3rd Annual Nevada Film Critics Society Awards

The Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) announced their awards on December 20th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to Steve McQueen‘s 12 Years a Slave. Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for his exceptional work in Gravity.

Last year, 4 NFCS winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Film, Best Actress, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. Let's see how it goes this year.

Best Film: 12 Years a Slave

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress: Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Best Animated Film: Frozen

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)

Best Production Design: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Visual Effects: Gravity

Best Ensemble Cast: August: Osage County

Best Youth Performance: Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief)

12th Annual Utah Film Critics Association Awards

The Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) announced their awards on December 20th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to Gravity, co-written, directed and co-produced by Alfonso Cuarón, who also won the Best Director award. One surprising thing is The World's End's Best Original Screenplay win, which doesn't make sense at all.

Last year, only 2 UFCA winners won the Oscar, i.e. Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Picture: Gravity

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress: Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Supporting Actor: Bill Nighy, About Time

Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Her

Best Original Screenplay: The World's End

Best Adapted Screenplay: Before Midnight

Best Non-English Language Feature: Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Animated Feature: Frozen

Best Cinematography: Gravity

5th Annual Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards

The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) announced their 5th annual awards on December 19th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award. Her was the runner-up in both of the categories aforementioned. It's great to see Her getting much love from the critics.

I've got no problem with the winners and IFJA's choices this year except including Spring Breakers in the final list of top films and GRAVITY IS NOT EVEN IN THE LIST!!! Also, not making Jared Leto even a runner-up in Best Supporting Actor category. I have no idea what's wrong with IFJA. But... it's nice to see Frances Ha finally making it to some of the best film lists.

Last year, 3 IFJA winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway and Best Documentary for Searching for Sugar Man. Additionally, 5 of the runner-ups won the Oscars in the end. That means IFJA's really close to predicting the real winners. Let's see how it goes at the Oscars this year.

Here is the complete list of winners along with runner-ups:

BEST FILM:

• Winner: 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• Runner-Up: HER

Other Finalists (listed alphabetically):

• ALL IS LOST


• BEFORE MIDNIGHT


• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS


• FRANCES HA


• MUD


• PRISONERS


• SPRING BREAKERS


• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

• Winner: FROZEN


• Runner-up: THE WIND RISES

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• Winner: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR


• Runner-Up: THE GRANDMASTER

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

• Winner: THE ACT OF KILLING


• Runner-Up: STORIES WE TELL

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Winner: Spike Jonze – HER


• Runner-Up: Peter Morgan – RUSH

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• Winner: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy – BEFORE MIDNIGHT


• Runner-Up: John Ridley – 12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST DIRECTOR:

• Winner: Steve McQueen – 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• Runner-Up: Spike Jonze – HER

BEST ACTRESS:

• Winner: Adele Exarchopoulos – BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR


• Runner-Up: Brie Larson – SHORT TERM 12

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Winner: Jennifer Lawrence – AMERICAN HUSTLE


• Runner-Up: June Squibb – NEBRASKA

BEST ACTOR:

• Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• Runner-Up: Matthew McConaughey – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Winner: Barkhad Abdi – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS


• Runner-Up: Jeremy Renner – AMERICAN HUSTLE

BEST MUSICAL SCORE:

• Winner: Hans Zimmer – 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• Runner-Up: Hans Zimmer – RUSH

ORIGINAL VISION AWARD: 

• Winner: HER


• Runner-Up: GRAVITY

THE HOOSIER AWARD: MEDORA – Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart, directors

5th Annual Black Film Critics Circle Awards

The Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) announced their awards on December 18th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award.

Last year, 6 BFCC winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave

Best Director: Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress: Brie Larson for Short Term 12

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay: David O. Russell and Eric Singer for American Hustle

Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave

Best Documentary: 20 Feet From Stardom

Best Animated Film: Frozen

Best Cinematography: Gravity

Best Foreign Film: Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Ensemble: 12 Years a Slave

18th Annual Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) announced their awards on December 18th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award.

Last year, only 5 FFCC winners won the Oscar, i.e. Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Visual Effects. Let's see how it goes this year.

