Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2014

27th CFCA Awards

December 15, 2014

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Best Film:
Boyhood

The 27th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 15, 2014. The awards honor the best in film for 2014. The first round ballots were due on December 11, 2014 and the nominations were announced on December 12.^[1] Birdman received the most nominations (9), followed by The Grand Budapest Hotel (8) and Boyhood (7).^[2]

Nominees

The winners and nominees for the 27th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:^[2][3]

Richard Linklater, Best Director winner

Michael Keaton, Best Actor winner

Julianne Moore, Best Actress winner

J. K. Simmons, Best Supporting Actor winner

Patricia Arquette, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Actor

Michael Keaton – Birdman

• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
• David Oyelowo – Selma
• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

Julianne Moore – Still Alice

• Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
• Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
• Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn

• The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
• Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Under the Skin – Walter Campbell
• Wild – Nick Hornby

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Art Direction

The Grand Budapest Hotel

• Interstellar
• Into The Woods
• Only Lovers Left Alive
• Snowpiercer

Best Cinematography

Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki and The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman

• Ida – Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal
• Inherent Vice – Robert Elswit
• Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

• Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• David Fincher – Gone Girl
• Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman
• Christopher Nolan – Interstellar

Best Documentary Film

Life Itself

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

Best Editing

Whiplash – Tom Cross

• Birdman – Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione
• Boyhood – Sandra Adair
• Gone Girl – Kirk Baxter
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling

Best Film

Boyhood

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Under the Skin
• Whiplash

Best Foreign Language Film

Force Majeure

• Ida
• Mommy
• The Raid 2
• Two Days, One Night

Best Original Score

Under the Skin – Mica Levi

• Birdman – Antonio Sánchez
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat
• The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
• Interstellar – Hans Zimmer

Best Original Screenplay

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson

• Birdman – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bó
• Boyhood – Richard Linklater
• Calvary – John Michael McDonagh
• Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

Best Supporting Actor

J. K. Simmons – Whiplash

• Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
• Edward Norton – Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

• Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
• Laura Dern – Wild
• Agata Kulesza – Ida
• Emma Stone – Birdman

Most Promising Filmmaker

Damien Chazelle – Whiplash

• Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
• Jennifer Kent – The Babadook
• Jeremy Saulnier – Blue Ruin
• Justin Simien – Dear White People

Most Promising Performer

Jack O'Connell – Starred Up/Unbroken

• Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle/Beyond the Lights
• Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
• Agata Trzebuchowska – Ida

References

1. Gire, Dann (December 4, 2014). "Reel life: Dann & Raymond aim for the stars". Chicago Daily Herald. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
2. ""Birdman" Leads 2014 CFCA Nominations". Chicago Film Critics Association. December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
3. Gire, Dann (December 16, 2014). "Chicago critics pick 'Boyhood' as best 2014 film". Chicago Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2014.

External links

• Official website