GRAVITY IS THE UTAH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION'S CHOICE FOR BEST OF 2013

Out of left-field comes the Utah Film Critics Association, demonstrating a little more verve than many of the other non-coastal critic groups in the US this year. Gravity bests 12 Years a Slave in the top categories, which isn't rly all that radical, though wins for Adele Exarchopoulos, Bill Nighy and The World's End's screenplay make for more interesting choices than many other groups', even if they're not quite as well-representative of quality filmmaking from the year.

Best Picture

1.        Gravity

2.        12 Years a Slave

Best Director

1.        Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

2.        Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

Best Actor

1.        Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

2.        Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Best Actress

1.        Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)

2.        Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

 Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Best Supporting Actor

1.        Bill Nighy (About Time)

2.        Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Best Supporting Actress

1.        Scarlett Johansson (Her)

2.        Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Best Original Screenplay

1.        Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright (The World’s End)

2.        Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Way, Way Back)

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

2.        John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Best Cinematography

1.        Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)

2.        Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Best Animated Feature

1.        Frozen

2.        From Up on Poppy Hill

 The Wind Rises

Best Non-English Language Feature

1.        Blue Is the Warmest Colour

2.        The Past