Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2014

The 13th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2014.[1][2]

13th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 8, 2014
Highlights
Best Film	Boyhood
Best Director	Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Actor	Michael Keaton
Best Actress	Julianne Moore

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• Boyhood

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Gone Girl
• Selma
• Whiplash

Best Director

• Richard Linklater – Boyhood

• Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
• Ava DuVernay – Selma
• David Fincher – Gone Girl
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Actor

• Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
• Oscar Isaac – A Most Violent Year
• David Oyelowo – Selma
• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

• Julianne Moore – Still Alice

• Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
• Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
• Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Supporting Actor

• J. K. Simmons – Whiplash

• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
• Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
• Andy Serkis – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Best Supporting Actress

• Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

• Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
• Laura Dern – Wild
• Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn

• The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
• Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
• Wild – Nick Hornby

Best Original Screenplay

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo

• Boyhood – Richard Linklater
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
• The Lego Movie – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
• Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

Best Ensemble

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Into the Woods
• Selma

Best Animated Film

• The Lego Movie

• Big Hero 6
• The Book of Life
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Rio 2
• Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Best Documentary Film

• Life Itself

• Citizenfour
• Jodorowsky's Dune
• Last Days in Vietnam
• The Overnighters

Best Foreign Language Film

• Force Majeure • Sweden

• Ida • Poland
• Mommy • Canada
• Two Days, One Night • Belgium/France
• Wild Tales • Argentina

Best Art Direction

• The Grand Budapest Hotel

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Interstellar
• Into the Woods
• Snowpiercer

Best Cinematography

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Interstellar
• Unbroken
• Under the Skin

Best Editing

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• Boyhood
• Gone Girl
• Interstellar
• Whiplash

Best Score

• Under the Skin – Mica Levi

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Antonio Sánchez
• Gone Girl – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
• The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson

Best Youth Performance

• Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood

• Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar
• Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent
• Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Noah Wiseman – The Babadook

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier

• Anita
• Kill the Messenger
• Selma
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations: 11 nominations: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 8 nominations: Boyhood 6 nominations: Gone Girl 5 nominations: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Interstellar, Selma, and Whiplash 4 nominations: The Theory of Everything 3 nominations: Under the Skin and Wild 2 nominations: The Imitation Game, Into the Woods, The Lego Movie, A Most Violent Year, and Snowpiercer

The following films received multiple awards: 5 wins: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 4 wins: Boyhood

References

1. "2014 WAFCA Award Winners". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
2. "Washington DC Area Film Critics Association names 'Boyhood' its Best Film of 2014". Uproxx. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association