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Best Of 2011: a Summary of World Cinema

Most Awarded Films:

2011 Film Festivals
Awarded Film	Event
The Tree of Life	Cannes Film Festival	France
Faust	Venice Film Festival	Italy
A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
The Double Steps (Los pasos dobles)	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
Where Do We Go Now? (Et maintenant, on va où?)	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
Like Crazy	Sundance Film Festival	USA
The Artist	Hamptons International Film Festival	USA
Back to Stay	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
The Waves	Moscow International Film Festival	Russia
Chinese Take-Away (Un cuento chino)	International Rome Film Festival	Italy
Red State	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
Come as You Are	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

2011 Awards
Awarded Film	Award
The Artist	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
The Descendants (Drama) The Artist (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
Melancholia	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
The Artist	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
The Artist	Cesar Awards (France)	France
Caesar Must Die	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
No Rest for the Wicked	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
She Monkeys	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

Critics' Association Awards 2011
Awarded Film	Awards
Hugo (Hugo Cabret)	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
The Artist	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
The Descendants	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
The Artist	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
The Artist	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

Roger Ebert, Chief Critic of Chicago Sun-Times - Article Sorted by order of preference:
#	Country:	Film
1		A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
2		Shame
3		The Tree of Life
4		Hugo (Hugo Cabret)
5		Take Shelter
6		Kinyarwanda
7		Drive
8		Midnight in Paris
9		Le Havre
10		The Artist
11		Melancholia
12		Terri
13		The Descendants
14		Margaret
15		Martha Marcy May Marlene
16		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
17		Trust
18		Life, above all
19		The Mill and the Cross (Mlyn I Krzyz)
20		Another Earth

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chief Critic of Chicago Reader - Article Sorted by order of preference:
#	Country:	Film
1		A Brighter Summer Day (Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian)
2		Poetry (Shi)
3		Le Quattro Volte
4		Mysteries of Lisbon
5		A Dangerous Method
6		Terri
7		Road to Nowhere
8		The Skin I Live In
9		Putty Hill
10		Hugo (Hugo Cabret)

A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Article Sorted by alphabetical order:
Country:	Film
	Bridesmaids
	A Brighter Summer Day (Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian)
	Cedar Rapids
	A Dangerous Method
	The Descendants
	The Future
	The Help
	Incendies
	Into the Abyss
	Margin Call
	Meek's Cutoff
	Mysteries of Lisbon
	Le Quattro Volte
	The Tree of Life
	Tuesday, After Christmas (Marti, Dupa Craciun)
	War Horse
	Warrior
	Weekend
	Winnie the Pooh
	Young Adult

Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Article Sorted by alphabetical order:
Country:	Film
	Abracadabra
	Aurora
	The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu (Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu)
	Bridesmaids
	Contagion
	A Dangerous Method
	J. Edgar
	Le Havre
	Hugo (Hugo Cabret)
	Melancholia
	Moneyball
	My Joy
	Mysteries of Lisbon
	Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)
	Poetry (Shi)
	Le Quattro Volte
	The Return
	Seeking the Monkey King
	The Skin I Live In
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
	Voluptuous Sleep
	Warrior

Peter Bradshaw, Chief Critic of The Guardian - Article Sorted by alphabetical order:
Country:	Film
	The Artist
	Margaret
	A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
	Poetry (Shi)
	The Tree of Life
	Le Quattro Volte
	We Need to Talk About Kevin
	The Skin I Live In
	Bridesmaids

The Highest Grossing Films of 2011 Worldwide
#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Fantasy	Warner Bros.	$1.328.100.000
2	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Sci-Fi	Dreamworks / Paramount	$1.123.200.000
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Adventure	Walt Disney	$1.043.900.000
4	Kung Fu Panda 2	Animation	Dreamworks	$663.000.000
5	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	Fantasy	Summit Entertainment	$648.000.000
6	Fast & Furious 5	Action	Universal	$626.100.000
7	The Hangover Part II	Comedy	Touchstone	$581.500.000
8	The Smurfs	Animation	Columbia	$562.400.000
9	Cars 2	Animation	Pixar	$551.900.000
10	Rio	Animation	Twentieth Century Fox	$484.600.000

The Highest Grossing Films of 2011 in the US
#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Fantasy	Warner Bros.	$381.000.000
2	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Sci-Fi	Dreamworks / Paramount	$352.000.000
3	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	Fantasy	Summit Entertainment	$267.000.000
4	The Hangover Part II	Comedy	Touchstone	$254.000.000
5	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Adventure	Walt Disney	$241.000.000
6	Fast & Furious 5	Action	Universal	$209.000.000
7	Cars 2	Animation	Pixar	$191.000.000
8	Thor	Fantasy	Marvel / Paramount	$181.000.000
9	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Sci-Fi	20th Century Fox	$176.000.000
10	Captain America: The First Avenger	Action	Marvel / Paramount	$176.000.000

The Highest Grossing Films of 2011 in their Country of Origin
Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
Kokowääh	Comedy	Warner Bros. Germany	$42.000.000
Bruna Surfistinha	Drama	Damasco Filmes	$12.000.000
Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (Crisis Letal)	Comedy	Amiguetes Entertainment	$29.000.000
Untouchable (Intouchables)	Comedy	Quad Productions	$124.000.000
From Up on Poppy Hill	Animation	Studio Ghibli	$56.000.000
Salvando al soldado Pérez	Comedy	Lemon Films	$8.000.000
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Fantasy	Warner Bros.	$117.000.000

The Best Films of 2011 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.
Rating	Country:	Film
8.2		The Artist
7.9		A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
7.9		Hugo (Hugo Cabret)
7.7		Untouchable
7.7		Where Do We Go Now?