewart – The Descendants

Best Makeup

 * Jan Archibald and Morag Ross – Hugo
 * Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle – Albert Nobbs
 * Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland – The Iron Lady
 * Felicity Bowring, Sophia Burnage and Konnie Daniel – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Jenny Shircore – My Week with Marilyn

Best Costume Design

 * Jaqueline Durran – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Mark Bridges – The Artist
 * Sandy Powell – Hugo
 * Jill Taylor – My Week with Marilyn
 * Penny Rose – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Best Score

 * Alberto Iglesias – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


 * John Williams – War Horse


 * Howard Shore – Hugo


 * Ludovic Bource – The Artist


 * Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Ensemble

 * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


 * The Help


 * Hugo


 * The Artist


 * Moneyball

Best Scene

 * Ending Montage - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * George Melies's Flashback - Hugo
 * Life's a hapy song - The Muppets
 * Final dance - The Artist
 * The elevator - Drive

Best Sound

 * Tom Fleischman, Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty and John Midgley – Hugo
 * Stuart Wilson, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns and Tom Johnson – War Horse
 * Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Doug Cooper, Howard Bargroff and John Casali – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * David Parker, Michael Semanik, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
 * Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick – Moneyball

Statistics winnings/nominations

 * 10/15 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


 * 3/13 - Hugo


 * 3/13 - The Artist


 * 1/5 - The Descendants


 * 1/5 - The Help


 * 1/3 - Sherlock Holmes:A Game of Shadows


 * 1/1 - The Adventures of Tin Tin


 * 0/6 - Albert Nobbs


 * 0/5 - Moneyball


 * 0/4 - War Horse


 * 0/3 - Drive


 * 0/3 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


 * 0/3 - The Iron Lady


 * 0/2 - Bridesmaids


 * 0/2 - Midnight in Paris


 * 0/2 - My Week with Marilyn


 * 0/2 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides


 * 0/2 - The Ides of March


 * 0/1 - Cars 2


 * 0/1 - Chico and Rita


 * 0/1 - Cowboys & Aliens


 * 0/1 - Kung Fu Panda 2
 * 0/1 - Margin Call
 * 0/1 - Mission Impossible


 * 0/1 - Puss in Boots


 * 0/1 - The Muppets


 * 0/1 - Thor


 * 0/1 - Warrior


 * 0/1 - We Need to Talk About Kevin