Indiana couldn’t find any new ground to break, so they introduced a new award for motion capture/vocal performance and gave it to Andy Serkis (because who else are you going to give it to or nominate?). Their selections were mostly in line with what other groups have done with Locke and St. Vincent doing better than with most other groups.

Award Tallies

(3) Boyhood
(2) The Grand Budapest Hotel, Whiplash

The Awards

Best Film

Boyhood (RU: Whiplash)
Other Finalists:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Imitation Game
Life Itself
Locke
A Most Violent Year
St. Vincent

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie (RU: The Boxtrolls)

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood (RU: Damien Chazelle – Whiplash)

Best Actor

Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel (RU: Tom Hardy – Locke)

Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon – Wild (Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl)

Best Supporting Actor

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash (RU: Ethan Hawke – Boyhood)

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year (RU: Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent)

Best Original Screenplay

The Grand Budapest Hotel (RU: Boyhood)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Whiplash (RU: The Imitation Game)

Best Musical Score

Under the Skin (RU: The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Best Foreign Language Film

Two Days, One Night (RU: Ida)

Best Documentary

Life Itself (RU: An Honest Liar)

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Andy Serkis – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Original Vision Award

Boyhood (Under the Skin)

Indiana Film Journalists Data

First Awards: 2009 (6)