International Online Film Critics' Poll Awards

Recently I participated in the International Online Film Critics' Poll, which announced winners for their 4th biannual awards for excellence in film earlier this week. 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. Director Richard Linklater was voted as Best Director and Patricia Arquette won the Best Supporting Actress award.Michael Keaton was voted Best Actor 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.Below is a complete list of the winners.BEST PICTURE

• Boyhood

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

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