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Nominations 24.Dec.12 • Awards 7.Jan.13

Notes by Rich: The Online Film Critics Society was established in 1997, and is now part of the mainstream awards season. Members come from all over the world, but the predominantly American membership is clear the few nods to films from outside the USA aside from the expected ones. While Amour went home empty-handed, This Is Not a Film deservedly took best doc. This year's biggest quirk is the welcome nomination of Leos Carax's Holy Motors in mainstream categories like film, director and actor (I voted for it!). By comparison, it's interesting that fanboy favourite Lincoln wasn't up for film or director, although The Cabin in the Woods, Cosmopolis and Looper nabbed screenplay nominations. The oddest surprise is the shut-out of Ang Lee's acclaimed Life of Pi.

Rich Cline has been a member of the OFCS since September 2003.               See also: The OFCS blog

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W I N N E R S . . .

2/5 ARGO
2/8 THE MASTER
1/5 LINCOLN
      ZERO DARK THIRTY
1/4 HOLY MOTORS
      MOONRISE KINGDOM
1/2 CLOUD ATLAS
      SKYFALL
      THIS IS NOT A FILM
1/1 LES MISERABLES
      PARANORMAN

N O M I N E E S . . .

3 BEASTS OF THE
      SOUTHERN WILD

2 AMOUR
   THE SESSIONS
1 BRAVE
   CABIN IN THE WOODS
   COMPLIANCE
   COSMOPOLIS
   THE DEEP BLUE SEA
   DJANGO UNCHAINED
   FLIGHT
   FRANKENWEENIE
   THE IMPOSTER
   THE INVISIBLE WAR
   JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
   LIFE OF PI
   LOOPER
   QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
   RUST AND BONE
   THE SECRET WORLD
      OF ARRIETTY

   SILVER LININGS
      PLAYBOOK

   THE TURIN HORSE
   WRECK-IT RALPH

A L L   T H E   N O M I N E E S   &   W I N N E R S

F I L M

WINNER Argo
Holy Motors
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

F O R E I G N   F I L M

Amour
WINNER Holy Motors
Rust and Bone
This Is Not a Film
The Turin Horse

D O C U M E N T A R Y

The Imposter
The Invisible War
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
The Queen of Versailles
WINNER This Is Not a Film

A N I M A T E D   F E A T U R E

Brave
Frankenweenie
WINNER ParaNorman
The Secret World of Arrietty
Wreck-It Ralph

D I R E C T O R

Ben Affleck - Argo
WINNER Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
Wes Anderson - Moonrise Kingdom
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Leos Carax - Holy Motors

E D I T O R

Argo - William Goldenberg
WINNER Cloud Atlas - Alexander Berner
The Master - Leslie Jones, Peter McNulty
Skyfall - Stuart Baird
Zero Dark Thirty - William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

A C T O R

WINNER Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
John Hawkes - The Sessions
Denis Lavant - Holy Motors
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight

A C T R E S S

WINNER Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rachel Weisz - The Deep Blue Sea

S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R

Alan Arkin - Argo
Dwight Henry - Beasts of the Southern Wild
WINNER Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S

Amy Adams - The Master
Ann Dowd - Compliance
Sally Field - Lincoln
WINNER Anne Hathaway -Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions

O R I G I N A L   S C R E E N P L A Y

The Cabin in the Woods - Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
Looper - Rian Johnson
The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson
WINNER Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

A D A P T E D   S C R E E N P L A Y

WINNER Argo - Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Cloud Atlas - Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski
Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg
Lincoln - Tony Kushner

C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y

Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
The Master - Mihai Malamiare Jr
Moonrise Kingdom - Robert D Yeoman
WINNER Skyfall - Roger Deakins

S P E C I A L   A W A R D S

WINNER Ennio Morricone - career award
WINNER Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb - for their act of protest against Iran's government
WINNER Fandor & National Preservation Foundation: For the Love of Film - film restoration

O F C S   M E M B E R   P O L L S
WINNER The OFCS’ 100 BEST FIRST FILMS
(2010)
WINNER The TOP 100 FILMS and PERFORMANCES of the OFCS' FIRST DECADE (1995-2005)
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