title: Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2012
text: # Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2012
  
  8th AFCA Awards
  
  Best Film:
  
  Zero Dark Thirty
  
  The 8th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2012, were announced on December 18, 2012.
  
  ## Top 10 Films
  
  * Zero Dark Thirty
  * Argo
  * Moonrise Kingdom
  * Django Unchained
  * Cloud Atlas
  * Holy Motors
  * Beasts of the Southern Wild
  * The Master
  * Silver Linings Playbook
  * Looper
  
  ## Winners
  
  * Best Film:
     * Zero Dark Thirty
  * Best Director:
     * Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
  * Best Actor:
     * Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
  * Best Actress:
     * Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
  * Best Supporting Actor:
     * Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
  * Best Supporting Actress:
     * Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
  * Best Original Screenplay:
     * Looper – Rian Johnson
  * Best Adapted Screenplay:
     * Argo – Chris Terrio
  * Best Cinematography:
     * The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
  * Best Original Score:
     * Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer
  * Best Foreign Language Film:
     * Holy Motors • France
  * Best Documentary:
     * The Imposter
  * Best Animated Feature:
     * Wreck-It Ralph
  * Best First Film:
     * Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
  * Breakthrough Artist Award:
     * Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
  * Austin Film Award:
     * Bernie – Richard Linklater
  * Special Honorary Award:
     * Matthew McConaughey for his exceptional work in four films this year – Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, and The Paperboy
  