2012: My Ballot

Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax)

Now that I've posted my top 10 list, here is my 2012 awards ballot. Not surprisingly, the leaders this year are Holy Motors and Cloud Atlas with 8 nominations apiece. However, I like to spread the love, so there should be a surprise or two. Winners are underlined, in bold, and are pictured below.

If you missed them, you can also check out my updated 2011 and 2010 ballots.

BEST PICTURE:

Amour

Cloud Atlas

Holy Motors

Les Misérables

The Turin Horse

BEST DIRECTOR:

Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

Leos Carax, Holy Motors

Michael Haneke, Amour

Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, The Turin Horse

Andy & Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas

BEST ACTOR:

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Denis Lavant, Holy Motors

Anders Danielsen Lie, Oslo, August 31st

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour

BEST ACTRESS:

Linda Cardellini, Return

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Javier Bardem, Skyfall

Simon Russell Beale, The Deep Blue Sea

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Tom Hardy, The Dark Knight Rises

Scoot McNairy, Killing Them Softly

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Cécile De France, The Kid with a Bike

Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises

Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice

Kerry Washington, Django Unchained

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Argo

Cloud Atlas

Oslo, August 31st

Silver Linings Playbook

21 Jump Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Alps

Amour

Declaration of War

Holy Motors

Moonrise Kingdom

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Anna Karenina

Cloud Atlas

Dredd

Les Misérables

Moonrise Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Holy Motors

Norwegian Wood

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Skyfall

The Turin Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Anna Karenina

Farewell, My Queen

Les Misérables

Mirror Mirror

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST FILM EDITING:

Cloud Atlas

The Dark Knight Rises

Holy Motors

Sleepless Night

Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Cloud Atlas

The Dark Knight Rises

The Impossible

Norwegian Wood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Chains", The Man with the Iron Fists

"Skyfall", Skyfall

"Who Did That to You?", Django Unchained

"Who Were We?", Holy Motors

"You Instead", Tonight You're Mine

BEST MAKEUP:

Cloud Atlas

Holy Motors

Les Misérables

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):

The Dark Knight Rises

Django Unchained

The Grey

Skyfall

Zero Dark Thirty

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Avengers

Cloud Atlas

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life of Pi

Prometheus

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Brave

The Secret World of Arrietty

Wreck-It Ralph

Update: 2/11/13 - I saw Lincoln again recently, and I was more impressed with the film and Daniel Day-Lewis' performance. So, I replaced Adrien Brody (Detachment) with Day-Lewis in Best Actor.