Zero Dark Thirty wins the EDA award

Zero Dark Thirty has picked up the best film award from the EDA, Alliance of women film journalists. The film also garnered a directing award, an actress award as well as screenplay and cinematography award.  

Full list of winners 

Best Film

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty

Best Screenplay, Original

Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Best Screenplay, Adapted

Argo - Chris Terrio

Best Documentary

Searching For Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul

Best Animated Film

ParaNorman

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Best Actor

Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best Ensemble Cast

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Editing

Zero Dark Thirty - William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

Best Cinematography

Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda

Best Film Music Or Score

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin

Best Non-English-Language Film

Amour

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director

Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty

Best Woman Screenwriter

Lucy Alibar (and Benh Zeitlin) - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Kick Ass Award For Best Female Action Star

Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games

Best Animated Female

Brave - Merida - Kelly Macdonald

Best Breakthrough Performance

Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

Judi Dench - Skyfall

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism - Female Icon Award —
(Presented to an actress for the portrayal of the most positive female role model, or for a role in which she takes personal and/or career risks to plumb the female psyche and therefore gives us courage to plumb our own, and/or for putting forth the image of a woman who is heroic, accomplished, persistent, demands her rights and/or the rights of others.)

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry
(Presented only when warranted to a female who has had a banner-making, record-breaking, industry-changing achievement during any given year — such as Kathryn Bigelow’s Best Director Oscar win, or for an actress having multiple outstanding films released during one year.)

Women Documentary Filmmakers, including Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Detropia), Lauren Greenfield (Queen of Versailles), Alison Klayman (Ai Weiwei Never Sorry) and Sarah Burns (The Central Park Five).

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award

Sean Anders for That’s My Boy

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent (Tie)

Katherine Heigl - One For The Money
Reese Witherspoon - This Means War

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn’t

Anna Karenina

Unforgettable Moment Award (Tie)

Les Miserables - Anne Hathaway as Fantine singing I Dreamed A Dream
Zero Dark Thirty - Jessica Chastain as Maya says, “I’m the mother…”

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction

The Sessions - Helen Hunt and John Hawkes

Sequel or Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award (Tie)

Red Dawn
Total Recall

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award

Flight - Denzel Washington and Kelly Reilly,..and Nadine Velazquez