Iowa Film Critics Love 12 Years A Slave

Michael Fassbender and Sarah Paulson as the poisonous Master and Mistress Epps in 12 Years A Slave.

Best Picture:

• 12 Years A Slave (runners-up: Nebraska & American Hustle)

Best Director:

• Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave (runners-up: David O. Russell, American Hustle; Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity)

Best Actor: 

• Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave (runners-up: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis; Bruce Dern, Nebraska)

Best Actress:

• Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (runners-up: Amy Adams, American Hustle; Sandra Bullock, Gravity)

Best Supporting Actor:

• Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave (runners-up: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips; Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress:

• Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave (runners-up: June Squibb, Nebraska; Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle)

Best Documentary:

• 20 Feet From Stardom (runners-up: Black Fish & Stories We Tell)

Best Animated Feature:

• Frozen (runners-up: The Wind Rises & Despicable Me 2)