Here is the complete list of winners along with runners-up:

Best Picture:

• 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: American Hustle

Best Director:

• Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity

Best Actor:

• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix – Her

Best Actress:

• Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine


• Runner-up: Judi Dench – Philomena

Best Supporting Actor:

• Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club


• Runner-up: Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

Best Supporting Actress:

• Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Screenplay:

• Spike Jonze – Her


• Runner-up: David O. Russell & Eric Singer – American Hustle

Best Cinematography:

• Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity


• Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Visual Effects:

• Gravity


• Runner-up: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Art Direction/Production Design:

• The Great Gatsby


• Runner-up: American Hustle

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Blue is the Warmest Color


• Runner-up: The Hunt

Best Animated Film

• Frozen


• Runner-up: The Wind Rises

Best Documentary:

• The Act of Killing


• Runner-up: Blackfish

Pauline Kael Breakout Award:

• Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station

11th Annual African-American Film Critics Association Awards

The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) announced the winners of their 11th annual awards on December 18th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award. I have never been a fan of AAFCA and not including the Wolf of Wall Street in the list of top films has made me dislike them even more.

Last year, none of the AAFCA winners won the Oscar, so that makes them ridiculously irrelevant. Let's see if the same happens this year or not. Because this year, everyone's favorite '12 Years a Slave' is AAFCA's top film.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Top Films of 2013

1. 12 Years a Slave


2. Lee Daniels: The Butler


3. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom


4. American Hustle


5. Gravity


6. Fruitvale Station


7. Dallas Buyers Club


8. Saving Mr. Banks


9. Out of the Furnace


10.  42

Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels: The Butler (TWC)

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, Gravity (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actress: Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels: The Butler (TWC)

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)

Best World Cinema: Mother of George (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Breakout Performance: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

Best Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

Best Music: Raphael Sadiq, Black Nativity (RCA Inspirational)

Best Independent Film: Fruitvale Station (TWC)

Best Animation: Frozen (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Documentary: American Promise (Rada Film Group)

17th Annual Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra Awards

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) announced their 17th Annual Sierra awards on December 18th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award. This is getting easier now. 12 Years a Slave is the strongest contender this season and it's highly likely that it will win the Oscars. None of the wins are surprising or shocking as all of the winners are deserving with the exception of This Is the End, which won the Best Comedy Film award. I strongly believe that Edgar Wright's the World's End should have won it.

Last year, 10 LVFCS winners won the Oscars (you can view the previous year's winners here: 16th Annual Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra Awards) which is serious and important as some of the LVFCS winners might win the Oscars this year as well.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Picture: 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: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

Best Film Editing: Alfonso Cuaron & Mark Sanger, Gravity

Best Costume Design: Patricia Norris, 12 Years a Slave

Best Art Direction: Andy Nicholson, Gravity

Best Visual Effects: Gravity

Best Foreign Film: Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Documentary: Blackfish

Best Animated Film: Frozen

Best Family Film: Saving Mr. Banks

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film: Pacific Rim

Best Comedy Film: This is the End

Best Action Film: Lone Survivor

Best Score: Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave

Best Song: Please Mr. Kennedy, Inside Llewyn Davis

Youth in Film: Tye Sheridan, Mud

Best DVD (Packaging, Design and Content): Breaking Bad – The Complete Series (Blu-Ray)

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: John Goodman

LVFCS Top 10 Films of 2013

1. 12 Years a Slave


2. Dallas Buyers Club


3. Gravity


4. The Wolf of Wall Street


5. American Hustle


6. Inside Llewyn Davis


7. Saving Mr. Banks


8. Nebraska


9. Her


10. Lone Survivor

14th Annual Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

The Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) announced their awards on December 17th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen whereas Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity.

Last year, 10 PFCS winners won the Oscars (you can view the previous year's winners here: 13th Annual Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards). The same might happen this year as well. Hoping for the best!

Here is the complete list of winners along with nominations:

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2013 (in alphabetical order):

• BEST PICTURE: 12 Years a Slave


• American Hustle


• Captain Phillips


• Dallas Buyers Club


• Gravity


• Mud


• Nebraska


• Philomena


• Saving Mr. Banks


• Short Term 12

BEST DIRECTOR:

• Winner: Alfonso Cuaron “Gravity”


• Paul Greengrass “Captain Phillips”


• John Lee Hancock “Saving Mr. Banks”


• Steve McQueen “12 Years a Slave”


• Alexander Payne “Nebraska”

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

• Bruce Dern “Nebraska”


• Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years a Slave”


• Tom Hanks “Captain Phillips”


• Winner: Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club”


• Robert Redford “All is Lost”

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

• Winner: Cate Blanchett “Blue Jasmine”


• Sandra Bullock “Gravity”


• Judi Dench “Philomena”


• Meryl Streep “August: Osage County”


• Emma Thompson “Saving Mr. Banks”

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

• Michael Fassbender “12 Years a Slave”


• James Gandolfini “Enough Said”


• Tom Hanks “Saving Mr. Banks”


