The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) announced their awards on January 5th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to French-language drama film AMOUR, directed by Michael Haneke who also won the Best Director award. This is really great now as there are a lot of strong contenders this season but NSFC has made a daring decision by selecting Amour as it has also given Emmanuelle Riva the Best Actress award.
Here is the complete list of winners:
BEST PICTURE: Amour
BEST DIRECTOR: Michael Haneke (Amour)
BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
BEST ACTRESS: Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike; Bernie)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams (The Master)
BEST NONFICTION: The Gatekeepers
BEST SCREENPLAY: Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mihai Malaimare, Jr. (The Master)
EXPERIMENTAL: This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi)
FILM HERITAGE:
- To Laurence Kardish, Senior Film Curator at MoMA, for his extraordinary 44 years of service, including this year’s Weimar Cinema retrospective.
- To Milestone Film and Video for their ongoing Shirley Clarke project.
DEDICATION: This year’s awards are dedicated to the late Andrew Sarris, one of the most original and influential American film critics as well as a founding member of the Society.
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