2015 SAG Awards

Awards season continued with the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium. The SAG Awards have their own tradition of opening on a variety of actors explaining how they got their SAG cards or what inspired them to act, and each ending with the phrase '...and I'm an actor." The awards ceremony is also presented without a host and the winners are selected by their peers. This years' SAG award winners represented more of the diversity that the Academy has been accused of lacking in their nominees, albeit in television. There was even a montage about equal rights and unions.

The fashions at the SAG Awards are formal yet often with more daring choices than at the Oscars. Julianne Moore wore an emerald Riccardo Tisci when she won for Still Alice. Nominated for Wild, Reese Witherspoon paired her white matte sequin Giorgio Armani gown with Harry Winston jewels. Repossi ear cuff and Louboutin heels complimented Birdman co-star Emma Stone in a black tuxedo inspired Dior Haute Couture gown. Wearing a striped, digital-print Elie Saab gown with Fred Leighton jewels, Lupita Nyong'O presented Outstanding Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries with Jared Leto. Those two are so hot together, quit teasing us and hook up already. Jennifer Aniston wore a vintage, plunging Galliano gown with paisley print and her favorite accessory this season, a gold body necklace. Julie Roberts was a part of the jumpsuit trend in Givenchy with Tiffany jewelry. Amy Poehler was in a Jenny Packham blue halter gown, accessorized with Effy Jewelry diamonds. In a green Marc Jacobs halter, Claire Danes accessorized with Norman Silverman diamonds. Keira Knightley wore a mulberry eyelet Erdem gown and was a part of the ear cuff trend with on by Repossi. Stone also wore an ear cuff.

The full list of winners follows the red carpet photos.

MOVIES
OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE JK Simmons, Whiplash
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Patricia Arquette, Boyhood OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE Julianne Moore, Still Alice OUTSTANDING CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE Birdman

TELEVISION
OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES William H Macy, Shameless
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES Orange Is the New Black
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES Downton Abbey
SAG LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Debbie Reynolds

How I Did Predicting 2015 Nominations One Year Before

On February 22, 2014, I made a list of movies likely to have nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards a year later. Let's see how I did. Click here for the original post.

• Unbroken While not for Angelina Jolie's direction, the acting or the Coen Brothers' script, the biopic of Olympic track star and World War II vet Louis Zamperini did receive, 3 NOMINATIONS: Cinematography, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing 
• Grand Budapest Hotel I thought Wes Anderson's picture would at the very least earn a Best Original Screenplay nod. I was no where close to predicting it leading with 9 NOMINATIONS: Best Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design, and Original Screenplay 
• Rosewater The film Jon Stewart directed did not earn any nominations but it did receive critical praise. 
• Gone Girl The Fincher directed film received 1 NOMINATION: Actress in Leading Role, Rosamund Pike
•  The Monuments Men Had all the right elements but did not catch fire with Academy members or audiences. It's post Oscar release date probably did not help. 
• Inherent Vice Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it received 2 NOMINATION: Costume Design and Adapted Screenplay.  
• Interstellar Directed by Christopher Nolan. 5 NOMINATIONS: Original Score, Production Design, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects  
• Foxcatcher Bennett Miller's Moneyball follow-up received 5 NOMINATIONS: Actor in a Leading Role, Steve Carell,  Actor in a Supporting Role, Mark Ruffalo, Directing, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Original Screenplay) 
• Into the Woods  3 NOMINATIONS: Actress in a Supporting Role Meryl Streep, Costume Design and Production Design

Best Animated Feature:

Big Hero 6 NOMINATED 

How To Train Your Dragon 2 NOMINATED 

Big Hero 6

Technical:

X-Men: Days of Future Past 1 NOMINATION: Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of Apes 1 NOMINATION: Visual Effects

I was correct with all of my Iffy entries, movies with early buzz that did not turn into the big pictures that they might have. Jupiter Ascending's release was moved back to February 6th of 2015. Perhaps it will have technical nominations in 2016.  

Noah and Cesar Chavez were met with mixed reviews and audience response. 

2015 Oscar Nominations

Filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and JJ Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominees in all twenty-four categories at 5:30am Pacific, 8:30am Eastern time at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. Cuaron and Abrams read the nominees for Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Film Editing, Original Song, Production Design, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. Then at 5:38am, Pine and Boone Isaacs unveiled the nominations for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay and Best Picture. Typically only the most popular categories (acting, directing, writing and best feature) are announced in the press event and this year it was a first to release all twenty-four live.

Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything were each anticipated to earn several nominations. Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel received the most nods with nine for both films. The Imitation Game was close behind with eight, Boyhood had six nominations and American Sniper surprised with six as well. Receiving five nominations were Foxcatcher and Interstellar. Another surprise, the film Mr Turner about British painter JMW Turner was nominated four times for Cinematography, Costume Design, Original Score and Production Design.

