Nominees for the 2012 Women in Film Journalism Awards

I only vote in one critics group, and that’s this one. The reason being, I wouldn’t want to cover the awards race and also vote on movies – to me it’s a little bit of a conflict of interest.  Here are the nominees:

OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE 2012 AWFJ EDA AWARDS AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS

These awards are presented to females and/or males.

Best Film
Argo
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director (Female or Male)
Ben Affleck – Argo
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Steven Speilberg – Lincoln

Best Screenplay, Original
Amour – Michael Haneke.
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Argo – Chris Terrio
Lincoln – Tony Kushner,
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Best Documentary
The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh
The Imposter – Bart Layton
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick
Searching For Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul

Best Animated Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis – Lincoln
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin – Argo
Phillip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Best Ensemble Cast
Argo
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Editing
Argo – William Goldenberg
Cloud Atlas – Alexander Berner
Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

Best Cinematography
The Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
The Master – Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

Best Film Music Or Score
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat

Best Non-English-Language Film
Amour
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director
Andrea Arnold – Wuthering Heights
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Sarah Polley – Take This Waltz

Best Woman Screenwriter (include film AND writer’s name)
Lucy Alibar (and Benh Zeitlin) – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Zoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks
Ava DuVernay – Middle of Nowhere
Sarah Polley – Take This Waltz

Kick Ass Award For Best Female Action Star (include film title)
Gina Carano – Haywire
Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games

Best Animated Female (include film title, character’s name and actor’s name)
Brave – Merida – Kelly Macdonald
Rise of the Guardians – Tooth – Isla Fisher
Wreck-It Ralph – Vanellope – Sarah Silverman

Best Breakthrough Performance
Samantha Barks – Les Miserables
Ann Dowd – Compliance
Alicia Vikander – A Royal Affair
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism – Female Icon Award
(Presented to an actress for the portrayal of the most positive female role model, or for a role in which she takes personal and/or career risks to plumb the female psyche and therefore gives us courage to plumb our own, and/or for putting forth the image of a woman who is heroic, accomplished, persistent, demands her rights and/or the rights of others.)

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Judi Dench – Skyfall

This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry
(Presented only when warranted to a female who has had a banner-making, record-breaking, industry-changing achievement during any given year — such as Kathryn Bigelow’s Best Director Oscar win, or for an actress having multiple outstanding films released during one year.)Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence for The Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook

Women Documentary Filmmakers, including Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Detropia), Lauren Greenfield (Queen of Versailles), Alison Klayman (Ai Weiwei Never Sorry) and Sarah Burns (The Central Park Five).
EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award
Sean Anders for That’s My Boy
Sacha Baron Cohen for The Dictator
Gabriele Muccino for Playing For Keeps

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent (include film title(s))
Katherine Heigl – One For The Money
Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy
Reese Witherspoon – This Means War

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn’t
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Les Miserables

Unforgettable Moment Award
Argo – The runway chase.
Flight – Crash sequence
Les Miserables – Anne Hathaway as Fantine singing I Dreamed A Dream
Rust and Bone – Marion Cotillard as Stephanie dancing in the wheelchair.
Zero Dark Thirty – Jessica Chastain as Maya says, “I’m the mother…”

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction (include film title AND actors’ names)
Anna Karenina – Keira Knightly and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Rust and Bone – Marion Cotilliard
The Sessions – Helen Hunt and John Hawkes

Sequel or Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award
Amazing Spiderman
Red Dawn
Total Recall

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award (include film title AND actors’ names AND age difference)
Flight – Denzel Washington and Kelly Reilly,..and Nadine Velazquez
Seeking a Friend For the End of the World – Steve Carell and Keira Knightly
Silver Linings Playbook – Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence

AWFJ 2012-13 EDA Awards Schedule
Dec 22, 2012 – Final Voting Ballots sent to members.
Dec 27, 2012 – DEADLINE for completed voting ballots to be received.
Jan 7, 2013 – 2012 EDA Awards Winners announced.We look forward to recognizing this year’s outstanding cinema achievements (best and worst!) by women (and men!) in front of and behind the cameras, and to making this an all around superbawards season.