Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2012

The 33rd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2012, were given on December 9, 2012.^[1][2][3]

• Best Film:
  • Zero Dark Thirty
  • Runner-up: Amour and Moonrise Kingdom
• Best Actor:
  • Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
  • Runner-up: Denis Lavant – Holy Motors
• Best Actress:
  • Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
  • Runner-up: Deanie Ip – A Simple Life (Tao jie)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Ezra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Runner-up: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Sally Field – Lincoln
  • Runner-up: Emma Watson – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Best Director:
  • Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
• Best Screenplay:
  • Tony Kushner – Lincoln
  • Runner-up: Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom
• Best Cinematography:
  • Mihai Mălaimare Jr. – The Master
  • Runner-up: Robert Yeoman – Moonrise Kingdom and Claudio Miranda – Life of Pi
• Best Documentary:
  • How to Survive a Plague
  • Runner-up: The Queen of Versailles
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • Amour • Austria/France/Germany
  • Runner-up: Holy Motors • France/Germany
• Best Animated Film:
  • Frankenweenie
  • Runner-up: ParaNorman
• Best Editing:
  • William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Runner-up: William Goldenberg – Argo
• Best New Filmmaker:
  • David France – How to Survive a Plague
  • Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • Runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom
• Best Use of Music in a Film:
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Runner-up: Django Unchained

• 2012 Winners