‘Birdman’ leads 2014 Florida Film Critics Awards Nominations

Posted by FFCC on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Birdman leads 2014 Florida Film Critics Circle (F.F.C.C.) Awards Nominations.

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu and his film Birdman soared ever higher this week, earning eight nominations as part of the nominees for the 2014 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards. The acclaimed film, focusing on the misadventures of a fallen movie star looking to regain his reputation on the legitimate stage, also scored notices for its lead actor, Michael Keaton, as well as the supporting work from Edward Norton and Emma Stone. Birdman also earned nods for Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.

Close behind was Wes Anderson’s surprise sleeper hit, The Grand Budapest Hotel. It earned seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction/Production Design. The other big multi-nominee was Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making cinematic experiment, Boyhood. Among its five nods were ones for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (for Patricia Arquette), Best Ensemble, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

The rest of the nominations were spread out among commercial fare (Gone Girl, which picked up mentions for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score, and Best Actress for the work of Rosamund Pike), and arthouse entries (The Theory of Everything also earned mentions for Best Actor – Eddie Redmayne – and Best Adapted Screenplay). Interstellar earned four nods (Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction/Production Design, and Best Score) while Whiplash drummed up support of J.K. Simmons as Best Supporting Actor and director Damien Chazelle for the Circle’s prestigious Breakout Award.

In the Foreign-Language Film category, Force Majeure will take on Ida and the Indonesian action epic The Raid 2. In the documentary category, the Roger Ebert overview Life Itself is up against Jodorowsky’s Dune and Citizenfour. Finally, for Best Animated Film, The Lego Movie stands alongside Big Hero 6 and How to Train Your Dragon 2. Other notable nominees include Guardians of the Galaxy for Best Visual Effects and Jake Gyllenhaal for his work in Nightcrawler.

Ida (Poland)

Force Majeure (Sweden)

The Raid 2 (Indonesia)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Big Hero 6

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The Lego Movie

PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD

Jennifer Kent – The Babadook

Damien Chazelle – Whiplash

Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle/Beyond the Lights

Category: Features & News · Tags: 2014 Nominees, 2014 Winners, A Most Violent Year, Big Hero 6, Birdman, Boyhood, Citizenfour, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, Foxcatcher, Gone Girl, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Inherent Vice, Interstellar, Life Itself, Nightcrawler, Still Alice, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Theory of Everything, Under the Skin, Whiplash, Wild

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