Boyhood has been chosen as Best Film and Birdman received six awards, the most of any film, in the 2014 EDA Awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, of which Home Movies columnist Karen Martin is a member.
Alliance members are professional female movie critics, reporters and features writers working in print, broadcast and online media. The organization's purpose is to support work by and about women in front of and behind the cameras through promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual EDA Awards (named in honor of Alliance founder Jennifer Merin's mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin) in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (best and worst) by and about women in the movies.
Here's the full list:
Best Film: Boyhood
Best Director: Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Screenplay: Birdman -- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Gone Girl -- Gillian Flynn
Best Documentary: Citizenfour -- Laura Poitras
Best Animated Film: Lego -- Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Tilda Swinton for Snowpiercer
Best Actor: Michael Keaton for Birdman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Best Ensemble Cast (tie): Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Editing: Birdman -- Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Best Cinematography: Birdman -- Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Film Music or Score: Birdman -- Antonio Sanchez
Best Non-English-Language Film: Ida -- Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland)
EDA Female Focus Awards
Best Woman Director: Ava DuVernay for Selma
Best Woman Screenwriter: Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl
Best Female Action Star: Emily Blunt for Edge of Tomorrow
Best Breakthrough Performance: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle
Female Icon of the Year (tie): Ava DuVernay and Laura Poitras
Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality or Seduction: Under the Skin -- Scarlett Johansson
Actress Defying Age and Ageism: Tilda Swinton
Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest: Magic in the Moonlight -- Colin Firth ( born in 1960) and Emma Stone ( born in 1988)
Actress Most in Need of a New Agent: Cameron Diaz for Sex Tape
Movie You Wanted to Love, But Just Couldn't: Inherent Vice
MovieStyle on 01/16/2015