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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