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