[1] The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the fourth consecutive year.

[3] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning,[4] Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane,[4] Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd[4] and English director Gareth Edwards,[4] which selected from a shortlist of 28 nominees[4] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.

[3][4][5] Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won the most awards with three, including Best British Film.

Other winners included Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Thor with two awards and Kill List, Like Crazy, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Inbetweeners Movie, and Tyrannosaur with one.

Indira Suleimenova from Kazakhstan won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for her 60-second film version of Black Swan.