• Winner: Jared Leto “Dallas Buyers Club”


• Matthew McConaughey “Mud”


• Sam Rockwell “The Way Way Back”

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

• Jennifer Lawrence “American Hustle


• Winner: Lupita Nyong’o “12 Years a Slave”


• Julia Roberts “August: Osage County”


• June Squibb “Nebraska”


• Oprah Winfrey “Lee Daniel’s The Butler”

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING:

• “12 Years a Slave”


• Winner: “American Hustle”


• “August: Osage County”


• “Saving Mr, Banks”


• “The Way Way Back”

BEST SCREENPLAY – ORIGINAL:

• “Gravity”


• “Inside Llewyn Davis”


• “Mud”


• Winner: “Nebraska”

BEST SCREENPLAY – ADAPTATION:

• Winner: “12 Years a Slave”


• “August: Osage County”


• “Captain Phillips”


• “Philomena”

BEST LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM:

• “One Direction: This Is Us”


• Winner: “Oz, The Great and Powerful”


• “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters”


• “The Smurfs 2″

THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR (tie):

• “In a World …”


• “Jack the Giant Slayer”


• Winner: “The Kings of Summer”


• “Much Ado About Nothing”


• “Short Term 12″


• Winner: “The Spectacular Now”

BEST ANIMATED FILM:

• “Despicable Me 2″


• Winner: “Frozen”


• “Monsters University”


• “The Wind Rises”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• “Blancanieves”


• Winner: “Blue is the Warmest Color”


• “The Grandmaster”


• “The Hunt”


• “Populaire”

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

• Winner: “20 Feet from Stardom”


• “The Act of Killing”


• “Blackfish”


• “Stories We Tell”


• “We Steal Secrets: Story of WikiLeaks”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

• Winner: Let It Go “Frozen”


• Please Mr. Kennedy “Inside Llewyn Davis”


• Young and Beautiful “The Great Gatsby”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

• “12 Years a Slave”


• Winner: “Frozen”


• “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”


• “Saving Mr. Banks”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• “12 Years a Slave”


• Winner: “Gravity”


• “The Great Gatsby”


• “Inside Llewyn Davis”


• “Nebraska”

BEST FILM EDITING:

• “12 Years a Slave”


• “American Hustle”


• “Captain Phillips”


• Winner: “Gravity”


• “Rush”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

• “12 Years a Slave”


• Winner: “Gravity”


• “The Great Gatsby”


• “Oz, The Great and Powerful”


• “Saving Mr. Banks”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

• “12 Years a Slave”


• “42″


• “American Hustle”


• Winner: “The Great Gatsby”


• “Saving Mr. Banks”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

• Winner: “Gravity”


• “Jack the Giant Slayer”


• “Oblivion”


• “Star Trek Into Darkness”

BEST STUNTS:

• Winner: “Fast & Furious 6″


• “Oblivion”


• “Star Trek Into Darkness”

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE ON CAMERA:

• Winner: Oscar Isaac “Inside Llewyn Davis”


• Liam James “The Way Way Back”


• Michael B. Jordan “Fruitvale Station”


• Brie Larson “Short Term 12″


• Lupita Nyong’o “12 Years a Slave”


• June Squibb “Nebraska”

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BEHIND THE CAMERA:

• Winner: Lake Bell “In a World…”


• Ryan Coogler “Fruitvale Station”


• Joseph Gordon-Levitt “Don Jon”


• Jeff Nichols “Mud”


• Jordan Vogt-Roberts “The Kings of Summer”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE – FEMALE:

• Annie Rose Buckley “Saving Mr. Banks”


• Kaitlyn Dever “Short Term 12″


• Winner: Sophie Nelisse “The Book Thief”


• Annika Wedderkopp “The Hunt”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE – MALE:

• Asa Butterfield “Ender’s Game”


• Liam James “The Way Way Back”


• Nick Robinson “The Kings of Summer”


• Winner: Tye Sheridan “Mud”

9th Annual Austin Film Critics Association Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced their awards on December 17h, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to Her, written, directed and co-produced by Spike Jonze whereas the Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for his wonderful direction in space drama Gravity.

Last year, 4 AFCA winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence, Best Supporting Actor for Christoph Waltz, Best Suppporting Actress for Anne Hathaway and Best Adapted Screenplay for Chris Terrio. Let's see how it goes this year.

