| Number: | 16 |
| Award: | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards |
| Date: | ,[1] Gala [2] |
| Site: | Round Room at The Carlu[3] |
| Last: | 15th |
| Next: | 17th |
The 16th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were given on December 18, 2012.[4] [5] [6]
Through a naming rights sponsorship with Rogers the Best Canadian Film Award prize money was raised to C$100,000 from $15,000 in 2010 and $10,000 prior to that, while the two runners-up took $5,000 each. It is now the largest film prize in Canada.[7] [8]
Runners-Up: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln and Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Runners-Up: Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty and Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Runners-Up: Brave and Frankenweenie
Runners-Up: Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty and Leos Carax – Holy Motors
Runners-Up: The Queen of Versailles and Searching for Sugar Man
Runners-Up: Amour and Zero Dark Thirty
Runner-Up: The Cabin in the Woods
Runners-Up: Holy Motors • France/Germany and Tabu • Portugal
Runners-Up: Lincoln – Tony Kushner and Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
Runners-Up: Javier Bardem – Skyfall and Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Runners-Up: Amy Adams – The Master, Ann Dowd – Compliance and Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Runners-Up: Denis Côté - Bestiaire, Michael Dowse -Goon