International Online Film Critics’ Poll – winners announced

by Greg King

The International Online Film Critics’ Poll is proud to announce its winners for the 4th biannual awards for excellence in film. Founded in 2007, the IOFCP is the only biannual poll of film critics from all around the world (over one hundred critics from USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Canada, France, Mexico, Australia, India, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Estonia, Pakistan, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden). The awards are biannual to allow the comparison of different film seasons.

The IOFCP voted the coming-of-age drama Boyhood as Best Film, according to the results of its biannual critics’ poll which was released on January 26. Director Richard Linklater was voted as Best Director and Patricia Arquette won Best Supporting Actress award.

Michael Keaton was voted Best Actor of the biennium for his performance in Birdman, and Cate Blanchett won Best Actress award for Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine.

Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel won Best Ensemble Cast, Best Production Design and Best Original Score. Another big winner was Gravity with three awards: Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.

For the screenplays, Spike Jonze’s romantic comedy-drama Her was chosen as Best Original Screenplay. Instead Best Adapted Screenplay went to Steve McQueen’s Academy Award winner 12 Years a Slave.

At last, for his performance in Whiplash, J.K. Simmons was awarded as Best Supporting Actor of the biennium.

Past IOFCP Awards winners include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Inglourious Basterds and Slumdog Millionaire.

BEST PICTURE: Boyhood

BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater – Boyhood

BEST ACTOR: Michael Keaton – Birdman

BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST ORIGINAL SCEENPLAY: Her

BEST ADAPTED SCEENPLAY: 12 Years a Slave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gravity

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST EDITING: Gravity

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Gravity

TOP TEN FILMS (alphabetical list)

12 Years a Slave

Blue is the Warmest Colour

Birdman

Boyhood

Her

Ida

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Great Beauty

The Imitation Game

The Wolf of Wall Street