Here Are The Winners Of The 2015 Seattle Film Awards

Awards season is in full swing. Critics and guilds and groups have been dropping best-of lists for the last month, the Golden Globes were given out last weekend, other trophies are being doled out, and the Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow. Not to be left out, a bunch of Seattle-based movie critics, of which I am one, put our heads together, voted, and named our best films, performances, and whatnot of 2014.

I don’t usually put too much stock in awards, but since I participated in this, what the hell? I voted for some of these, I didn’t vote for others (my favorite movie of the year is John Wick, and I am decidedly in the minority in that regard-HERE is the full list). Without question I’m most excited about the fact that The Raid 2 won best foreign language film. That movie kicks so much ass.

It should be noted that Selma didn’t screen in Seattle until last week, after we voted, and hence went unseen by the majority of us. Otherwise that would have been all over this list.

And without further ado, here are the winners of the 2nd Annual Seattle Film Awards, if only we had a Space Needle-shaped trophy to hand out:

BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST ACTOR: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, directors)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Raid 2 (Gareth Evans, director)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Life Itself (Steve James, director)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST FILM EDITING: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING: The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “Lost Stars” – Begin Again (Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, composers)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST SOUND DESIGN: Godzilla

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes