25th Chicago Film Critics Association
Date	December 17, 2012
Site	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Highlights
Best Film	Zero Dark Thirty
Most awards	Zero Dark Thirty (5)
Most nominations	The Master (10)
Chicago Film Critics Association

The 25th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were announced on December 17, 2012.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 25th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Zero Dark Thirty – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, and Megan Ellison Argo – Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald Lincoln – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy The Master – JoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Megan Ellison	Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty Ben Affleck – Argo Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master Steven Spielberg – Lincoln Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln* as Abraham Lincoln** John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'Brien Denis Lavant – Holy Motors as Mr. Oscar / Various Characters Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell Denzel Washington – Flight as William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr.	*Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty* as Maya** Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell Emmanuelle Riva – Amour as Anne Laurent Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master* as Lancaster Dodd** Jason Clarke – Zero Dark Thirty as Dan Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained as "Monsieur" Calvin J. Candie Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Wink Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens	*Amy Adams – The Master* as Peggy Dodd** Emily Blunt – Looper as Sara Judi Dench – Skyfall as M Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino Looper – Rian Johnson The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola	Lincoln – Tony Kushner based in part of the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Argo – Chris Terrio based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired magazine article The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin based on the play The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky based on his novel Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell based on the novel by Matthew Quick
Best Animated Film	Best Foreign Language Film
ParaNorman – Sam Fell and Chris Butler Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Frankenweenie – Tim Burton The Secret World of Arrietty – Hiromasa Yonebayashi Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore	Amour (Austria) in French – Directed by Michael Haneke Holy Motors (France) in French – Directed by Leos Carax The Intouchables (France) in French – Directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey) in Turkish – Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Rust and Bone (France) in French – Directed by Jacques Audiard
Best Documentary Film	Best Original Score
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick The Central Park Five – Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon The Queen of Versailles – Lauren Greenfield Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul West of Memphis – Amy J. Berg	The Master – Jonny Greenwood Argo – Alexandre Desplat Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat
Best Production Design	Best Editing
Moonrise Kingdom – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Kris Moran Anna Karenina – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer Les Misérables – Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson Lincoln – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson The Master – Production Design: David Crank and Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Amy Wells	Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor Argo – William Goldenberg Cloud Atlas – Alexander Berner and Claus Wehlisch The Master – Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty Skyfall – Stuart Baird
Best Cinematography
The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr. Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński Skyfall – Roger Deakins Zero Dark Thirty – Greig Fraser
Most Promising Filmmaker	Most Promising Performer
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods Nicholas Jarecki – Arbitrage Colin Trevorrow – Safety Not Guaranteed	Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild Samantha Barks – Les Misérables Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild Tom Holland – The Impossible

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
10	The Master
8	Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Lincoln
	Zero Dark Thirty
5	Argo
4	Moonrise Kingdom
3	Les Miserables
3	Skyfall
2	Amour
	Django Unchained
	Holy Motors
	The Impossible
	Looper
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower
	Silver Linings Playbook

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
5	Zero Dark Thirty
4	The Master
2	Beasts of the Southern Wild
2	Lincoln

References

External links

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