Here is the complete list of winners:

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: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

Best Score: Arcade Fire, Her

Best Foreign Language Film: Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche)

Best Documentary: The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)

Best Animated Film: Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)

Best First Film: Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)

Breakthrough Artist: Brie Larson, Short Term 12

Best Austin Film: Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)

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

17th Annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) announced their awards on December 17th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to Inside Llewyn Davis, directed and co-produced by Coen Brothers whereas the Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for his wonderful direction in space drama Gravity.

Last year, only one TFCA winner won the Oscar, i.e. Best Foreign Language Film for Amour. Let's see how this goes this year.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film: Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Canadian Film: Watermark

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón

Best Actor: Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Best Screenplay: Spike Jonze (Her)

Best First Feature: Neighboring Sounds

Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises

Best Foreign Language Film: A Touch of Sin

BMO Allan King Best Documentary: The Act of Killing

22nd Annual Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) announced their 22nd annual awards on December 16th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award. All the winners are somewhat reasonable and there aren't any shocks or surprises.

Last year, 6 SEFCA winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Film for Argo, Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence, Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway, Best Adapted Screenplay for Chris Terrio and Best Cinematography for Claudio Miranda. History might repeat itself this time again because last year, Zero Dark Thirty was the favorite in the beginning and later it was Argo, but this year mostly 12 Years a Slave is the favorite so far.

Here is the complete list of winners along with runners-up:

Top 10 Films:

1. 12 Years a Slave


2. Gravity


3. American Hustle


4. Her


5. Inside Llewyn Davis


6. Nebraska


7. Dallas Buyers Club


8. Philomena


9. Captain Phillips


10. The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor:

• Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress

• Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine


• Runner-up: Judi Dench, Philomena

Best Supporting Actor:

• Winner: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club


• Runner-up: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Best Supporting Actress:

• Winner: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Best Ensemble:

• Winner: American Hustle


• Runner-up: 12 Years a Slave

Best Director:

• Winner: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Best Original Screenplay:

• Winner: David O. Russell and Eric Singer, American Hustle


• Runner-up: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Winner: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan, Philomena

Best Documentary:

• Winner: The Act of Killing


• Runners-up: Blackfish and Muscle Shoals

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Winner: The Hunt


• Runner-up: Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Animated Film:

• Winner: Frozen


• Runner-up: The Wind Rises

Best Cinematography:

• Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity


• Runner-up: Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years a Slave

The Gene Wyatt Award for the Film that Best Evokes the Spirit of the South:

• Winner: Jeff Nichols, Mud


• Runner-up: Greg “Freddy” Cammalier, Muscle Shoals

10th Annual St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

The St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association announced their 10th annual awards on December 16th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award. 12 years a Slave was the biggest winner winning 7 awards in total and it's not surprising at all. Other winners are completely reasonable as well and most of them would probably winning the Oscar as well.

Last year, only 5 St. Louis winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Film for Argo, Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Supporting Actor for Christoph Waltz, Best Documentary for Searching for Sugar Man and Best Visual Effects for Life of Pi. Let's see if the same happens this year or not.

Here is the complete list of winners along with runners-up and nominations.

Best Film:

• Winner: 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: American Hustle


• Gravity


• Her


• Nebraska

Best Director:

• Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)


• Spike Jonze (Her)


• Winner: Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)


• Alexander Payne (Nebraska)


• David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Actor:

• Christian Bale (American Hustle)


• Bruce Dern (Nebraska)


• Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)


• Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station)


• Runner-up: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress:

• Amy Adams (American Hustle)


• Winner: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)


• Sandra Bullock (Gravity)


• Judi Dench (Philomena)


• Runner-up: Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)


• Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Supporting Actor:

• Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)


• Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)


• Harrison Ford (42)


• Runner-up: Will Forte (Nebraska)


• Winner: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress:

• Scarlett Johansson (Her)


• Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)


• Winner: Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)


• Lea Seydoux (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)


• Runner-up: June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Original Screenplay:

• Runner-up: American Hustle


• Enough Said


• Winner: Her


• Nebraska


• Saving Mr. Banks

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Winner: 12 Years a Slave


• Before Midnight


• Captain Phillips


• Runner-up: Philomena


• Short Term 12


• The Spectacular Now

Best Cinematography:

• Winner (tie): 12 Years a Slave


• The Grandmaster


• The Great Gatsby


• Winner (tie): Gravity


• Inside Llewyn Davis


• Nebraska

Best Visual Special Effects:

• Winner: Gravity


• Runner-up: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug


• Iron Man 3


• Pacific Rim


• Star Trek Into Darkness


• Thor: The Dark World

Best Musical Score:

• 12 Years a Slave


• Runner-up: Gravity


• Winner: Her


• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug


• Runner-up: Nebraska


• Saving Mr. Banks

Best Soundtrack:

