Austin Critics Awards Pick ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ ‘The Master’

The Austin Film Critics Association’s has named Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” the best film of the year, though that was the sole award they gave the film.  Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master,” meanwhile, won three awards, including best director and best and actor.

Full list of winners below. Check out all the awards so far this season here.

Top 10:
1. “Zero Dark Thirty”
2. “Argo”
3. “Moonrise Kingdom”
4. “Django Unchained”
5. “Cloud Atlas”
6. “Holy Motors”
7. “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
8. “The Master”
9. “Silver Linings Playbook”
10. “Looper”

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Master”

Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”

Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“Argo”

Best Original Screenplay
“Looper”

Best Cinematography
“The Master”

Best Score
“Cloud Atlas”

Best Animated Film
“Wreck-It Ralph”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Holy Motors”

Best Documentary
“The Imposter”

Best First Film
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Best Austin Film
“Bernie”

Breakthrough Artist Award
Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Special Honorary Award
Matthew McConaughey, “Bernie,” “Killer Joe,” “Magic Mike” and “The Paperboy”