North Carolina Fim Critics Awards Nominations

Birdman leads the NCFCA award nominations with 7 nods. Calvary receives some well-deserved mentions in the major categories. Winners will be announced on January 5.

Birdman

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Boyhood
Birdman
Calvary
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A Most Violent Year
Selma
Whiplash

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Citizenfour
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Jodorowsky’s  Dune
Life Itself
The Overnighters

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
The Tales of Princess Kaguya

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure
Ida
The Lunchbox
Two Days, One Night
We are the Best!

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle Whiplash
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood


BEST ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
Tom Hardy, Locke
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Alfred Molina, Love is Strange
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J. K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Essie Davis, The Babadook
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Emma Stone, Birdman
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Jon Michael McDonagh, Calvary

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
James Gunn and Nicole Perlman, Guardians of the Galaxy
Nick Hornby, Wild
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Joon-ho Bong and Kelly Masterson, Snowpiercer

TAR HEEL AWARD
(Special recognition to a performer or film with special ties to North Carolina.)
Zach Galifanikas, Birdman
Cynthia Hill, Private Violence
Jake Lacy, The Obvious Child
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz, Land Ho!