# 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.

## Winners and nominees

Sources:
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