Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 2012 Nominations.

Alliance of Women Film Journalists announced their nominees for the year 2012. Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo leads the overall lineup with many nominees in different categories are the 3-4 most awarded winners of the Critics Awards race so far. Nothing out of the ordinary but a really superb lineup. Happy for the inclusion of Amour in the Original Screenplay category.

Below is the complete list of nominees:

Best Film
Argo
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director
Ben Affleck – Argo
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis – Lincoln
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin – Argo
Phillip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Best Screenplay, Original
Amour – Michael Haneke.
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Argo – Chris Terrio
Lincoln – Tony Kushner,
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Best Animated Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman

Best Non-English-Language Film
Amour
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone

Best Cinematography
The Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
The Master – Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

Best Film Music Or Score
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat

Best Editing
Argo – William Goldenberg
Cloud Atlas – Alexander Berner
Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

Best Documentary
The Gatekeepers
The Imposter
The Invisible War
Searching For Sugar Man

Best Ensemble Cast
Argo
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook