Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2012
The 16th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were given on December 18, 2012.
Through a naming rights sponsorship with Rogers the Best Canadian Film Award prize money was raised to C$100,000 from $15,000 in 2010 and $10,000 prior to that, while the two runners-up took $5,000 each. It is now the largest film prize in Canada.Winners
- Best Actor:
- *Denis Lavant – Holy Motors
Runners-Up: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln and Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Runners-Up: Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty and Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
- Best Animated Film:
- *ParaNorman
Runners-Up: Brave and Frankenweenie
- Best Director:
- *Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
Runners-Up: Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty and Leos Carax – Holy Motors
Runners-Up: The Queen of Versailles and Searching for Sugar Man
Runners-Up: Amour and Zero Dark Thirty
Runner-Up: The Cabin in the Woods
Runners-Up: Holy Motors • France/Germany and Tabu • Portugal
Runners-Up: Lincoln – Tony Kushner and Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Runners-Up: Javier Bardem – Skyfall and Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Gina Gershon – Killer Joe
Runners-Up: Amy Adams – The Master, Ann Dowd – Compliance and Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Runners-Up: Denis Côté - Bestiaire, Michael Dowse -Goon''