Central Ohio Film Critics Association

Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel continues to build momentum with the strong showing from COFCA. Selma scores high marks too earning some major nominations including Best Editing after being ignored by ACE Eddies. And the usual contenders are ever so present.

Selma

 

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