2012 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

9th StLFCA Awards

December 17, 2012

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Best Film:
Argo
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Best Director:
Ben Affleck
Argo

The nominees for the 9th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 11, 2012. The winners were announced on December 17, 2012.

Winners, runners-up and nominees

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

* Runner-up: John Hawkes - The Sessions
** Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
** Jamie Foxx - Django Unchained
** Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
** Denzel Washington - ''Flight''

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

* Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
** Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
** Aubrey Plaza - Safety Not Guaranteed
** Quvenzhané Wallis - ''Beasts of the Southern Wild''

Best Adapted Screenplay

Lincoln - Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell

* Argo - Chris Terrio
* Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
* Life of Pi - David Magee
* The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

Best Animated Film

Wreck-It Ralph

* Runner-up: ParaNorman
** Brave
** Frankenweenie
** ''Rise of the Guardians''

Best Cinematography

Skyfall - Roger Deakins

* Runner-up: Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
** Beasts of the Southern Wild - Ben Richardson
** Cloud Atlas - Frank Griebe and John Toll
** Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
** The Master - Mihai Mălaimare Jr.

Best Director

Ben Affleck - Argo

* Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
* Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
** Wes Anderson - Moonrise Kingdom
** Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
** Ang Lee - ''Life of Pi''

Best Documentary Film

Searching for Sugar Man

* Runner-up: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
* Runner-up: Bully
* Runner-up: How to Survive a Plague
** ''Jiro Dreams of Sushi''

Best Film

Argo

* Runner-up: Life of Pi
* Runner-up: Lincoln
** Django Unchained
** Moonrise Kingdom
** ''Zero Dark Thirty''

Best Foreign Language Film

The Intouchables • France

* Runner-up: The Fairy • Belgium / France
* Runner-up: Headhunters • Norway
** Holy Motors • France / Germany
** The Kid with a Bike • Belgium / France / Italy

Best Music

Django Unchained Moonrise Kingdom

Best Original Screenplay

Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

* Runner-up: Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
** The Cabin in the Woods - Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
** Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
** Seven Psychopaths - Martin McDonagh

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

* Runner-up: Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
** Alan Arkin - Argo
** John Goodman - Argo
** William H. Macy - The Sessions
** Bruce Willis - ''Moonrise Kingdom''

Best Supporting Actress

Ann Dowd - Compliance Helen Hunt - The Sessions

* Amy Adams - The Master
* Sally Field - Lincoln
* Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
* Emma Watson - ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower''

Best Arthouse or Festival Film

Compliance Safety Not Guaranteed

Django Unchained: The "bag head" bag/mask problems scene Hitchcock: Anthony Hopkins in lobby conducting to music/audience's reaction during Psycho shower scene The Impossible: Opening tsunami scene The Master: The first "processing" questioning scene between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix

* Beasts of the Southern Wild: The hurricane
* Flight: The plane crash