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 (2014-12-08)
Highlights
Best Film	Boyhood
Best Director	Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Actor	Michael Keaton
Best Actress	Julianne Moore
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Winners and nominees

Sources: ^[3][4]

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