Another recent awards announcement came from the Indiana Film Journalists who chose 12 Years a Slave as Best Picture of the year, along with three other awards. Barkhad Abdi picks up his first prize for Best Supporting Actor while the rest of the slate is made up of previous winners.

Award Tallies

(4) 12 Years a Slave
(2) Blue Is the Warmest Color, Her

The Awards

Best Film

12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: Her)
Other Finalists:
All Is Lost, Before Midnight, Captain Phillips, Frances Ha, Mud, Prisoners, Spring Breakers, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Film

Frozen (Runner-Up: The Wind Rises)

Best Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: Spike Jonze – Her)

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress

Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color (Runner-Up: Brie Larson – Short Term 12)

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips (Runner-Up: Jeremy Renner – American Hustle)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle (Runner-Up: June Squibb – Nebraska)

Best Original Screenplay

Her (Runner-Up: Rush)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Before Midnight (Runner-Up: 12 Years a Slave)

Best Musical Score

12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: Rush)

Best Foreign Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Color (Runner-Up: The Grandmaster)

Best Documentary

The Act of Killing (Runner-Up: Stories We Tell)

Original Vision Award

Her (Runner-Up: Gravity)

Indiana Film Journalists Data

First Awards: 2009 (5)