Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2012 – winners

This evening at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Victoria, the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) held their 6th Annual AFCA Awards for the best films of 2012.

Wayne Blair's The Sapphires took the top prize in winning Best Film. It also won for Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Mauboy) and Music Score. The comedy is about a group of Aboriginal women singers in the 1960s.

Lore by Cate Shortland won the most awards, however. It won for Best Director, Actress (Saskia Rosendahl), Screenplay, Cinematography and Production Design. The film is a World War II drama that is almost completely in German.

The Foreign Language Film winners were last year's Oscar-winning Hugo and A Separation.


Complete list of winners for the 6th Annual Australian Film Critics Association Awards

BEST FILM
The Sapphires

BEST DIRECTOR
Cate Shortland, Lore

BEST ACTOR
Joel Edgerton, Wish You Were Here

BEST ACTRESS
Saskia Rosendahl, Lore

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Garry Waddell, The King Is Dead

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessica Mauboy, The Sapphires

BEST SCREENPLAY
Lore, Cate Shortland & Robin Mukherjee

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Arkapaw, Lore

BEST EDITING
Martin Connor, Burning Man

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Cezary Skubiszewski, The Sapphires

BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION DESIGN
Silke Fischer, Lore

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
A Separation

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Hugo

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Searching For Sugarman


Nominations for the 6th Annual Australian Film Critics Association Awards

BEST FILM
Hail
Lore
The King is Dead!
The Sapphires
Wish You Were Here

BEST DIRECTOR
Wayne Blair, The Sapphires
Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Hail
Kieran Darcy-Smith, Wish You Were Here
Rolf de Heer, The King Is Dead!
Cate Shortland, Lore

BEST ACTOR
Joel Edgerton, Wish You Were Here
Matthew Goode, Burning Man
Daniel P Jones, Hail
Ewen Leslie, Dead Europe
Chris O'Dowd, The Sapphires

BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette, Mental
Deborah Mailman, The Sapphires
Felicity Price, Wish You Were Here
Saskia Rosendahl, Lore
Sarah Snook, Not Suitable For Children

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Marton Csokas, Dead Europe
Liev Schreiber, Mental
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dead Europe
Antony Starr, Wish You Were Here
Garry Waddell, The King Is Dead!

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Essie Davis, Burning Man
Rebecca Gibney, Mental
Deborah Mailman, Mental
Jessica Mauboy, The Sapphires
Bojana Novakovic, Burning Man

BEST SCREENPLAY
Hail, Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Lore, Cate Shortland & Robin Mukherjee
The King Is Dead!, Rolf de Heer
The Sapphires, Keith Thompson & Tony Brigg
Wish You Were Here, Kieran Darcy-Smith & Felicity Price

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Arkapaw, Lore
Germain McMicking, Hail
Germain McMicking, Dead Europe
Jules O'Loughlin, Wish You Were Here
Garry Phillips, Burning Man
Warwick Thornton, The Sapphires

BEST EDITING
Jason Ballantine, Wish You Were Here
Martin Connor, Burning Man
Dany Cooper, The Sapphires
Veronika Jenet, Lore
Peter Sciberras, Hail

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Steve Benwell, Hail
Antony Partos, 33 Postcards
Max Richter, Lore
Cezary Skubiszewski, The Sapphires
Graham Tardif, The King Is Dead!

BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION DESIGN
Zohie Castellano, Hail
Melinda Doring, The Sapphires
Silke Fischer, Lore
Steven Jones-Evans, Burning Man
Graham Walker, Mental

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
A Separation/Holy Motors
Le Havre
The Kid With A Bike
The Raid

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
Argo
Beasts of The Southern Wild
Deep Blue Sea
Hugo
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DOCUMENTARY
All The Way Through Evening
I Am 11
Life In Movement
Paul Kelly: Stories Of Me
Searching For Sugarman