• American Hustle


• Despicable Me 2


• Runner-up: Frozen


• The Great Gatsby


• Winner: Inside Llewyn Davis


• Muscle Shoals

Best Art Direction:

• 12 Years A Slave


• The Grandmaster


• Winner: The Great Gatsby


• Runner-up: Her


• Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Documentary:

• 20 Feet from Stardom


• Runner-up: The Act of Killing


• Winner: Blackfish


• Muscle Shoals


• Runner-up: Stories We Tell

Best Non-English Language Film:

• Winner: Blue Is the Warmest Colour


• A Hijacking


• The Hunt


• No


• Runner-up: Wadjda

Best Comedy:

• Winner (tie): Enough Said


• The Heat


• Nebraska


• The Way Way Back


• Winner (tie): The World’s End

Best Animated Feature:

• The Croods


• Despicable Me 2


• Winner: Frozen


• Monsters University


• Runner-up: The Wind Rises

Best Art-House or Festival Film (for artistic excellence in independent, international or smaller-budget films that played at film festivals, film series or had a limited-release run in St. Louis, playing one to three cinemas):

• Ain't Them Bodies Saints


• Before Midnight


• Runner-up: Blue Is the Warmest Colour


• Runner-up: Frances Ha


• In a World…


• Winner: Short Term 12

Best Scene (a favorite movie scene or sequence):

• Winner: 12 Years a Slave – The hanging scene


• Captain Phillips – The scene near the end of the film where Tom Hanks is being checked out by military medical personnel and he breaks down.


• Runner-up: Gravity – he opening tracking shot.


• Her – Off-screen OS sex scene


• The Place Beyond the Pines – The opening scene where Ryan Gosling is walking through the carnival.

17th Annual Online Film Critics Society Awards

The  Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) announced their awards on December 16th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen whereas Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity.

Last year, only 4 OFCS winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Let's see what happens this year.

BEST PICTURE:

• WINNER: 12 Years a Slave


• American Hustle


• Before Midnight


• Blue Is the Warmest Color


• Drug War


• Gravity


• Her


• Inside Llewyn Davis


• Short Term 12


• The Wind Rises

BEST DIRECTOR:

• Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis


• WINNER: Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity


• Spike Jonze – Her


• Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave


• Hayao Miyazaki – The Wind Rises

BEST ACTOR:

• WINNER: Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave


• Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips


• Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis


• Mads Mikkelsen – The Hunt


• Joaquin Phoenix – Her

BEST ACTRESS:

• Amy Adams – American Hustle


• WINNER: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine


• Julie Delpy – Before Midnight


• Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color


• Brie Larson – Short Term 12

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips


• WINNER: Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave


• Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club


• Matthew McConaughey – Mud


• Sam Rockwell – The Way, Way Back

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine


• Scarlett Johansson – Her


• Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle


• WINNER: Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave


• Léa Seydoux – Blue Is the Warmest Color

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• American Hustle


• Blue Jasmine


• WINNER: Her


• Inside Llewyn Davis


• Museum Hours

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• WINNER: 12 Years a Slave


• Before Midnight


• In the House


• Short Term 12


• The Wind Rises

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

• Despicable Me 2


• From Up on Poppy Hill


• Frozen


• Monsters University


• WINNER: The Wind Rises

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• WINNER: Blue Is the Warmest Color


• Drug War


• Museum Hours


• Wadjda


• The Wind Rises

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:

• 56 Up


• WINNER: The Act of Killing


• At Berkeley


• Blackfish


• Stories We Tell

BEST EDITING:

• 12 Years a Slave


• Drug War


• WINNER: Gravity


• Her


• Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• 12 Years a Slave


• The Grandmaster


• WINNER: Gravity


• The Great Beauty


• Inside Llewyn Davis

20th Annual Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) announced their awards on December 16th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen whereas Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity.

Last year, only 4 DFWFCA winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Actor, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary and Best Cinematography. Let's see what happens this year.

