ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS NOMINATIONS

AWFJ Best Of Awards

Best Film

·          Argo

·          Lincoln

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

·          Ben Affleck (Argo)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Best Actor

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          John Hawkes (The Sessions)

·          Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

Best Actress

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

·          Alan Arkin (Argo)

·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

·          Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

·          Amy Adams (The Master)

·          Sally Field (Lincoln)

·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

Best Screenplay, Original

·          Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Michael Haneke (Amour)

Best Screenplay, Adapted

·          Tony Kushner (Lincoln)

·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Chris Terrio (Argo)

Best Cinematography

·          Roger Deakins (Skyfall)

·          Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master)

·          Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)

Best Editing

·          Alexander Berner (Cloud Atlas)

·          William Goldenberg (Argo)

·          William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Film Music or Score

·          Alexandre Desplat (Argo)

·          Alexandre Desplat (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Ensemble Cast

·          Argo

·          Lincoln

·          Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Film

·          Brave

·          Frankenweenie

·          ParaNorman

Best Documentary

·          The Gatekeepers (Dror Moreh)

·          The Imposter (Bart Layton)

·          The Invisible War (Kirby Dick)

·          Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul)

Best Non-English-Language Film

·          Amour

·          A Royal Affair

·          Rust and Bone

EDA Female Focus Awards

Best Woman Director

·          Andrea Arnold (Wuthering Heights)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz)

Best Woman Screenwriter

·          Lucy Alibar (and Benh Zeitlin) (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere)

·          Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks)

·          Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz)

Best Breakthrough Performance

·          Samantha Barks (Les Misérables)

·          Ann Dowd (Compliance)

·          Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Kick Ass Award for Best Female Action Star

·          Gina Carano (Haywire)

·          Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)

Best Animated Female

·          Merida (Kelly MacDonald) (Brave)

·          Tooth (Isla Fisher) (Rise of the Guardians)

·          Vanellope (Sarah Silverman (Wreck-It Ralph)

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

·          Judi Dench (Skyfall)

·          Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)

·          Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

Award for Humanitarian Activism – Female Icon Award

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Judi Dench (Skyfall)

·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games / Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Women documentary filmmakers, including Sarah Burns (The Central Park Five), Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Detropia), Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles) and Alison Klayman (Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry)

EDA Special Mention Awards

Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality or Seduction

·          Anna Karenina – Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

·          Rust and Bone – Marion Cotillard

·          The Sessions – John Hawkes and Helen Hunt

Unforgettable Moment Award

·          Anne Hathaway as Fantine singing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ (Les Misérables)

·          Crash sequence – Flight

·          Jessica Chastain as Maya says, “I’m the mother…” (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Marion Cotillard as Stephanie dancing in the wheelchair (Rust and Bone)

·          The runway chase – Argo

Movie You Wanted to Love but Just Couldn’t

·          Anna Karenina

·          Cloud Atlas

·          Les Misérables

Sequel or Remake that Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award

·          The Amazing Spider-Man

·          Red Dawn

·          Total Recall

Hall of Shame Award

·          Sean Anders (That’s My Boy)

·          Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator)

·          Gabriele Muccino (Playing for Keeps)

Actress Most in Need of a New Agent

·          Katherine Heigl (One for the Money)

·          Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy)

·          Reese Witherspoon (This Means War)

Most Egregious Age Difference between the Leading Man and the Love Interest Award

·          Flight – Kelly Reilly and Denzel Washington…and Nadine Velazquez

·          Seeking a Friend for the End of the World – Steve Carell and Keira Knightley

·          Silver Linings Playbook – Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence

Another women's critics group, although this one is much more reputable than the WFCC. Strong support for all three Best Film nominees here, Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty; choices across the board may lack originality, although at least no-one can accuse the AWFJ of trying too hard to be different (that never even works). The Female Focus awards are always welcome, and the Special Mention awards have a habit of throwing up some humorous nominations, and some irritating ones too. And this is where a little originality might have helped - Sacha Baron Cohen for Hall of Shame? I don't think they quite 'got' The Dictator. And Nicole Kidman needs a new agent? Pfft, like she needs an AWFJ nomination, aye. She's fine with her two SAG nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and Emmy nomination for now. Winners will be announced on the 7th of January.