The 2014 Central Ohio Film Critics Association awards nominees are:
Best Film
-Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Boyhood
-Gone Girl
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-The Imitation Game
-A Most Violent Year
-Nightcrawler
-Selma
-Snowpiercer
-Whiplash
Best Director
-Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
-Ava DuVernay, Selma
-Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of
Ignorance)
-Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Actor
-Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
-Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-David Oyelowo, Selma
-Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
-Essie Davis, The Babadook
-Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
-Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
-Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
-Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Supporting Actor
-Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
-Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
-Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
-J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
-Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
-Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
-Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
-Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
Best Ensemble
-Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Foxcatcher
-Gone Girl
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Guardians of the Galaxy
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
-Jessica Chastain (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Interstellar, Miss
Julie, and A Most Violent Year)
-Benedict Cumberbatch (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and The
Imitation Game)
-Jake Gyllenhaal (Enemy and Nightcrawler)
-Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy and The LEGO Movie)
-Tilda Swinton (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive,
Snowpiercer, and The Zero Theorem)
Breakthrough Film Artist
-Damien Chazelle, Whiplash – (for directing and screenwriting)
-Ava DuVernay, Selma – (for directing)
-Jennifer Kent, The Babadook – (for directing and screenwriting)
-Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle and Beyond the Lights – (for acting)
-Justin Simien, Dear White People – (for directing and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
-Benoît Delhomme, The Theory of Everything
-Hoyte Van Hoytema, Interstellar
-Daniel Landin, Under the Skin
-Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Film Editing
-Sandra Adair, Boyhood
-Spencer Averick, Selma
-Kirk Baxter, Gone Girl
-Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue
of Ignorance)
-Tom Cross, Whiplash
Best Adapted Screenplay
-Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
-Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson, Snowpiercer
-Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
-Nick Hornby, Wild
-Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Best Original Screenplay
-Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
-J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year
-Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
-Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and
Armando Bo, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Paul Webb, Selma
Best Score
-Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything
-Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
-Antonio Sanchez, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Best Documentary
-Citizenfour
-Dinosaur 13
-Finding Vivian Maier
-Jodorowsky’s Dune
-Life Itself
Best Foreign Language Film
-Force Majeure (Turist)
-A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
-Ida
-Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)
-We Are the Best! (Vi är bäst!)
Best Animated Film
-Big Hero 6
-The Book of Life
-The Boxtrolls
-How to Train Your Dragon 2
-The LEGO Movie
Best Overlooked Film
-The Babadook
-Blue Ruin
-Edge of Tomorrow
-Enemy
-Locke
COFCA offers its congratulations to the nominees.
Previous Best Film winners:
2002: Punch-Drunk Love
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Million Dollar Baby
2005: A History of Violence
2006: Children of Men
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: WALL·E
2009: Up in the Air
2010: Inception
2011: Drive
2012: Moonrise Kingdom
2013: Gravity
