La Film Experts Association Honours 2011: 'The Descendants,' Michael Fassbender, Terrence Malick Among Surprise Indie Individuals who win

Boston and NY (online) experts were only some of the real physiques supplying honours on Sunday mid-day. The La Film Experts Association launched plaudits to numerous 2011 indie releases, in the break in early honours season status quo. Three cheers for Michael Fassbender, Terrence Malick as well as the Chemical Brothers and sisters? Yep! See the LAFCA honours individuals who win and runner-ups ahead. BEST PICTURE: Champion: 'The Descendants' BEST PICTURE: Runner-Up: 'The Tree of Life' BEST ANIMATION: Champion: 'Rango' BEST ANIMATION: Runner-Up: 'The Adventures of Tintin' BEST DIRECTOR, Champion: Terrence Malick, 'The Tree of Life' BEST DIRECTOR, Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, 'Hugo' BEST ACTOR, Champion: Michael Fassbender, 'A Dangerous Method,' 'Jane Eyre,' 'Shame,' 'X-Males: First Class' , Runner-Up: Michael Shannon, 'Take Shelter' BEST ACTRESS, Champion: Yun Jung-Hee, 'Poetry' BEST ACTRESS, Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst, 'Melancholia' BEST INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL, Champion: 'Spark of Being' BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION, Champion: 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION: RunnerUp, 'The Arbor' BEST Script, Champion: Asghar Farhadi, 'A Separation' BEST Script, Runner-Up: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, 'The Descendants' BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Champion: Christopher Plummer, 'Beginners' BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt, 'Young Adult' BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, Champion: Jessica Chastain, 'Coriolanus,' 'The Debt,' 'The Help,' 'Take Shelter, 'Texas Killing Fields,' 'The Tree of Life' BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, Runner-Up: Jesse McTeer, 'Albert Nobbs' BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Champion: Emmanuel Lubezki, 'The Tree of Life' BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Runner-Up: Cao Yu, 'City of Existence and Death' BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN, Champion: Dante Ferretti, 'Hugo' BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN, Runner-Up: Maria Djurkovic, 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' BEST MUSIC/SCORE, Champion: Caffeine Brothers and sisters, 'Hanna' BEST MUSIC/SCORE, Runner-Up: High high cliff Martinez, 'Drive' [Photo: Fox Searchlight] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook