The 18th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards were given on December 18, 2013.^[1][2][3]

Winners

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

• Runner-up: American Hustle

Best Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

• Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

• Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix – Her

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

• Runner-up: Judi Dench – Philomena

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

• Runner-up: Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

Best Supporting Actress

Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave

• Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Best Original Screenplay

Her – Spike Jonze

• Runner-up: American Hustle – David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave – John Ridley

• Runner-up: The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter

Best Animated Feature

Frozen

• Runner-up: The Wind Rises

Best Documentary

The Act of Killing

• Runner-up: Blackfish

Best Foreign Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Colour • France

• Runner-up: The Hunt • Denmark

Best Art Direction / Production Design

The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn

• Runner-up: American Hustle – Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler

Best Cinematography

Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

• Runner-up: Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel

Best Visual Effects

Gravity

• Runner-up: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Pauline Kael Breakout Award

Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave

• Runner-up: Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station

Golden Orange

Dana Keith of the Miami Beach Cinematheque for his tireless championing of foreign, independent and alternative film in South Florida for more than 20 years