The 11th Annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were announced on January 3, 2013.
Best Film
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Argo
- Django Unchained
- Zero Dark Thirty
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Lincoln
- Looper
- The Master
- Les Misérables
Best Director
- Wes Anderson – (Moonrise Kingdom)
- Runner-Up: Ben Affleck – (Argo)
Best Actor
- Daniel Day-Lewis – (Lincoln)
- Runner-Up: John Hawkes – (The Sessions)
Best Actress
- Jennifer Lawrence – (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Runner-Up: Naomi Watts – (The Impossible)
Best Supporting Actor
- Christoph Waltz – (Django Unchained)
- Runner-Up: Leonardo DiCaprio – (Django Unchained)
Best Supporting Actress
- Anne Hathaway – (Les Misérables)
- Runner-Up (tie): Helen Hunt – (The Sessions)
- Runner-Up (tie): Ann Dowd – (Compliance)
Best Ensemble
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Runner-Up: Lincoln
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
- Matthew McConaughey – (Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, and The Paperboy)
- Runner-Up: Anne Hathaway – (The Dark Knight Rises and Les Misérables)
Breakthrough Film Artist
- Bart Layton – (The Imposter) – (for directing)
- Runner-Up: Quvenzhané Wallis – (Beasts of the Southern Wild) – (for acting)
Best Cinematography
- Roger Deakins – (Skyfall)
- Runner-Up: Claudio Miranda – (Life of Pi)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Tony Kushner – (Lincoln)
- Runner-Up: Chris Terrio – (Argo)
Best Original Screenplay
- Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola – (Moonrise Kingdom)
- Runner-Up: Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon – (The Cabin in the Woods)
Best Score
- Alexandre Desplat – (Moonrise Kingdom)
- Runner-Up: Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer – (Cloud Atlas)
Best Documentary
- How to Survive a Plague
- Runner-Up: The Imposter
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo)
- Runner-Up: Headhunters (Hodejegerne)
Best Animated Film
- ParaNorman
- Runner-Up: Wreck-It Ralph
Best Overlooked Film
- Killer Joe
- Runner-Up: Safety Not Guaranteed