What a great year for going to the movies. Here are the MOVIELAND / FILMMAFIA AWARDS 2014. Below, you’ll find our Top Ten for the year. Also, listen to the ceremony on the Movieland Podcast here:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/movieland-awards-2014/id668507582?i=328380848&mt=2
Best Film:
Force Majeure
Best Direction:
Ruben Östlund for Force Majeure
Best Feature Documentary:
20,000 Days On Earth by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth
Best Australian Film:
(only given when Best Film is not Australian)
Felony
Director Matthew Saville
Best Lead Performance by a Man:
Tom Hardy, Locke
Director Steven Knight
Best Lead Performance by a Woman:
Luminita Gheorghiu, Child’s Pose
Director Calin Peter Netzer
Best Supporting Performance by a Man:
JK Simmons, Whiplash
Director Damien Chazelle
Best Supporting Performance by a Woman:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Director Richard Linklater
Best Original Screenplay:
Nightcrawler by Dan Gilroy
Director Dan Gilroy
Best Adapted Screenplay:
A Most Wanted Man by Andrew Bovell
Director Anton Corbijn
Best Edit:
Tom Cross for Whiplash
Director Damien Chazelle
Best Cinematography:
Fredrik Wenzel for Force Majeure
Director Ruben Östlund
Best Production Design:
Adam Stockhausen for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director Wes Anderson
Best Original Score:
Daniel Landin for Under The Skin
Director Jonathan Glazer
Worst Film:
Tammy
Director Ben Falcone
Top Ten
10) Whiplash – Damien Chazelle, with excellent performances from JK Simmons and Miles Teller.
9) We Are The Best! – Lukas Moodysson
8) Boyhood – Richard Linklater, with an intriguing performance by Ellar Coltrane, who ages from 5 to 17 in the film, and excellent support from Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke.
7) Two Days, One Night – the Dardenne Brothers, with a superb lead performance by Marion Cotillard.
6) Under The Skin – Jonathan Glazer
5) The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, with Ralph Fiennes at his comedic zenith.
4) A Most Wanted Man – Anton Corbijn, with Phillip Seymour Hoffman in one of the roles he left behind.
3) Locke – Steven Knight, with Tom Hardy in an astonishing performance.
2) Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy, with an excellent Jake Gyllenhaal.
1) Force Majeure – Ruben Östlund. Film of the Year.