Boston Society of Film Critics

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The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) ( German Association of Boston Film Critics ) is an organization of film critics from Boston in the US state of Massachusetts . It has given an annual film prize, the Boston Society of Film Critics Award , since the 1980s .

In 1980 the BSFC was founded in order to "make the special Boston perspective of the critics audible nationally and internationally".

In 2009, director Kathryn Bigelow managed to win five film awards with Tödliches Kommando - The Hurt Locker - best film, best director, best male leading actor, best editing and best camera - making it the most successful film in the history of the award.

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Since 2009, the "Best Use of Music in a Film" is ( German best use of music in a film awarded). So far, Stephen Bruton and T-Bone Burnett have won this for Crazy Heart (2009) and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network (2010), in 2012 the prize was awarded for the film Moonrise Kingdom .

The award for the best new filmmaker is named after David Brudnoy. He was one of the founders of the BSFC and died in 2004.

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  1. ↑ Daniel Kimmel: “'Hurt Locker' tops with Boston critics Pic takes four other kudos as journos hand out honors” in Variety on December 13, 2009, accessed on August 10, 2012.