Los Angeles Film Critics Association Announce 2014 Award Winners

BOYHOOD won for Best Picture of the Year, it was announced today by Stephen Farber, President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).

"Originality was honored in this year's awards from LAFCA, with several prizes going to Richard Linklater's twelve years in the making BOYHOOD, and other important awards for the imaginative GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, the groundbreaking cinematography of BIRDMAN, and the tour de force performance by Tom Hardy in LOCKE. Our group again honored a range of films from around the world and an impressive array of emerging and veteran talents," said Farber, of this year's awards.

The 40th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony will be held Saturday, January 10 at the InterContinental, Los Angeles. As previously announced, Gena Rowlands will receive the 2014 Career Achievement Award.

Award winners are:

PICTURE: BOYHOOD

Runner-up: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, BOYHOOD

Runner-up: GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Wes Anderson

ACTOR: Tom Hardy, LOCKE

Runner-up: Michael Keaton, BIRDMAN

ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, BOYHOOD

Runner-up: Julianne Moore, STILL ALICE

SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, WHIPLASH

Runner-up: Edward Norton, BIRDMAN

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Agata Kulesza, IDA

Runner-up: Rene Russo, NIGHTCRAWLER

SCREENPLAY: GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Wes Anderson

Runner-up: BIRDMAN, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo

ANIMATION: THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA

Runner-up: THE LEGO MOVIE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: IDA

Runner-up: WINTER SLEEP

DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM: CITIZENFOUR

Runner-up: LIFE ITSELF

NEW GENERATION: Ava DuVernay, SELMA

FILM EDITING: Sandra Adair, BOYHOOD

Runner-up: Barney Pilling, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, BIRDMAN

Runner-up: Dick Pope, MR. TURNER

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Adam Stockhausen, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Runner-up: Ondrej Nekvasil, SNOWPIERCER

MUSIC/SCORE: (tie): Jonny Greenwood, INHERENT VICE and Mica Levi, UNDER THE SKIN

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: Walter Reuben, THE DAVID WHITING STORY

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Gena Rowlands

Founded in 1975, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is comprised of Los Angeles-based, professional film critics working in the Los Angeles print and electronic media. Each December, LAFCA members vote on the year's Achievement Awards, honoring screen excellence on both sides of the camera. Plaques of recognition are then presented to winners during LAFCA's annual awards ceremony, held in mid-January.

Aside from honoring each year's outstanding cinematic achievements, LAFCA has also made it a point to look back and pay tribute to distinguished industry veterans with its annual Career Achievement Award, which is announced in October, as well as to look forward by spotlighting fresh, promising talent with its annual New Generation Award. In addition, over THE PAST three decades, LAFCA has sponsored and hosted numerous film panels and events and donated funds to various Los Angeles film organizations, especially where film preservation was concerned. LAFCA members have also collectively been vocal about taking up causes they have felt passionate about, from drafting formal protests against censorship and colorization to lending their support to controversial films.

Please also find the winners via Twitter @lafilmcritics (http://twitter.com/LAFilmCritics), @mprm (http://twitter.com/MPRM) or visit www.lafca.net.