Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 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

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Brave

Frankenweenie

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

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