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{{Infobox film awards
| number         = 11
| award          = WAFCA Awards
| date           = {{Start date|2012|12|10}}
| best_film      = ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
| best_direction = [[Kathryn Bigelow]] for ''Zero Dark Thirty''
| best_actor     = [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]
| best_actress   = [[Jessica Chastain]]
| last           = [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2011|2011]]
| next           = [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2013|2013]]
}}
The '''11th [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]] Awards''' were held on December 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcfilmcritics.com/awards/ |title=The 2012 WAFCA Awards |publisher=[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]] |date=December 10, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2012}}</ref>
==Winners and nominees==
'''Best Film'''
* '''''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'''''
:* ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
:* ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
:* ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
:* ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
'''Best Director'''
* '''[[Kathryn Bigelow]]''' – ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
:* [[Ben Affleck]] – ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
:* [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] – ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''
:* [[Tom Hooper]] – ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
:* [[Steven Spielberg]] – ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
'''Best Actor'''
* '''[[Daniel Day-Lewis]]''' – ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
:* [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] – ''[[The Sessions (2012 film)|The Sessions]]''
:* [[Hugh Jackman]] – ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
:* [[Joaquin Phoenix]] – ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''
:* [[Denzel Washington]] – ''[[Flight (2012 film)|Flight]]''
'''Best Actress'''
* '''[[Jessica Chastain]]''' – ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
:* [[Marion Cotillard]] – ''[[Rust and Bone]]''
:* [[Jennifer Lawrence]] – ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
:* [[Helen Mirren]] – ''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]''
:* [[Emmanuelle Riva]] – ''[[Amour (2012 film)|Amour]]''
'''Best Supporting Actor'''
* '''[[Philip Seymour Hoffman]]''' – ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''
:* [[Alan Arkin]] – ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
:* [[Javier Bardem]] – ''[[Skyfall]]''
:* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] – ''[[Django Unchained]]''
:* [[Tommy Lee Jones]] – ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
'''Best Supporting Actress'''
* '''[[Anne Hathaway]]''' – ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
:* [[Amy Adams]] – ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''
:* [[Samantha Barks]] – ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
:* [[Sally Field]] – ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
:* [[Helen Hunt]] – ''[[The Sessions (2012 film)|The Sessions]]''
'''Best Adapted Screenplay'''
* '''''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'' – [[David O. Russell]]'''
:* ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'' – [[Chris Terrio]]
:* ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' – [[David Magee]]
:* ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' – [[Tony Kushner]]
:* ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]'' – [[Stephen Chbosky]]
'''Best Original Screenplay'''
* '''''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' – [[Rian Johnson]]'''
:* [[Django Unchained]] – [[Quentin Tarantino]]
:* ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'' – [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]
:* ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' – [[Wes Anderson]] and [[Roman Coppola]]
:* ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' – [[Mark Boal]]
'''Best Ensemble'''
* '''''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'''''
:* ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
:* ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
:* ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
:* ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
'''Best Animated Film'''
* '''''[[ParaNorman]]'''''
:* ''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]''
:* ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''
:* ''[[Rise of the Guardians]]''
:* ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
'''Best Documentary Film'''
* '''''[[Bully (2011 film)|Bully]]'''''
:* ''[[The Imposter (2012 film)|The Imposter]]''
:* ''[[The Invisible War]]''
:* ''[[The Queen of Versailles]]''
:* ''[[Searching for Sugar Man]]''
'''Best Foreign Language Film'''
* '''''[[Amour (2012 film)|Amour]]''''' • [[Austria]]
:* ''[[The Intouchables]]'' • [[France]]
:* ''[[I Wish (film)|I Wish]]'' • [[Japan]]
:* ''[[A Royal Affair]]'' • [[Hungary]]
:* ''[[Rust and Bone]]'' • [[Belgium]]
'''Best Art Direction'''
* '''''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]'''''
:* ''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]''
:* ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
:* ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
:* ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
'''Best Cinematography'''
* '''''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'''''
:* ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
:* ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''
:* ''[[Skyfall]]''
:* ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
'''Best Score'''
* '''''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'' – [[Jonny Greenwood]]'''
:* ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'' – [[Dan Romer]] and [[Benh Zeitlin]]
:* ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' – [[Howard Shore]]
:* ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' – [[John Williams]]
:* ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' – [[Alexandre Desplat]]
'''Best Youth Performance'''
* '''[[Quvenzhané Wallis]]''' – ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
:* [[Jared Gilman]] – ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
:* [[Kara Hayward]] – ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
:* [[Tom Holland (actor)|Tom Holland]] – ''[[The Impossible (2012 film)|The Impossible]]''
:* [[Logan Lerman]] – ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]''
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.dcfilmcritics.com/ The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]
{{American film critic org}}
{{WAFCA Awards Chron}}
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