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