Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2012 Explained

Number:	11
Award:	WAFCA Awards
Best Film:	Zero Dark Thirty
Best Direction:	Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor:	Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress:	Jessica Chastain
Last:	2011
Next:	2013

The 11th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were held on December 10, 2012.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• Zero Dark Thirty

• Argo

• Les Misérables

• Lincoln

• Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

• Ben Affleck – Argo

• Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master

• Tom Hooper – Les Misérables

• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

• John Hawkes – The Sessions

• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables

• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

• Denzel Washington – Flight

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

• Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone

• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

• Helen Mirren – Hitchcock

• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour

Best Supporting Actor

• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

• Alan Arkin – Argo

• Javier Bardem – Skyfall

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained

• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

• Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

• Amy Adams – The Master

• Samantha Barks – Les Misérables

• Sally Field – Lincoln

• Helen Hunt – The Sessions

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

• Argo – Chris Terrio

• Life of Pi – David Magee

• Lincoln – Tony Kushner

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky

Best Original Screenplay

• Looper – Rian Johnson

• Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

• The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson

• Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

Best Ensemble

• Les Misérables

• Argo

• Lincoln

• Moonrise Kingdom

• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Film

• ParaNorman

• Brave

• Frankenweenie

• Rise of the Guardians

• Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary Film

• Bully

• The Imposter

• The Invisible War

• The Queen of Versailles

• Searching for Sugar Man

Best Foreign Language Film

• Amour • Austria

• The Intouchables • France

• I Wish • Japan

• A Royal Affair • Hungary

• Rust and Bone • Belgium

Best Art Direction

• Cloud Atlas

• Anna Karenina

• Les Misérables

• Lincoln

• Moonrise Kingdom

Best Cinematography

• Life of Pi

• Les Misérables

• The Master

• Skyfall

• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Score

• The Master – Jonny Greenwood

• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin

• – Howard Shore

• Lincoln – John Williams

• Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat

Best Youth Performance

• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

• Jared Gilman – Moonrise Kingdom

• Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom

• Tom Holland – The Impossible

• Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2012 WAFCA Awards . . December 10, 2012 . December 19, 2012.