THE ACT OF KILLING that features former Indonesian death squad leaders re-enacting their crimes was honored by the Denver Film Critics Society as the Best Documentary of 2013. THE ACT OF KILLING emerged top doc over other nominees that included BLACKFISH, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, CUTIE AND THE BOXER, and STORIES WE TELL.  THE GRANDMASTER, the new film by director Wong Kar-wai which spans the five first decades of the 20th Century in China, and depicts the life of legendary kung fu master Ip Man, portrayed by Tony Leung won for Best Foreign Language Film. Other nominees for Best Foreign Language Film include THE GREAT BEAUTY, THE HUNT, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, and THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN.

THE 2013 DFCS AWARD WINNERS:

BEST PICTURE: “Gravity”
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”
BEST ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
BEST ANIMATED FILM: “Frozen”
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM: “Gravity”
BEST COMEDY: “This Is the End”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: David O. Russell and Eric Singer, “American Hustle”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Terence Winter, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
BEST DOCUMENTARY: “The Act of Killing”
BEST SONG: “Let It Go,” Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, “Frozen”
BEST SCORE: “Gravity,” Steven Price
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “The Grandmaster”