12 YEARS A SLAVE Named Best Picture by Florida Film Critics Circle; Full List Announced

Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" has won the Best Picture of 2013 Award by The Florida Film Critics Circle. In addition, the film's star, Lupita Nyong'o, earned two honors, for Best Supporting Actress and the year's Breakout Award.

The full list of winners follows:

Best Picture: "12 Years a Slave" (Runner-up: "American Hustle")

Best Director: Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave" (Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity")

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slace" (Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix, "Her")

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine" (Runner-up: Judi Dench, "Philomena")

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" (Runner-up: Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave")

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave" (Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"

Best Adapted Screenplay: "12 Years a Slave" (Runner-up: "The Wolf of Wall Street")

Best Original Screenplay: "Her" (Runner-up: "American Hustle")

Best Art Direction/Production Design: "The Great Gatsby" (Runner-up: "American Hustle")

Best Cinematography: "Gravity" (Runner-up: "Inside Llewyn Davis")

Best Visual Effects: "Gravity" (Runner-up: "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug")

Best Animated Feature: "Frozen" (Runner-up: "The Wind Rises")

Best Foreign Language Film: "Blue is the Warmest Color" (Runner-up: "The Hunt")

Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave" (Runner-up: Michael B. Jordan, "Fruitvale Station")

Golden Orange: Dana Keith, Miami Beach Cinematheque
For his tireless championing of foreign, independent and alternative film in South Florida for more than 20 years.

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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