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Michael Haneke’s Amour and Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master lead the nominations for the 33rd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, each with seven nods.  

Amour received nods for Film of the Year and Foreign Language Film, the Director and Screenwriter awards for Haneke, Actor for Jean-Louis Trintignant, Actress for Emmanuelle Riva and Supporting Actress for Isabelle Huppert.
 
The Master picked up nominations for Film of the Year, Director and Screenwriter awards for Anderson, Actor and Supporting Actor for Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman respectively and Supporting Actress for Amy Adams.

Documentary films, The Imposter and Berberian Sound Studio were nominated in the British Film category, the former film also receiving nominations in two additional categories. Indie film Beasts of the Southern Wild is also a nominee for Film of the Year

The 33rd annual edition London Critics’ Circle Film Awards will take place on Sunday January 20, 2013. 

33rd CRITICS’ CIRCLE FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS IN FULL

The Sky Movies Award: FILM OF THE YEAR
Amour (Artificial Eye)
Argo (Warners)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (StudioCanal)
Life of Pi (Fox)
The Master (Entertainment)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Amour (Artificial Eye)
Holy Motors (Artificial Eye)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (New Wave)
Rust and Bone (StudioCanal)
Tabu (New Wave)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
The Imposter (Picturehouse/Revolver)
London: The Modern Babylon (BFI)
Nostalgia for the Light (New Wave)
The Queen of Versailles (Dogwoof)
Searching for Sugar Man (StudioCanal)

The May Fair Hotel Award: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Berberian Sound Studio (Artificial Eye)
The Imposter (Picturehouse/Revolver)
Les Miserables (Universal)
Sightseers (StudioCanal)
Skyfall (Sony)

The Spotlight Award: ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (Fox)
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables (Universal)
Mads Mikkelsen – The Hunt (Arrow)
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master (Entertainment)
Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour (Artificial Eye)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty (Universal)
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone (StudioCanal)
Helen Hunt – The Sessions (Fox)
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook (Entertainment)
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour (Artificial Eye)

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Alan Arkin – Argo (Warners)
Javier Bardem – Skyfall (Sony)
Michael Fassbender – Prometheus (Fox)
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master (Entertainment)
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln (Fox)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Amy Adams – The Master (Entertainment)
Judi Dench – Skyfall (Sony)
Sally Field – Lincoln (Fox)
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables (Universal)
Isabelle Huppert – Amour (Artificial Eye)

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR – In association with Cameo Productions
Daniel Craig – Skyfall (Sony)
Charlie Creed-Miles – Wild Bill (The Works/Universal)
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (Fox)
Toby Jones – Berberian Sound Studio (Artificial Eye)
Steve Oram – Sightseers (StudioCanal)

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt – Looper (eOne) and Your Sister’s Sister (StudioCanal)
Judi Dench – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox) and Skyfall (Sony)
Alice Lowe – Sightseers (StudioCanal)
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock (Fox)
Andrea Riseborough – Shadow Dancer (Paramount)

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Samantha Barks – Les Miserables (Universal)
Fady Elsayed – My Brother the Devil (Verve)
Tom Holland – The Impossible (eOne)
Will Poulter – Wild Bill (The Works/Universal)
Jack Reynor – What Richard Did (Artificial Eye)

The American Airlines Award: DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master (Entertainment)
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty (Universal)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (New Wave)
Michael Haneke – Amour (Artificial Eye)
Ang Lee – Life of Pi (Fox)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master (Entertainment)
Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty (Universal)
Michael Haneke – Amour (Artificial Eye)
Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained (Sony)
Chris Terrio – Argo (Warners)

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Ben Drew, writer/director – Ill Manors (Revolver)
Sally El Hosaini, writer/director – My Brother the Devil (Verve)
Dexter Fletcher, co-writer/director – Wild Bill (The Works/Universal)
Bart Layton, writer/director – The Imposter (Picturehouse/Revolver)
Alice Lowe & Steve Oram, writers – Sightseers (StudioCanal)

The Sky 3D Award: TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran, costumes (Universal)
Argo – William Goldenberg, film editing (Warners)
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson, cinematography (StudioCanal)
Berberian Sound Studio – Joakim Sundstrom & Stevie Haywood, sound design (Artificial Eye)
Holy Motors – Bernard Floch, makeup (Artificial Eye)
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda, cinematography (Fox)
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, visual effects (Fox)
The Master – Jack Fisk & David Crank, production design (Entertainment)
My Brother the Devil – David Raedeker, cinematography  (Verve)
Rust and Bone – Alexandre Desplat, music (StudioCanal)

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM: Sponsored by PREMIER
Helena Bonham Carter

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[caption id="attachment_2333" align="alignnone" width="550"]Safety Not Guaranteed[/caption]

“Safety Not Guaranteed” took top honors, winning Best Film as well as Best Original Screenplay (Derek Connolly) at the Indiana Film Journalists Association 2012 Awards.  “Beasts of the Southern Wild” was the runner-up for Best Film and also won the Original Vision Award, which recognizes a film that is especially innovative or groundbreaking. Eight other films were named Finalists for Best Film.

