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.^[1]

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
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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