Birdman leads Women Film Journalists nominees

Birdman leads the pack with 10 nominations. Boyhood and Gone Girl got five each and The Grand Budapest Hotel four.

In the best film category, the nominees are Boyhood, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive and Selma.

The nominees for the Female Icon of the Year, to honour a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference, are Selma director Ava DuVernay, Unbroken director Angelina Jolie and Citizenfour director Laura Poitras.

The full list of nominees is below, in categories for both men and women, and some women-only awards as well.

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS (presented to men and women)

Best Film
BOYHOOD
BIRDMAN
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
SELMA

Best Director
Wes Anderson for THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Ava DuVernay for SELMA
Alejandro G Inarritu for BIRDMAN
Jim Jarmusch for ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD

Best Screenplay, Original
BIRDMAN – Alejandro G Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
BOYHOOD – Richard Linklater
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Wes Anderson

Best Screenplay, Adapted
GONE GIRL – Gillian Flynn
INHERENT VICE – Paul Thomas Anderson
WILD – Nick Hornby, Cheryl Strayed

Best Documentary
CITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras
JORDOROWSKY’S DUNE – Frank Pavich
LIFE ITSELF – Steve James

Best Animated Film
BIG HERO 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams
LEGO – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA – Isao Takahata

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard for TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE
Rosamund Pike for GONE GIRL

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette for BOYHOOD
Tilda Swinton for SNOWPIERCER
Emma Stone for BIRDMAN

Best Actor
Jake Gyllenhaal for NIGHTCRAWLER
Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN
Eddie Redmayne for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Edward Norton for BIRDMAN
Mark Ruffalo for FOXCATCHER
JK Simmons for WHIPLASH

Best Ensemble Cast
BIRDMAN – Francine Maisler, Casting Director
BOYHOOD – Anne Walker-McBay, Christopher Telles
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Douglas Aibel (US), Antoinette Boulat (France), Simone Bar, Alexandra Montag (Germany), Debra Maxwell Dion (LA), Jina Jay (UK)

Best Editing
BIRDMAN – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
BOYHOOD – Sandra Adair
WHIPLASH – Tom Cross

Best Cinematography
BIRDMAN – Emmanuel Lubezki
INTERSTELLAR – Hoyte van Hoytema
MR. TURNER – Dick Pope

Best Film Music Or Score
BIRDMAN – Antonio Sanchez
GONE GIRL – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Alexandre Desplat

Best Non-English-Language Film
FORCE MAJEURE – Ruben Ostlund (Sweden)
IDA – Pavel Pawlikowski (Poland)
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT – Jean-Pierre Dardennes, Luc Dardennes (Belgium)

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS [presented to women only]

Best Woman Director
Ava DuVernay for SELMA
Jennifer Kent for THE BABADOOK
Laura Poitras for CITIZENFOUR

Best Woman Screenwriter
Gillian Flynn for GONE GIRL
Jennifer Kent for THE BABADOOK
Gillian Robespierre for OBVIOUS CHILD

Best Female Action Star
Emily Blunt for EDGE OF TOMORROW
Scarlett Johansson for LUCY
Jennifer Lawrence for THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1

Best Breakthrough Performance
Essie Davis for THE BABADOOK
Gugu Mbatha-Raw for BELLE
Jenny Slate for OBVIOUS CHILD

Female Icon of the Year (a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference)
Ava DuVernay
Angelina Jolie
Laura Poitras

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
GONE GIRL – Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck and Neil Patrick Harris
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE – Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston
UNDER THE SKIN – Scarlett Johansson

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Julianne Moore
Meryl Streep
Tilda Swinton

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest
DRAFT DAY – Kevin Costner (b. 1955) and Jennifer Garner (b. 1972)
EDGE OF TOMORROW – Tom Cruise (b. 1962) and Emily Blunt (b. 1983)
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT – Colin Firth (b. 1960) and Emma Stone (b. 1988)

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Jennifer Aniston for HORRIBLE BOSSES 2
Cameron Diaz for SEX TAPE
Melissa McCarthy for TAMMY

Movie You Wanted to Love, But Just Couldn’t
FOXCATCHER
INHERENT VICE
UNBROKEN