Best Picture
1. Zero Dark Thirty
2.
Argo
3.
Lincoln
4.
Middle
of Nowhere
5.
Life
of Pi
6.
Les
Misérables
7.
Django
Unchained
8.
Beasts
of the Southern Wild
9.
Moonrise
Kingdom
10.
Think
Like a Man
Best Director
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Best Actor
Denzel Washington
(Flight)
Best Actress
Emayatzy Corinealdi
(Middle of Nowhere)
Best Supporting Actor
Nate Parker (Arbitrage)
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Best Screenplay
Ava DuVernay (Middle of
Nowhere)
Kathryn Bostic and Morgan
Rhodes (Middle of Nowhere)
Best Animated Feature
Rise of the Guardians
Best Documentary
The House I Live In
Versailles ’73: American
Runway Revolution
Best Foreign Language
Film
The Intouchables
Best Independent Film
Middle of Nowhere
Best Breakthrough
Performer
Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts
of the Southern Wild)
Special Achievement Awards
Cicely Tyson
Billy Dee Williams
A very mixed bag from the AAFCA. As usual, a number of black-centric films in the top 10, although perhaps some fewer than usual. It's all looking good (whether or not Middle of Nowhere deserves such a high ranking is tempered by the fact that it surely needs a push) until you get to number ten, and Think Like a Man smacks you right in the gob. Other questionable choices include Rise of the Guardians for Animated Feature and The Intouchables for Foreign Language Film. It seems, rather like the BAFTAs with British films, that the AAFCA are torn between advocating for African-American-themed films, and simply honouring the best filmmaking of the year, regardless of any other factors. On another note, curious that they give Zero Dark Thirty their top award, and then give Best Director to Ben Affleck. It had seemed, thus far, that 0D30 was a stronger force in Director than in Picture, and that, where it wins Picture, it definitely also wins Director.
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