Here is the complete list of winners along with runners-up:

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave

Runners-up:

• Gravity


• Nebraska


• American Hustle


• Dallas Buyers Club


• Her


• The Wolf of Wall Street


• Inside Llewyn Davis


• Captain Phillips


• Mud

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity

Runners-up:

• Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave


• Alexander Payne - Nebraska


• David O. Russell - American Hustle


• Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof

Runners-up:

• Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup


• Bruce Dern - Nebraska as Woody Grant


• Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips


• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis

Runners-up:

• Sandra Bullock - Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone


• Judi Dench - Philomena as Philomena Lee


• Meryl Streep - August: Osage County as Violet Weston


• Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks asPamela "P.L." Travers

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon

Runners-up:

• Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps


• Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips asAbduwali Muse


• Daniel Bruhl - Rush as Niki Lauda


• Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street asDonny Azoff

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave as Patsey

Runners-up:

• June Squibb - Nebraska as Kate Grant


• Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld


• Julia Roberts - August: Osage County as Barbara (Weston) Fordham


• Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine as Ginger Francis

Best Documentary: 20 Feet from Stardom

Runners-up:

• The Act of Killing


• Stories We Tell


• Blackfish


• The Gatekeepers

Best Animated Film: 

• Frozen


• Runner-up: Despicable Me 2

Best Foreign Language Film: Blue Is the Warmest Colour • France

Runners-up:

• The Hunt • Denmark


• The Great Beauty • Italy


• The Wind Rises • Japan


• The Grandmaster • China

Best Cinematography:

• Emmanuel Lubezki - Gravity


• Runner-up: Sean Bobbitt - 12 Years a Slave

Best Screenplay: John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave

Runners-up (tie):

• Bob Nelson - Nebraska


• Spike Jonze - Her

Best Musical Score: Steven Price - Gravity

Russell Smith Award: Fruitvale Station, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film."

26th Annual Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) announced their 26th annual awards at a ceremony held on December 16, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award. 12 Years a Slave was the biggest winner of the night winning 5 awards including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. The rest of the winners were completely reasonable and there are no surprises whatsoever.

Last year, only 2 CFCA winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and Best Foreign Language Film for Amour. Let's see what happens this year as they declared 12 Years a Slave their favorite and it's the strongest contender of this season.

Here is the complete list of winners:

BEST PICTURE: 12 Years A Slave

BEST DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen--12 Years A Slave

BEST ACTOR: Chiwetel Ejiofor--12 Years A Slave

BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett--Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto--Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong'o--12 Years A Slave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Spike Jonze--Her

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: John Ridley--12 Years A Slave

BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Act of Killing

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The Act of Killing

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Wind Rises

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Her--Arcade Fire

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gravity--Emmanuel Lubezki

BEST EDITING: Gravity--Alfonso Cuaron & Mark Sanger

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN: Gravity--Mark Scruton/Andy Nicolson

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Adele Exarchopoulos--Blue is the Warmest Color

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Destin Cretton--Short Term 12

47th Annual Kansas City Film Critics Circle Loutzenhiser Awards

The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) announced the winners of 47th annual Loutzenhiser Awards on December 15th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen who also won the Best Director award and shared it with Alfonso Cuarón who won the Best Director award for Gravity. Both of them are deserving winners and I couldn't be more happy with this choice by Kansas Circle. Additionally, 12 Years a Slave was their favorite as it was the biggest winner taking home all the acting awards except Best Actress and also winning the screenplay award for John Ridley.

Last year, 6 KCFCC winners won the Oscars and most of them were acting wins (you can view the previous year's winners here: 46th Annual Kansas City Film Critics Circle Loutzenhiser Awards). Let's see what will happen this year!

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film: 12 Years a Slave

Robert Altman Award for Best Director – Tie: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity & Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

Best Animated Film – Tie: Despicable Me 2 & Frozen

Best Foreign Film: Blue Is the Warmest Color (France)

Best Documentary: The Act of Killing

Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: Her

7th Annual Houston Film Critics Society Awards

The Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) announced their awards on December 15th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen whereas Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity.

Last year, only 5 HFCS winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song. Let's see how it goes this year.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Picture: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, GRAVITY

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, GRAVITY

Best Foreign Language Film: THE HUNT

Best Documentary: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM

Best Animated Film: FROZEN

12th Annual San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFC) announced their awards on December 13th, 2013 with giving away the Best Picture award to 12 Years a Slave, directed and co-produced by Steve McQueen whereas Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity. The most disappointing thing about SFFCS awards this season is James Franco winning the Best Supporting Actor award. I have no idea why is he receiving the award for that joke of a performance. Also, when there's Jared Leto as a nominee.

Last year, only 3 SFFC winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Foreign Film for Amour, Best Film Editing for William Goldenberg and Best Cinematography for Claudio Miranda. That only means SFFCS are not that reliable when it comes to Oscar wins. Let's see how it goes this time.

