| Number: | 10 |
| Award: | African-American Film Critics Association Awards |
| Best Picture: | Zero Dark Thirty |
| Last Link: | African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2011 |
| Last: | 2011 |
| Next Link: | African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2013 |
| Next: | 2013 |
Below are the winners for the 2012 African-American film Critics Association Awards.
| Category | Recipient | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Flight | |
| Best Actress | Emayatzy Corinealdi | Middle of Nowhere | |
| Best Director | Ben Affleck | Argo | |
| Best Screenplay | Ava DuVernay | Middle of Nowhere | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nate Parker | Arbitrage | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sally Field | Lincoln | |
| Breakthrough Performance | Quvenzhane Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | |
| Best Independent Film | Middle of Nowhere[1] | ||
| Best Animated Feature | Rise of the Guardians | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Intouchables | ||
| Best Music | Kathryn Bostic & Meghan Rhodes | Middle of Nowhere |
Special Achievement: Billy Dee Williams & Cicely Tyson