Critics Societies Roundup 5

If you have been following these posts for the past two weeks, you will have noticed that 12 Years A Slave is cleaning up quite a bit at these second-tier critics awards. And today is no different, as we see it take the top prize in both Florida and Las Vegas, with the only outlier being Austin, which picked Spike Jonze’s Her.
No real surprises today, other than perhaps Brie Larson’s win in Austin. If only she had a bigger studio behind her, the Short Term 12 star might have had a shot at a nomination.

FLORIDA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

BEST PICTURE
12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto – The Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

BEST DIRECTOR
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spike Jonze – Her

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Great Gatsby

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Blue is the Warmest Color

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
Frozen

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Lupita Nyong’O – 12 Years a Slave

GOLDEN ORANGE
Dana Keith

 
LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS

BEST FILM
12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST DIRECTOR
Steve McQueen – 12 Years A Slave

BEST ACTOR
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ACTRESS
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years A Slave

BEST SCREENPLAY
Her

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Gravity

BEST EDITING
Gravity

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
12 Years A Slave

BEST ART DIRECTION
Gravity

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity

BEST SCORE
12 Years A Slave

BEST SONG
Please Mr. Kennedy – Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Blackfish

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is The Warmest Color

BEST ACTION FILM
Lone Survivor

BEST COMEDY
This Is The End

BEST HORROR/SCI-FI FILM
Pacific Rim

BEST FAMILY FILM
Saving Mr. Banks

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Tye Sheridan – Mud

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station

AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION

BEST FILM
Her (Spike Jonze)

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson – Short Term 12

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Her

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Years a Slave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Gravity

BEST SCORE
Her

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue is the Warmest Color

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen

BEST FIRST FILM
Fruitvale Station

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Brie Larson – Short Term 12

BEST AUSTIN FILM
Before Midnight

SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD
Scarlett Johansson – for her outstanding voice performance in Her

AFCA 2013 TOP TEN FILMS
1. Her
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Gravity
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. Short Term 12
7. Mud
8. Before Midnight
9. Dallas Buyers Club
10. Captain Phillips

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