Precursor: 4th Georgia Critics Nominations (2014)

After a drubbing from two different critics groups this morning, Selma got welcome news by topping the nominations for the Georgia Film Critics Association nominations. Thanks to two separate nominations in the breakthrough category, the film easily topped Oscar nomination front-runners Birdman, Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Nominations Tallies

(9) Selma
(7) Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel
(6) Gone Girl, Nightcrawler
(4) Interstellar, Snowpiercer
(3) Ida, Inherent Vice, A Most Violent Year, The Theory of Everything, Under the Skin, Whiplash

The Nominations

Best Picture

Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
A Most Violent Year
Nightcrawler
Selma
Snowpiercer
Whiplash

Best Animated Feature

Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

Best Director

Boyhood – Richard Linklater
Gone Girl – David Fincher
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
Selma – Ava DuVernay
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

Best Actor

Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Lisa Loven Kongsli – Force Majeure
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor

Riz Ahmed – Nightcrawler
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Rene Russo – Nightcrawler
Emma Stone – Birdman
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

Best Original Screenplay

Boyhood
Calvary
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Selma

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
Snowpiercer
The Theory of Everything
Wild

Best Original Score

Birdman
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Life Itself
Under the Skin

Best Original Song

“Everything is Awesome” – The Lego Movie
“Glory” – Selma
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” – Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
“Something so Right” – Muppets Most Wanted
“We Will Not Go” – Virunga

Best Cinematography

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Inherent Vice
Interstellar

Best Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin

Best Foreign Film

Force Majeure
Ida
Sepideh
Two Days, One Night
We Are the Best!

Best Documentary

Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Keep On Keepin’ On
Life Itself
Sepideh

Best Ensemble

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gone Girl
Selma

Breakthrough Award

Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Ava DuVernay – Selma
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle, Beyond the Lights
David Oyelowo – Default, Interstellar, A Most Violent Year, Nightingale, Selma
Jenny Slate – The Longest Week, Obvious Child
Tessa Thompson – Dear White People, Grantham & Rose, Selma