The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The award is often referred to as an EDA as a tribute to AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin's mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin. EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism.
Winners 2000s YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s) and/or Producer(s)2006Pan's LabyrinthGuillermo del ToroThe Departed Martin ScorseseDreamgirls Bill CondonThe Queen Stephen FrearsVolver Pedro Almodóvar2007No Country for Old MenJoel & Ethan Coen, Scott RudinAtonement Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul WebsterThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly Kathleen Kennedy, Jon KilikInto the Wild Art Linson, Sean Penn, Bill Pohlad2008Slumdog MillionaireChristian ColsonHappy-Go-Lucky Simon Channing WilliamsMilk Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks2009The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg ShapiroAn Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda PoseyPrecious Lee Daniels, Tom Heller, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Tyler Perry, Oprah WinfreyUp in the Air Jeffrey Clifford, Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman
2010s YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s) and/or Producer(s)2010The Social NetworkDana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott RudinBlack Swan Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian OliverInception Christopher Nolan, Emma ThomasThe King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth UnwinWinter's Bone Alix Madigan, Anne Rosellini2011The ArtistThomas LangmannThe Descendants Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim TaylorHugo Johnny Depp, Tim Headington, Graham King, Martin Scorsese Melancholia Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, Louise VesthMidnight in Paris Letty Aronson, Jaume Roures, Stephen Tenenbaum2012Zero Dark ThirtyKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan EllisonArgo Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant HeslovLincoln Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg201312 Years a SlaveDede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill PohladAmerican Hustle Megan Ellison, Charles Roven, Richard SuckleGravity Alfonso Cuarón, David HeymanHer Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent LandayInside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Scott RudinNebraska Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa2014BoyhoodRichard Linklater, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, Cathleen SutherlandBirdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. SkotchdopoleThe Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Scott RudinOnly Lovers Left Alive Reinhard Brundig, Jeremy ThomasSelma Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey2015SpotlightCarol Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Room 2016Moonlight Arrival Hell or High Water La La Land Manchester by the Sea
References
Alliance of Women Film Journalists official website