One of my favourite parts of any film year is award season. It begins in December and culminates in late February with the Academy Awards.

Whilst waiting for my invitation to join the Academy, I decided to come up with my own self-indulgent awards. They're mirrored on the Academy Awards except there's a few different categories and there's no ceremony watched by a billion people. It still gives me an inflated sense of self esteem though... so don't worry.

You can click here to see the winners and nominees since I started dishing out these awards in 2000. I go off a fiscal year and so the 2012 awards include all films released in Australian cinemas between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.

 

Nominations were announced on Monday, July 2, 2012.
Winners (in bold) were announced on Monday, July 30, 2012.

 

 

Best Picture

 

MARGIN CALL

SENNA

A SEPARATION

SHAME

THE SKIN I LIVE IN

 

 

Best Director

 

Joss Whedon (THE AVENGERS)

Asif Kapadia (SENNA)

Asghar Farhadi (A SEPARATION)

Steve McQueen (SHAME)

Pedro Almodovar (THE SKIN I LIVE IN)

 

 

Best Actor In A Leading Role

 

Michael Fassbender (SHAME)

Bredan Gleeson (THE GUARD)

Ryan Gosling (DRIVE)

Brad Pitt (MONEYBALL)

Andre Wilms (LE HAVRE)

 

 

Best Actress In A Leading Role

 

Elena Lyadova (ELENA)

Elizabeth Olsen (MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE)

Tilda Swinton (WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN)

Charlize Theron (YOUNG ADULT)

Michelle Williams (TAKE THIS WALTZ)

 

 

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

 

Albert Brooks (DRIVE)

Don Cheadle (THE GUARD)

Dakota Goto (REAL STEEL)

Jonah Hill (MONEYBALL)

Patton Oswalt (YOUNG ADULT)

 

 

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

 

Jessica Chastain (THE HELP)

Carey Mulligan (SHAME)

Octavia Spencer (THE HELP)

Shailene Woodley (THE DESCENDANTS)

Charlize Theron (SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN)

 

 

Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen

 

THE GUARD (John Michael McDonough)

MARGIN CALL (J.C. Chandor)

A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi)

SHAME (Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan)

TAKE THIS WALTZ (Sarah Polley)

 

 

Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published

 

THE DESCENDANTS (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rush)

THE IDES OF MARCH (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon)

MONEYBALL (Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin)

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Pedro Almodovar)

SUBMARINE (Richard Ayoade)

 

 

Best Original Score

 

DRIVE (Cliff Martinez)

HUGO (Howard Shore)

THE ILLUSIONIST (Sylvain Chomet)

MONEYBALL (Mychael Danna)

SHAME (Harry Escott)

 

 

Best Animated Feature

 

THE ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN

BRAVE

THE ILLUSIONIST

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

 

 

Best Foreign Language Film

 

LE HAVRE

THE ILLUSIONIST

KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND

A SEPARATION

THE SKIN I LIVE IN

 

 

Best Australian Film

 

A FEW BEST MEN

THE HUNTER

LIFE IN MOVEMENT

RED DOG

 

 

Best Documentary

 

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI

LIFE IN MOVEMENT

SENNA

TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE