Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

After a nomination phase which saw Birdman lead the way with eight nominations, the final votes are in for the 2014 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, and in a surprise turn, The Grand Budapest Hotel walked away with the most trophies. Including Best Original Screenplay, the Wes Anderson film also won for Best Ensemble and Best Art Direction/Production Design while Alejandro González Iñárritu’s showbiz satire walked away with the top honors of Best Picture and Best Actor (for the sensational Michael Keaton). Also making a strong showing was Richard Linklater’s 12 years in the making Boyhood. It took home accolades for Best Director as well as Best Supporting Actress (for Patricia Arquette’s amazing performance). Interstellar gets two nods winning Visual Effects and Cinematography.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Picture

Birdman

Runner-up: Boyhood

Best Director:

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Runner-up: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

Best Actress:

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Runner-up: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Actor:

Michael Keaton, Birdman

Runner-up: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

Best Supporting Actor:

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Runner-up: Edward Norton, Birdman

Best Supporting Actress:

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Runner-up: Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Ensemble:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Runner-up: Boyhood

Best Original Screenplay:

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson

Runner-up: Birdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn

Runner-up: Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Cinematography:

Interstellar, Hoyte Van Hoytema

Runner-up: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert D. Yeoman

Best Visual Effects:

Interstellar

Runner-up: Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Art Direction/Production Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen

Runner-up: Interstellar, Nathan Crowley

Best Score

Under the Skin, Micah Levi, aka Micachu

Runner-up: Gone Girl, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Best Documentary:

Life Itself

Runner-up: Citizenfour

Best Foreign-Language Film:

The Raid 2

Runner-up: Force Majeure

Best Animated Film:

The Lego Movie

Runner-up: How to Train Your Dragon 2

Pauline Kael Breakout Award:

Damien Chazelle, Writer/Director, Whiplash

Runner-up: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Actress, Belle, Beyond the Lights