RELEASE DATE: JAN. 5, 2015
The Grand Budapest Hotel wins Best Narrative Film from the
North Carolina Film Critics Association
Birdman and Boyhood Both Earn Multiple Wins
The North Carolina Film Critics Association recognized the Best in Cinema for the third year with 14 films earning multiple nominations. Three films rose to the top this year, and split categories. The Grand Budapest Hotel carried two wins including Best Narrative Film and Original Screenplay (Wes Anderson); Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) brought in three honors with Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Supporting Actor (Edward Norton) and the Tarheel Award (Zach Galifanikas), recognizing a talent or production with North Carolina connections. Boyhood was selected for Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette). Best Actress went to Essie Davis for her performance in The Babadook.
Life Itself won for Best Documentary; The Lego Movie earned a win for Best Animation, and Force Majeure was the Best Foreign Language Film.
NCFCA members actively engage in cinematic evaluation and critical analysis.
This year, the NCFCA honored 12 film categories. The full list of nominations and winners can be found below:
BEST NARRATIVE FILM
***The Grand Budapest Hotel*** (Winner)
Birdman
Boyhood
Calvary
A Most Violent Year
Selma
Whiplash
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
***Life Itself*** (Winner)
Citizenfour
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Jodorowsky’s Dune
The Overnighters
BEST ANIMATED FILM
***The Lego Movie*** (Winner)
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Tales of Princess Kaguya
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
***Force Majeure*** (Winner)
Ida
The Lunchbox
Two Days, One Night
We are the Best!
BEST DIRECTOR
***Richard Linklater (Boyhood)*** (Winner)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)
David Fincher (Gone Girl)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
BEST ACTOR
***Michael Keaton (Birdman)*** (Winner)
Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Brendan Gleeson (Calvary)
Tom Hardy (Locke)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
***Edward Norton (Birdman)*** (Winner)
Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Alfred Molina (Love is Strange)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
J. K. Simmons (Whiplash)
BEST ACTRESS
***Essie Davis (The Babadook)*** (Winner)
Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
***Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)*** (Winner)
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Rene Russo (Nightcrawler)
Emma Stone (Birdman)
Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
***Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)*** (Winner)
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo (Birdman)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Jon Michael McDonagh (Calvary)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
***James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy)*** (Winner)
Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
Nick Hornby (Wild)
Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)
Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson (Snowpiercer)
TAR HEEL AWARD
***Zach Galifanikas (Birdman)*** (Winner)
Cynthia Hill (Private Violence)
Jake Lacy (The Obvious Child)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz (Land Ho!)
(The Tar Heel Award recognizes a production or performer with some special connection to North Carolina.)
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Films with Multiple Wins
Birdman – 3
Boyhood – 2
The Grand Budapest Hotel – 2
Films with Multiple Nominations
Birdman – 7
Boyhood – 5
The Grand Budapest Hotel – 4
Whiplash – 4
Calvary – 3
Gone Girl – 3
The Imitation Game – 2
A Most Violent Year – 2
Selma –2
Snowpiercer – 2
Still Alice – 2
The Theory of Everything – 2
Two Days, One Night – 2
Wild – 2
*Most Nominations without a Win:
Whiplash – 4
About the NCFCA
The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) was formed by Kenneth R. Morefield in 2012 to promote film journalism in North Carolina. Membership consists of film critics/journalists established in North Carolina or those serving North Carolina-based outlets.