Stephen Chbosky won Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” “Rise of the Guardians” was named Best Animated Film, “Searching for Sugar Man“ Best Documentary and “The Raid: Redemption” Best Foreign Language Film. 

The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with Indiana roots, went to Jon Vickers, Founding Director of Indiana University Cinema.  

The following is the complete list of honored films:

Best Film
Winner: Safety Not Guaranteed
Runner-Up: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Other Finalists (listed alphabetically):
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Sessions
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Rise of the Guardians
Runner-Up: ParaNorman

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: The Raid: Redemption
Runner-Up: Amour

Best Documentary
Winner: Searching for Sugar Man
Runner-Up: Room 237

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Derek Connolly, “Safety Not Guaranteed”
Runner-Up: Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Stephen Chbosky, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
Runner-Up: David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Director
Winner: Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained”
Runner-Up: Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”

Best Actress
Winner: Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Runner-Up: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
Runner-Up: Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”

Best Actor
Winners (Tie):
Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Runner-Up: Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Best Musical Score
Winner: Thomas Newman, “Skyfall”
Runner-Up: Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi”

Original Vision Award
Winner: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-Up: Django Unchained

The Hoosier Award
Winner: Jon Vickers, Founding Director of Indiana University Cinema

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[caption id="attachment_2655" align="alignnone" width="550"]Best Documentary – Bully[/caption]

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society selected “Life of Pi” as the best motion picture of 2012, along with Ang Lee as best director.  “Life of Pi” took home a total of five awards including, best cinematography, musical score, visual effects and youth in film award for its young star, Suraj Sharma. Best Documentary went to Bully and Best Foreign Film went to Amour.

2012 Sierra Award winners

Best Picture
“Life of Pi”

Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis, “Lincoln”

Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Lining Playbook”

Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

Best Director
Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Rian Johnson, “Looper”

Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, “Life of Pi”

Best Film Editing
“Zero Dark Thirty”

Best Costume Design
Jaqueline Durran, “Anna Karenina”

Best Art Direction
Alex Cameron, “Prometheus”

Best Visual Effects
“Life of Pi”

Best Documentary
“Bully”

Best Foreign Film
“Amour” (Germany)

Best Song
“Skyfall”

Best Score
Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi”

Best Animated Film
“Paranorman”

Youth in Film
Suraj Sharma, “Life of Pi”

Best DVD (Packaging, Design, and Content)
“Hitchcock: Masterpiece Collection” (Blu-Ray) 

WILLIAM HOLDEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR 2012: Alan Arkin

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St. Louis Film Critics’ Awards

Best Film:“Argo “
runners-up: “Life of Pi” and “Lincoln”)

Best Director:Ben Affleck (“Argo”)
runner-up): Quentin Tarantino (“Django Unchained”) and
Benh Zeitlin (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”)

Best Actor:Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”) 
(runner-up): John Hawkes (“The Sessions”)

Best Actress:Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”)
(runner-up): Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”)

Best Supporting Actor:Christoph Waltz (“Django Unchained”)
(runner-up): Tommy Lee Jones (“Lincoln”)

Best Supporting Actress:(Tie): Ann Dowd (“Compliance”) and Helen Hunt (“The Sessions”)

Best Original Screenplay:”Zero Dark Thirty” (Mark Boal) 
(runner-up): “Django Unchained” (Quentin Tarantino)

Best Adapted Screenplay:(Tie): “Lincoln” (Tony Kushner) and “Silver Linings Playbook” (David O. Russell)

Best Cinematography:”Skyfall” (Roger Deakins
(runner-up): “Life of Pi” (Claudio Miranda)

Best Visual Effects:”Life of Pi”
(runner-up): “The Avengers”

Best Music:(Tie): “Django Unchained” and “Moonrise Kingdom

Best Foreign-Language Film:“The Intouchables”
(runners-up): “The Fairy” and “Headhunters”

Best Documentary:“Searching for Sugar Man”
(runner-up): “Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry,” “Bully” and “How To Survive A Plague”

Best Comedy:(Tie): “Moonrise Kingdom” and
“Ted”

Best Animated Film:“Wreck-It Ralph”
(runner-up): “ParaNorman”

Best Art-House or Festival Film(Tie): “Compliance” and “Safety Not Guaranteed”

Special Merit (for best scene, cinematic technique or other memorable aspect or moment)
(Four-way Tie):
“Django Unchained” – The “bag head” bag/mask problems scene
“Hitchcock” – Anthony Hopkins in lobby conducting to music/audience’s reaction during “Psycho” screening 
“The Impossible” – Opening tsunami scene 
“The Master” – The first “processing” questioning scene between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix

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[caption id="attachment_2324" align="alignnone" width="550"]Beasts of the Southern Wild[/caption]

The Southeastern Film Critics’ Association voted Ben Affleck’s Argo the best motion picture of 2012, and the actor-director Affleck was named “Best Director.” 

