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The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) has announced their 2011 winners. The Best Film award went to the black-and-white, silent film "The Artist" from director Michel Hazanavicius. But Martin Scorsese received the Best Directing award for "Hugo."

In the acting categories, George Clooney won the Best Actor award for "The Descendants" and Michelle Williams took home the Best Actress award for "My Week with Marilyn." Albert Brooks won Best Supporting Actor for his memorable performance in "Drive," while Octavia Spencer received the Best Supporting Actress award for "The Help."

Here's the complete list of the 2011 WAFCA (Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association) Winners:

• Best Film:
• The Artist

• Best Director:
• Martin Scorsese Hugo

• Best Actor:
• George Clooney The Descendants

• Best Actress:
• Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn

• Best Supporting Actor:
• Albert Brooks Drive

• Best Supporting Actress:
• Octavia Spencer The Help

• Best Acting Ensemble:
Bridesmaids

• Best Adapted Screenplay:
• Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash The Descendants

• Best Original Screenplay:
• Will Reiser 50/50

• Best Animated Feature:
• Rango

• Best Documentary:
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams

• Best Foreign Language Film:
• The Skin I Live In

• Best Art Direction:
• Dante Ferretti, Production Designer, and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Set Decorator Hugo

• Best Cinematography:
• Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life

• Best Score:
• Ludovic Bource The Artist

Here's a full-list of the WAFCA Award nominees:

• Best Film:
• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• Hugo
• Win Win

• Best Director:
• Woody Allen Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
• Alexander Payne The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn Drive
• Martin Scorsese Hugo

• Best Actor:
• George Clooney The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin The Artist
• Michael Fassbender Shame
• Brad Pitt Moneyball
• Michael Shannon Take Shelter

• Best Actress:
• Viola Davis The Help
• Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Meryl Streep The Iron Lady
• Tilda Swinton We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn

• Best Supporting Actor:
• Kenneth Branagh My Week with Marilyn
• Albert Brooks Drive
• John Hawkes Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Christopher Plummer Beginners
• Andy Serkis Rise of the Planet of the Apes

• Best Supporting Actress:
• Bérénice Bejo The Artist
• Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids
• Carey Mulligan Shame
• Octavia Spencer The Help
• Shailene Woodley The Descendants

• Best Acting Ensemble:
• Bridesmaids
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• The Help
• Hugo
• Margin Call

• Best Adapted Screenplay:
• Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash The Descendants
• Tate Taylor The Help
• John Logan Hugo
• Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Moneyball
• Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

• Best Original Screenplay:
• Woody Allen Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
• Tom McCarthy Win Win
• Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig Bridesmaids
• Will Reiser 50/50

• Best Animated Feature:
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Puss in Boots
• Rango
• Winnie the Pooh

• Best Documentary:
• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
• Buck
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life
• Project Nim

• Best Foreign Language Film:
• 13 Assassins
• Certified Copy
• I Saw the Devil
• Pina
• The Skin I Live In

• Best Art Direction:
• Lawrence Bennett, Production Designer, and Gregory S. Hooper, Art Director The Artist
• Stuart Craig, Production Designer, and Stephenie McMillan, Set Decorator Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Dante Ferretti, Production Designer, and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Set Decorator Hugo
• Jack Fisk, Production Designer, and Jeanette Scott, Set Decorator The Tree of Life
• Rick Carter, Production Designer, and Lee Sandales, Set Decorator War Horse

• Best Cinematography:
• Guillaume Schiffman The Artist
• Robert Richardson Hugo
• Manuel Alberto Claro Melancholia
• Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life
• Janusz Kaminski War Horse

• Best Score:
• Ludovic Bource The Artist
• Cliff Martinez Drive
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Howard Shore Hugo
• John Williams War Horse