Precursor: 17th Online Film & Television Association Nominations (2012)

The Online Film & Television Association, an organization which I have run for the last 17 years, have announced their nominees for the achievements of 2012. The group has categories for all of the feature-length film categories at the Oscars, plus a number of categories the Academy doesn’t have. There are three new categories this year and one consolidated one. Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay have been combined into a category where one or multiple awards may be given based on the voting of the membership. The three new categories fare for Voice-Over Performance, a category that existed in the early days of the organization and has now returned; and categories for Best Movie Poster and Movie Trailer. Here are the nominees as announced on their website a few moments ago.

Nomination Tallies

(17) Les Misérables
(13) Lincoln
(12) Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty
(11) Life of Pi
(10) Argo
(9) Skyfall
(6) Amour, The Impossible
(5) Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Silver Linings Playbook
(4) The Master
(3) The Avengers, Brave, The Cabin in the Woods, The Dark Knight Rises, Cloud Atlas, Ted

The Nominations

Best Picture

Amour
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Feature

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Director

Ben Affleck – Argo
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke – Amour
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts – The Impsssible

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Ezra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – The Master
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Ann Dowd – Compliance
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

Best Original Screenplay

Amour
Django Unchained
Looper
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Score

Argo
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Original Song

“Abraham’s Daughter” – The Hunger Games
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” – Ted
“Misty Mountains” – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
“Skyfall” – Skyfall
“Suddenly” – Les Misérables

Best Film Editing

Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Cinematography

Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Production Design

Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom

Best Costume Design

Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Mirror, Mirror
Moonrise Kingdom

Best Makeup & Hair

Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Impossible
Les Misérables
Lincoln

Best Sound

Argo
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Misérables
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Sound Effects

The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Visual Effects

The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Impossible
Life of Pi

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour
Holy Motors
The Intouchables
A Royal Affair
This is Not a Film

Best Documentary Feature

Bully
Central Park Five
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
The Queen of Versailles

Best Youth Performance

Jared Gilman – Moonrise Kingdom
Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland – The Impossible
Daniel Huttlestone – Les Misérables
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Breakthrough Performance: Male

Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tom Holland – The Impossible
Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Eddie Redmayne – Les Misérables
Suraj Sharma – Life of Pi

Best Breakthrough Performance: Female

Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
Ann Dowd – Compliance
Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect

Best Voice-Over Performance

Billy Connolly – Brave
Kelly Macdonald – Brave
Seth MacFarlane – Ted
Sarah Silverman – Wreck-It Ralph
Kodi Smit-McPhee – ParaNorman

Best Ensemble

Argo
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Casting

Argo
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Feature Debut

Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Director)
Derek Connolly – Safety Not Guaranteed (Writer)
David France – How to Survive a Plague (Writer/Director)
Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Wood (Director)
Zoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks (Writer)
Seth MacFarlane – Ted (Writer/Director)
Rich Moore – Wreck-It Ralph (Director)
Josh Trank – Chronicle (Writer/Director)
Colin Trevorrow – Safety Not Guaranteed (Director)
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild (Writer/Director)

Best Adapted Song

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” – Pitch Perfect
“Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” – Les Misérables
“I Believe in Love” – Mirror, Mirror
“I Dreamed a Dream” – Les Misérables
“One Day More” – Les Misérables

Best Titles Sequence

The Avengers
The Cabin in the Woods
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
Skyfall

Best Cinematic Moment

The Cabin in the Woods – The Elevators Open
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Riddles in the Dark
The Impossible – The Tsunami
Lincoln – Voting on the 13th Amendment
Zero Dark Thirty – Storming the Compound

Best Movie Trailer

Argo – Trailer #1 (posted 5/8/12)
The Dark Knight Rises – Trailer #2 (posted 5/4/12)
The Hunger Games – Trailer #2 (posted 2/5/12)
Les Misérables – Trailer #1 (posted 6/1/12)
Zero Dark Thirty – Trailer #2 (posted 10/11/12)