RELEASE DATE: JAN. 2, 2013

Best in Cinema Named by North Carolina Film Critics Association Silver Linings Playbook and The Master Earn Multiple Wins

The inaugural North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) Best in Cinema Awards featured nine films with multiple nominations, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master and Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty leading the way with six each.

Two films earned multiple awards – The Master and Silver Linings Playbook. Silver Linings Playbook won for Best Narrative Film and Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), while The Master earned awards for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix) and Best Supporting Actor (Phillip Seymour Hoffman).

In an oddity, Anne Hathaway was up against herself in the same category. She was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for both The Dark Knight Rises and the musical Les Miserables. She earned the win for Les Miserables.

For this first year, the NCFCA honored 12 film categories including the Tarheel Award recognizing a film or filmmaker with a North Carolina connection. The Hunger Games was recognized in that category this year.

The full list of nominations and winners can be found below:

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
**Silver Linings Playbook** (winner)

Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
**Searching for Sugar Man** (winner)

The Central Park Five
The Imposter
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
The Queen of Versailles
Room 237
Under African Skies

BEST ANIMATED FILM
**Wreck-It Ralph** (winner)

Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
**Holy Motors** (winner)

Amour
The Intouchables
The Kid With a Bike
Oslo, August 31st
The Raid: Redemption
Rust and Bone

BEST DIRECTOR
**Ang Lee (Life of Pi)** (winner)

Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom)
Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
Rian Johnson (Looper)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

BEST ACTOR
**Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)** (winner)

Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
John Hawkes (The Sessions)
Denzel Washington (Flight)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
**Phillip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)** (winner)

Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty)
Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

BEST ACTRESS
**Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)** (winner)

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)
Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Smashed)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
**Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)** (winner)

Amy Adams (The Master)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Gina Gershon (Killer Joe)
Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises)
Emma Watson (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
**Rian Johnson (Looper)** (winner)

Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)
Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods)
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
**Tony Kushner (Lincoln)** (winner)

Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
David Magee (Life of Pi)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Chris Terrio (Argo)

TAR HEEL AWARD
**The Hunger Games** (winner)

The Campaign
Jimmy
Love Free or Die
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Zero Dark Thirty

(The Tar Heel Award recognizes a production or performer with some special connection to North Carolina.)

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*Films with multiple wins:

The Master – 2

Silver Linings Playbook   – 2

*Films with multiple nominations:

The Master  – 6

Zero Dark Thirty -6

Silver Linings Playbook  – 5

Lincoln -4

Django Unchained – 3

Moonrise Kingdom – 3

The Perks of Being a Wallflower – 3

Beasts of the Southern Wild – 2

Life of Pi -2

Looper -2

About the NCFCA

The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) was formed by Kenneth R. Morefield in 2012 to promote film journalism in North Carolina. Membership consists of film critics/journalists established in North Carolina or those serving North Carolina-based outlets.

NCFCA members actively engage in cinematic evaluation and critical analysis.