Best Picture:

• AMERICAN HUSTLE


• GRAVITY


• NEBRASKA


• WINNER – 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Director:

• WINNER – Alfonso Cuaron, GRAVITY


• Spike Jonze, HER


• Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• David O. Russell, AMERICAN HUSTLE


• Martin Scorsese, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Actor:

• Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA


• Leonardo DiCaprio, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET


• WINNER – Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB


• Robert Redford, ALL IS LOST

Best Actress:

• WINNER – Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE


• Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY


• Judi Dench, PHILOMENA


• Adele Exarchopoulos, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR


• Brie Larson, SHORT TERM 12


• Meryl Streep, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Best Supporting Actor:

• Barkhad Abdi, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS


• Michael Fassbender, 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• Harrison Ford, 42


• Will Forte, NEBRASKA


• WINNER – James Franco, SPRING BREAKERS


• Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Best Supporting Actress:

• WINNER – Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLE


• Lupita Nyong'o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• Lea Seydoux, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR


• Octavia Spencer, FRUITVALE STATION


• June Squibb, NEBRASKA

Best Screenplay, Original:

• WINNER – AMERICAN HUSTLE, Eric Singer and David O. Russell


• GRAVITY, Alfonso and Jonas Cuaron


• HER, Spike Jonze


• INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Joel and Ethan Coen


• NEBRASKA, Bob Nelson

Best Screenplay, Adapted:

• BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Richard Linklater; Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke


• PHILOMENA, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope


• THE SPECTACULAR NOW, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber


• WINNER – 12 YEARS A SLAVE, John Ridley


• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Terence Winter

Best Cinematography:

• WINNER – GRAVITY, Emmanuel Lubezki


• HER, Hoyte Van Hoytema


• INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Bruno Delbonnel


• NEBRASKA, Phedon Papamichael


• 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Sean Bobbitt

Best Production Design:

• AMERICAN HUSTLE, Judy Becker


• WINNER – GRAVITY, Andy Nicholson


• HER, K. K. Barrett


• INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Jess Gonchor


• 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Adam Stockhausen

Best Editing:

• ALL IS LOST, Pete Beaudreau


• AMERICAN HUSTLE, Alan Baumgarten; Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers


• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Christopher Rouse


• WINNER – GRAVITY, Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger


• 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Joe Walker


• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Animated Feature:

• THE CROODS


• DESPICABLE ME


• WINNER – FROZEN


• MONSTERS UNIVERSITY


• THE WIND RISES

Best Foreign Language Picture:

• WINNER – BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR


• A HIJACKING


• THE HUNT


• THE PAST


• WADJDA

Best Documentary:

• WINNER – THE ACT OF KILLING


• THE ARMSTRONG LIE


• BLACKFISH


• STORIES WE TELL


• TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM

Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community: Ryan Coogler for putting a human face to murder victim Oscar Grant in FRUITVALE STATION and to former Roxie Theater executive director Christopher Statton for putting the Roxie onto more solid ground by transforming it into a nonprofit enterprise.

Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema:
COMPUTER CHESS, Andrew Bujalski's comedy merges documentary techniques and old video technologies to make light of the ’80s race to build a winning computer-chess program.

7th Annual Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

The Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS) announced their awards on December 13th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to Her, written, directed and co-produced by Spike Jonze whereas Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity. It's so nice to see Scarlett Johansson winning the award for her performance as an operating system's voice in Her. Much appreciated!

Last year, only 3 DFCS winners won the Oscars, i.e. Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence and Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway. Let's see if the following winners will also win their respective Oscars or not.

Here is the complete list of winners along with the nominations:

BEST FILM:

• Before Midnight


• Gravity


• WINNER: Her


• Short Term 12


• 12 Years a Slave

BEST DIRECTOR:

• WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)


• Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)


• Spike Jonze (Her)


• David O. Russell (American Hustle)


• Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

BEST ACTOR:

• Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)


• Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)


• Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)


• WINNER: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)


• Robert Redford (All Is Lost)

BEST ACTRESS:

• Amy Adams (American Hustle)


• Julie Delpy (Before Midnight)


• Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color)


• WINNER: Brie Larson (Short Term 12)


• Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)


• James Franco (Spring Breakers)


• WINNER: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)


• Matthew McConaughey (Mud)


• Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• WINNER: Scarlett Johansson (Her)


• Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)


• Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)


• Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)


• June Squibb (Nebraska)

BEST ENSEMBLE:

• WINNER: American Hustle


• August: Osage County


• Blue Jasmine


• 12 Years a Slave


• The Wolf of Wall Street

BREAKTHROUGH:

• Lake Bell (In a World..., actress + screenplay + director)


• Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, screenplay + director)


• Destin Cretton (Short Term 12, screenplay + director)


• Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station, actor)


