12 YEARS A SLAVE Named Best Picture by Las Vegas Film Critics' Society; Full List Announced

12 Years a Slave has been named Best Picture by The Las Vegas Film Critics' Society. The film also picked up nods for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress.

The full winners list follows:

Best Director: Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"

Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Actress: Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"

Best Screenplay: Spike Jonze, "Her"

Best Foreign Film: "Blue is the Warmest Color"

Best Documentary: "Blackfish"

Best Animated Film: "Frozen"

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, "Gravity"

Best Film Editing: Alfonso Cuaron & Mark Sanger, "Gravity"

Best Art Direction: Andy Nicholson, "Gravity"

Best Costume Design: Patricia Norris, "12 Years a Slave"

Best Score: Hans Zimmer, "12 Years a Slave"

Best Song: "Please Mr. Kennedy," "Inside Llewyn Davis"

Best Visual Effects: "Gravity"

Best Family Film: "Saving Mr. Banks"

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film: "Pacific Rim"

Best Comedy Film: "This is the End"

Best Action Film: "Lone Survivor"

Youth in Film: Tye Sheridan, "Mud"

Breakout Filmmaker of the Year: Ryan Coogler, "Fruitvale Station"

Best DVD: "Breaking Bad - The Complete Series"

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: John Goodman

LVFCS Top 10 Films of 2013
1. "12 Years a Slave"
2. "Dallas Buyers Club"
3. "Gravity"
4. "The Wolf of Wall Street"
5. "American Hustle"
6. "Inside Llewyn Davis"
7. "Saving Mr. Banks"
8. "Nebraska"
9. "Her"
10. "Lone Survivor"

Fox Searchlight Pictures announced earlier this week that the company will re-release director Steve McQueen's Golden Globe Award nominated film in select cities for a special return engagement on Friday, January 17.

The most-nominated film of the year, 12 YEARS A SLAVE has already garnered over 20 major nominations from groups including The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Nominated for 7 Golden Globes including Best Picture), Screen Actors Guild (Nominated for 4 SAG Awards including Best Ensemble), FILM Independent (Nominated for 7 Spirit Awards including Best Feature), and has earned numerous Critics Groups accolades including Best Picture from Washington DC Area Film Critics and New York Film Critics Online. After winning the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Mill Valley Film Festival, 12 YEARS A SLAVE opened domestically on October 18 and has grossed over $35 million, making it the most successful English-language specialty platform release of the year.

12 YEARS A SLAVE is based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender) as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) forever alters his life.

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