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.

11th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 10, 2012 (2012-12-10)
Highlights
Best Film	Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director	Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress	Jessica Chastain

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

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association