Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2012

25th CFCA Awards

December 17, 2012

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Best Film:
Zero Dark Thirty

The 25th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were announced on December 17, 2012.

Nominees

Kathryn Bigelow, Best Director winner

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor winner

Jessica Chastain, Best Actress winner

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Supporting Actor winner

Amy Adams, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

• John Hawkes – The Sessions
• Denis Lavant – Holy Motors
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
• Denzel Washington – Flight

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

• Helen Hunt – The Sessions
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible

Best Animated Film

ParaNorman

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• The Secret World of Arrietty
• Wreck-It Ralph

Best Art Direction

Moonrise Kingdom

• Anna Karenina
• Les Misérables
• Lincoln
• The Master

Best Cinematography

The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.

• Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński
• Skyfall – Roger Deakins
• Zero Dark Thirty – Greig Fraser

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

• Ben Affleck – Argo
• Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Documentary Film

The Invisible War

• The Central Park Five
• The Queen of Versailles
• Searching for Sugar Man
• West of Memphis

Best Editing

Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor

• Argo – William Goldenberg
• Cloud Atlas – Alexander Berner and Claus Wehlisch
• The Master – Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty
• Skyfall – Stuart Baird

Best Film

Zero Dark Thirty

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Lincoln
• The Master

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour • Austria/France/Germany

• Holy Motors • France/Germany
• The Intouchables • France
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia • Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Rust and Bone • France/Belgium

Best Original Score

The Master – Jonny Greenwood

• Argo – Alexandre Desplat
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
• Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat
• Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat

Best Adapted Screenplay

Lincoln – Tony Kushner

• Argo – Chris Terrio
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Best Original Screenplay

Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

• Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
• Looper – Rian Johnson
• The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

Best Supporting Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

• Jason Clarke – Zero Dark Thirty
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
• Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – The Master

• Emily Blunt – Looper
• Judi Dench – Skyfall
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

Most Promising Filmmaker

Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

• Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods
• Nicholas Jarecki – Arbitrage
• Colin Trevorrow – Safety Not Guaranteed

Most Promising Performer

Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

• Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
• Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
• Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Tom Holland – The Impossible

External links

• chicagofilmcritics.org