My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with me or inspire, both at the time, and still today. Subject to alter choices based on viewings.
Special Honor for Career Excellence: Ellen Burstyn
Special Honor for Female Filmmaking: Ava DuVernay
Special Honor for World Cinema: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Filmmaking Breakthrough: Jennifer Kent (The Babadook)
Actress Support: Melisa Sözen (Winter Sleep)
Sound Design: Interstellar
Special Effects: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Actress Lead: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Screenwriting Adapted: Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
Screenwriting Original: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne (Two Days, One Night)
Youth Breakthrough: Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)
Cast Ensemble: White God
Cinematography: Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski (Ida)
Set Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Special Honor for LGBTQ Representation: Pride
Costume Design: Belle
Picture Editing: Gone Girl
Acting Breakthrough: Agata Trzebuchowska (Ida)
Song Composing: “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again”
"The Apology Song" from "The Book of Life" "I Love You Too Much" from "The Book of Life" "The Boxtrolls Song" from "The Boxtrolls" "Quattro Sabatino" from "The Boxtrolls" "Ryan's Song" from "Boyhood" "For The Dancing And The Dreaming" from "How to Train Your Dragon 2" "Hal" from "Only Lovers Left Alive" "Glory" from "Selma"
Score Composing: Mica Levi (Under the Skin)
Actor Support: Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
Actor Lead: Tom Hardy (Locke)
Directing: Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida)
Motion Picture: Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski) Poland / Denmark / France / UK
