“Silver Linings Playbook,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” lead Georgia Film Critics nominations

The Georgia Film Critics Association has announced their nominees for 2012 and while the usual suspects from the Academy Awards and various other critics groups lead the way, a few surprises can be found. “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild” received the most nominations with eight each. Two of the nominations credited to “Beasts,” however, are actually Breakthrough nominations for Benh Zeitlin and Quvenzhané Wallis. “Amour,” “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty” each garnered six nods, while “The Master” and “Rust & Bone” earned five a piece.

Best Motion Picture

• “Amour”
• “Argo”
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
• “Life of Pi”
• “The Master”
• “Moonrise Kingdom”
• “Rust and Bone”
• “Silver Linings Playbook”
• “This Is Not a Film”
• “Zero Dark Thirty”

• “Amour” – Michael Haneke
• “Argo” – Ben Affleck
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” – Benh Zeitlin
• “Silver Linings Playbook” – David O. Russell
• “Zero Dark Thirty” – Kathryn Bigelow

• Bradley Cooper (“Silver Linings Playbook”)
• Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”)
• Joaquin Phoenix (“The Master”)
• Matthias Schoenaerts (“Rust and Bone”)
• Jean-Louis Trintignant (“Amour”)

• Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”)
• Marion Cotillard (“Rust and Bone”)
• Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”)
• Emmanuelle Riva (“Amour”)
• Quvenzhané Wallis (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”)

• Javier Bardem (“Skyfall”)
• Robert De Niro (“Silver Linings Playbook”)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”)
• Samuel L. Jackson (“Django Unchained”)
• Christoph Waltz (“Django Unchained”)

• Amy Adams (“The Master”)
• Emily Blunt (“Looper”)
• Judi Dench (“Skyfall”)
• Jennifer Ehle (“Zero Dark Thirty”)
• Jacki Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook”)

• “Amour” – Michael Haneke
• “The Cabin in the Woods” – Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon
• “Moonrise Kingdom” – Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
• “Sound of My Voice” – Zal Batmanglij & Brit Marling
• “Zero Dark Thirty” – Mark Boal

• “21 Jump Street” – Michael Bacall & Jonah Hill
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” – Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
• “Lincoln” – Tony Kushner
• “Rust and Bone” – Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain
• “Silver Linings Playbook” – David O. Russell

• “Killing Them Softly” – Greig Fraser
• “Life of Pi” – Claudio Miranda
• “Lincoln” – Janusz Kamiński
• “Skyfall” – Roger Deakins
• “Zero Dark Thirty” – Greig Fraser

• “Anna Karenina” – Sarah Greenwood
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” – Alex DiGerlando
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” – Dan Hennah
• “Life of Pi” – David Gropman
• “Lincoln” – Rick Carter

• “Argo” – Alexandre Desplat
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” – Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi” – Mychael Danna
• “Lincoln” – John Williams
• “The Master” – Jonny Greenwood

• “Ancora Qui” – Ennio Morricone & Elisa Toffoli (“Django Unchained”)
• “Cosmonaut” – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (“Lawless”)
• “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” – Seth MacFarlane & Walter Murphy (“Ted”)
• “Fire in the Blood” – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (“Lawless”)
• “Skyfall” – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)

• “Argo”
• “Django Unchained”
• “Liberal Arts”
• “Lincoln”
• “Moonrise Kingdom”
• “Silver Linings Playbook”

• “Amour”
• “Holy Motors”
• “The Kid with a Bike”
• “Restoration”
• “Rust and Bone”
• “This Is Not a Film”

• Zal Batmanglij (“Sound of My Voice”)
• Derek Connolly (“Safety Not Guaranteed”)
• Bart Layton (“The Imposter”)
• Scoot McNairy (“Argo,” “Killing Them Softly,” “Promised Land”)
• Quvenzhané Wallis (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”)
• Benh Zeitlin (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”)

• “Brave”
• “Frankenweenie”
• “ParaNorman”
• “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”
• “Rise of the Guardians”
• “Wreck-It Ralph”

• “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”
• “The Imposter”
• “Only the Young”
• “The Queen of Versailles”
• “This Is Not a Film”

• To be announced.