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

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

## 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

   * The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 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