• WINNER: Brie Larson (Short Term 12, actress)

BEST SCREENPLAY:

• Destin Cretton (Short Term 12)


• WINNER: Spike Jonze (Her)


• Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight)


• Eric Singer and David O. Russell (American Hustle)


• Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

• The Act of Killing


• Blackfish


• The Square


• WINNER: Stories We Tell


• The Unknown Known

18th Annual San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

The San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) announced their awards on December 11th, 2013 with giving away the Best Film award to Her, written, directed and co-produced by Spike Jonze, whereas the Best Director award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity. There are 2 most surprising wins, i.e. Oscar Isaac winning the Best Actor award and Drug War winning the Best Foreign Language Film award. I wouldn't call either of them unfair because every actor and filmmaker works hard and also I'd say it's very bold of SDFCS to choose different winners.

Last year, 6 SDFCS winners won the Oscars (you can view the previous year's winners here: 17th Annual San Diego Film Critics Society Awards). Let's see how many win this time!

Here is the complete list of winners along with the nominations:

BEST FILM:

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• GRAVITY


• WINNER: HER


• INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS


• SHORT TERM 12

BEST DIRECTOR:

• WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón (GRAVITY)


• Destin Cretton (SHORT TERM 12)


• Joel and Ethan Coen (INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS)


• Spike Jonze (HER)


• Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE)

BEST ACTRESS:

• Adèle Exarchopoulos (BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR)


• Brie Larson (SHORT TERM 12)


• WINNER: Cate Blanchett (BLUE JASMINE)


• Emma Thompson (SAVING MR. BANKS)


• Sandra Bullock (GRAVITY)

BEST ACTOR:

• Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 YEARS A SLAVE)


• Joaquin Phoenix (HER)


• Matthew McConaughey (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB)


• WINNER: Oscar Isaac (INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS)


• Tom Hanks (CAPTAIN PHILLIPS)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Elizabeth Banks (THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE)


• Jennifer Lawrence (AMERICAN HUSTLE)


• Lupita Nyong'o (12 YEARS A SLAVE)


• Sally Hawkins (BLUE JASMINE)


• WINNER: Shailene Woodley (THE SPECTACULAR NOW)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Daniel Bruhl (RUSH)


• James Gandolfini (ENOUGH SAID)


• WINNER: Jared Leto (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB)


• Michael Fassbender (12 YEARS A SLAVE)


• Sam Rockwell (THE WAY, WAY BACK)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Aaron Guzikowski (PRISONERS)


• Joel and Ethan Coen (INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS)


• Nicole Holofcener (ENOUGH SAID)


• WINNER: Spike Jonze (HER)


• Woody Allen (BLUE JASMINE)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• Billy Ray (CAPTAIN PHILLIPS)


• Destin Cretton (SHORT TERM 12)


• John Ridley (12 YEARS A SLAVE)


• WINNER: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke (BEFORE MIDNIGHT)


• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (THE SPECTACULAR NOW)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR


• WINNER: DRUG WAR


• NO


• THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN


• THE HUNT

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

• 20 FEET FROM STARDOM


• BLACKFISH


• LET THE FIRE BURN


• STORIES WE TELL


• WINNER: THE ACT OF KILLING

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• Bruno Delbonnel (INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS)


• Emmanuel Lubezki (GRAVITY)


• WINNER: Emmanuel Lubezki (TO THE WONDER)


• Roger Deakins (PRISONERS)


• Simon Duggan (THE GREAT GATSBY)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:

• DESPICABLE ME 2


• FROZEN


• GET A HORSE


• THE CROODS


• WINNER: THE WIND RISES

BEST EDITING:

• Alan Edward Ball (THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE)


• Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (GRAVITY)


• WINNER: Christopher Rouse (CAPTAIN PHILLIPS)


• Eric Zumbrunnen, Jeff Buchanan (HER)


• Joe Walker (12 YEARS A SLAVE)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

• Adam Stockhausen (12 YEARS A SLAVE)


• Andy Nicholson (GRAVITY)


• WINNER: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy (THE GREAT GATSBY)


• K.K. Barrett (HER)


• Michael Corenblith (SAVING MR. BANKS)

BEST SCORE:

• WINNER: Arcade Fire, HER


• Bjorn Eriksson (BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN)


• Hans Zimmer (12 YEARS A SLAVE)


• Hans Zimmer (RUSH)


• Steven Price (GRAVITY)

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE


• WINNER: AMERICAN HUSTLE


• PRISONERS


• SHORT TERM 12


• THE WAY, WAY BACK