Ben Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild was the overwhelming choice for the group’s Gene Wyatt award, given for the film that “best evokes the spirit of the South,” with Richard Linklater’s Bernie — yet another dramatization of a true story — finishing second. Beasts of the Southern Wild also made the Top 10 best films of 2012 list.

2012 SEFCA AWARD RESULTS

 TOP TEN

1. Argo
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. Lincoln
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Silver Linings Playbook
6. Beasts of the Southern Wild
7. The Master
8. Les Misérables
9. Life of Pi
10. The Dark Knight Rises

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Runner-up: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Runner-up: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Runner-up: Sally Field, Lincoln

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: Lincoln
Runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ben Affleck, Argo
Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Runner-up: Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Argo: Chris Terrio
Runner-up: Lincoln: Tony Kushner

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: The Queen of Versailles
Runner-up: Bully

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: The Intouchables (50)
Runner-up: Amour (32)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: ParaNorman
Runner-up: Frankenweenie
3. Brave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda
Runner-up: Skyfall: Roger Deakins

GENE WYATT AWARD for FILM THAT BEST EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH
Winner: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-up: Bernie

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[caption id="attachment_2330" align="alignnone" width="551"]Omari Hardwick and Emayatzy Corinealdi in Middle of Nowhere[/caption]

Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty was named best film of 2012 by the African-American Film Critics Association, but Middle of Nowhere written and directed by 2012 Sundance Film Festival winner of Best Director, Ava DuVernay, was also a big winner, grabbing awards for Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Independent Film, and Best Music.

Zero Dark Thirty chronicles the search for Osama bin-Laden and Middle of Nowhere is a drama about a woman and her relationship with her incarcerated lover.

The complete list of winners:

Best Picture: “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Director: Ben Affleck, “Argo”
Best Actress: Emayatzy Corinealdi, “Middle of Nowhere”
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, “Flight”
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, “Lincoln”
Best Supporting Actor: Nate Parker, “Arbitrage”
Best Screenplay: Ava DuVernay, “Middle of Nowhere”
Best Foreign Language Film: “The Intouchables”
Best Documentary: (tie) “The House I Live In” and “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution”
Best Animated Feature: “Rise of the Guardians”
Best Independent Film: “Middle of Nowhere”
Best Breakthrough Performer: Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Best Music: Kathryn Bostic and Morgan Rhodes, “Middle of Nowhere”
Special Achievement Awards: Cicely Tyson and Billy Dee Williams

Top 10:
1. “Zero Dark Thirty”
2. “Argo”
3. “Lincoln”
4. “Middle of Nowhere”
5. “Life of Pi”
6. “Les Misérables”
7. “Django Unchained”
8. “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
9. “Moonrise Kingdom”
10. “Think Like a Man”

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[caption id="attachment_3015" align="alignnone" width="550"]Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams in The Master[/caption]

The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama about a battle of wills between a ravaged war veteran and the cult leader who offers him a place at his right hand, was the big winner of the Toronto Film Critics Association 2012 Awards.

Anderson’s film took Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, with co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman named the year’s Best Supporting Actor. Anderson has now won Best Picture twice (previous was Magnolia 1999) and Best Director three times (previous was Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love 2002). He also shared the Best Screenplay prize with Being John Malkovich author Charlie Kaufman (1999).

Canadian filmmakers were also honored in the TFCA’s other awards, with Stories We Tell winning the Allan King Documentary Award and Panos Cosmatos sharing the Best First Feature prize for Beyond the Black Rainbow with Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild.

The full list of Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:

BEST PICTURE
“The Master” (eOne)
Runners-up:
“Amour” (Mongrel Media)
“Zero Dark Thirty” (Alliance Films)

BEST ACTOR
Denis Lavant, “Holy Motors”
Runners-up:
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”

BEST ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz, “The Deep Blue Sea”
Runners-up:
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Runners-up:
Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gina Gershon, “Killer Joe”
Runners-up:
Amy Adams, “The Master”
Ann Dowd, “Compliance”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserable”

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Master”
Runners-up:
Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Leos Carax, “Holy Motors”

BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL
“The Master”, written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Runners-up:
“Lincoln”, written by Tony Kushner, based on the book
“Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Zero Dark Thirty”, written by Mark Boal

BEST FIRST FEATURE – TIE
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”, directed by Benh Zeitlin
“Beyond the Black Rainbow”, directed by Panos Cosmatos
Runner-up:
“The Cabin in the Woods”, directed by Drew Goddard

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“ParaNorman” (Alliance Films)
Runners-up:
“Brave” (Disney*Pixar)
“Frankenweenie” (Disney)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Amour”(Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
“Holy Motors” (Mongrel Media)
“Tabu” (filmswelike)

ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD
“Stories We Tell” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
“The Queen of Versailles” (Mongrel Media)
“Searching for Sugar Man” (Mongrel Media)

ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS
“Bestiaire”, directed by Denis Côté
“Goon”, directed by Michael Dowse
“Stories We Tell”, directed by Sarah Polley

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