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International Online Film Critics’ Poll Awards

Evan Crean

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

Evan Crean

Hello! My name is Evan Crean. By day I work for a marketing agency, but by night, I’m a film critic based in Boston, MA. Since 2009, I have written hundreds of movie reviews and celebrity interviews for Starpulse.com. I have also contributed pieces to NewEnglandFilm.com and to The Independent, as a writer and editor. I maintain an active Letterboxd account too. In addition to publishing short form work, I am a co-author of the book Your ’80s Movie Guide to Better Living, which is available on CreateSpace and Amazon. The book is the first in a series of lighthearted self-help books for film fans, which distills advice from ’80s movies on how to tackle many of life’s challenges. On top of writing, I co-host and edit the weekly film podcast Spoilerpiece Theatre with two other Boston film critics. I’m a founding member and the current treasurer for the Boston Online Film Critics Association as well. This site, Reel Recon.com, is a one-stop-shop where you can find links to all of my past and present work. Have any questions or comments after checking it out? Please feel free to email me (Evan Crean) at: ecrean AT reelrecon DOT COM .