The 20th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards honoring the best in film for 2014 were announced on December 15, 2014. These awards "recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film" are presented annually by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA), based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas. The organization, founded in 1990, includes 30 film critics for print, radio, television, and internet publications based in north Texas. The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association began presenting its annual awards list in 1993.
Birdman was the DFWFCA's most awarded film of 2014, taking five top honors. Birdman won in Best Picture, Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Best Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), and Best Screenplay (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo).
Another film, Boyhood, earned multiple 2014 honors from the DFWFCA. The coming-of-age tale received top honors in the Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette) as well as being presented the Russell Smith Award as the "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film" of the year. The award is named in honor of late Dallas Morning News film critic Russell Smith. Reese Witherspoon was named Best Actress for her role as Cheryl Strayed in Wild. The other films earning honors were Sweden's Force Majeure for Best Foreign Language Film, Citizenfour as Best Documentary Film, and The Lego Movie for Best Animated Film.
Winners Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Film) to as few as 2 (Best Cinematography, Best Animated Film, Best Screenplay) plus the Best Musical Score category having only the winner announced.
Category awards
Best Picture Best Foreign Language Film Birdman Boyhood The Imitation Game The Theory of Everything The Grand Budapest Hotel Whiplash Gone Girl Selma Wild Nightcrawler Force Majeure • Sweden Ida • Poland/Denmark Winter Sleep • Turkey Leviathan • Russia Wild Tales • Argentina Best Actor Best Actress Michael Keaton - Birdman as Riggan Thomson Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game as Alan Turing Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom Timothy Spall - Mr. Turner as J. M. W. Turner Reese Witherspoon - Wild as Cheryl Strayed Julianne Moore - Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress J. K. Simmons - Whiplash as Terence Fletcher Edward Norton - Birdman as Mike Shiner Ethan Hawke - Boyhood as Mason Evans Sr. Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz Alfred Molina - Love Is Strange as George Patricia Arquette - Boyhood as Olivia Evans Emma Stone - Birdman as Sam Thomson Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year as Anna Morales Laura Dern - Wild as Barbara "Bobbi" Grey Best Director Best Documentary Film Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdman Richard Linklater - Boyhood Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel David Fincher - Gone Girl Ava DuVernay - Selma Citizenfour Life Itself Jodorowsky's Dune The Overnighters The Great Invisible Best Animated Film Best Cinematography The Lego Movie Big Hero 6 Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman Hoyte van Hoytema - Interstellar Best Screenplay Best Musical Score Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo - Birdman Richard Linklater - Boyhood Hans Zimmer - Interstellar
Individual awards
Russell Smith Award Boyhood, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"
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