I usually do not focus on snubs, but I was very disappointed that Jennifer Aniston was not nominated for Best Actress for Cake and that the Lego Movie was not nominated for Best Animated Feature. It helps soften the blow that "Everything is Awesome" from the Lego Movie was nominated for Best Original Song.

The same night on A and E, Michael Strahan hosted the Critics' Choice Movie Awards which aired on television for the first time.

Without further adieu, this years Academy Awards nominees are...
BEST PICTURE
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro G Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
JK Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida Dick Pope, Mr Turner
Roger Deakins, Unbroken

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ida, Poland
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines, Estonia
Timbuktu, Mauritania
Wild Tales, Argentina

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper, Jason Hall
The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman, Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bo
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, E Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
“Glory” from Selma; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth

BEST FILM EDITING
Joel Cox and Gary D Roach, American Sniper
Sandra Adair, Boyhood
Barney Pilling, The Grand Budapest Hotel
William Goldenberg, The Imitation Game
Tom Cross, Whiplash

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game, Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar, Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Into the Woods, Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Mr Turner, Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

BEST SOUND EDITING
American Sniper, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Birdman, Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
Interstellar, Richard King
Unbroken, Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro

BEST SOUND MIXING
American Sniper, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Birdman, Jon Taylor, Frank A Montaño and Thomas Varga
Interstellar, Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
Unbroken, Jon Taylor, Frank A Montaño and David Lee
Whiplash, Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy, Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Citizenfour
Finding Vivien Maier
Last Days of Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods
Anna B Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent
Jacqueline Durran, Mr Turner

2015 Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Michael Strahan seemed a little bit nervous throughout the 20th annual show in its first televised year, and the show itself was a little bumpy. Best Sportsmanship Award goes to Jennifer Aniston, snubbed by the Academy the same morning, she seemed giddy to see Emily Blunt win Best Actress in an Action Film and snuck a fan like photo with Blunt when she returned to the audience. Aniston grabbed a similar photo with her fellow nominee Julianne Moore and she seemed like she was having a ball. Emily Blunt and husband John Krasinski are the best couple. And not the cheesy kind but the fun, cool, real kind (not like Donnie and Jenny or Will and Jada). Krasinski happened to be backstage when Blunt won and he ran on stage to hug her as she started her acceptance speech.

While Ron Howard gave a wonderful acceptance speech for his lifetime achievement award and had beautiful sentiments for his wife, Kevin Costner went on too long and referred to Sean Connery and Gene Hackman as if they had passed away.

The attempts at comedy by the host and as written for the presenters was uneven. Some landed and some missed the mark somewhat pitifully. The showed opened with a Magic Mike like dance because apparently Michael Strahan is in the sequel. The bit Leslie Mann did to present Blunt's win by trying to get Josh Gad to serenade her with her favorite Olaf quote was great. An hour later when her husband Judd Apatow presented, he was the only one with risky humor. He managed to get in a quick Cosby/Wilt Chamberlain joke and say his wife wanted to screw a snowman.

When Jessica Chastain accepted the first ever MVP Award (she was in four different critically acclaimed films in 2014; they could have created the award for her in 2011 when she was in seven movies), she was the first to mention that it was Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. She quoted Dr King and asked that everyone speak out against all forms of discrimination. Common gave a wonderful, heartfelt speech for the best song win for "Glory" that was even better than the solid one he gave at the Golden Globes four days earlier.

The Oscars, the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, they all have their own tone and signature feel. It was the Critics' Choice Awards first year out. They had some growing pains and struggled to find their wavelength. The good, A-list moments made it a far cry better than the People's Choice Awards (those have not even been watchable for years) and seemed better than the also rookie year the Hollywood Film Awards had, though both had very similar vibes.

Birdman led with five wins, Boyhood four and The Grand Budapest Hotel won three. It just so happens that those three films also received the most Oscar nominations the day of the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Julianne Moore pulled off the "name-all-your-fellow-nominees" hat trick genuinely and with a compliment in a word or two that described the characters that the actresses she shared her category with portrayed. She did it without notes, or awkward pauses. Many attempt this in their acceptances speeches but few really do it sincerely.

Some good fashion choices on the red, actually blue, carpet. Winners list follows the fashions.

BEST PICTURE Boyhood
BEST ACTOR Michael Keaton, Birdman
BEST ACTRESS Julianne Moore, Still Alice
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR JK Simmons, Whiplash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Birdman
BEST DIRECTOR Richard Linklater, Boyhood
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Alejandro G Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bo, Birdman
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
BEST ART DIRECTION Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock, The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST EDITING Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione, Birdman
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The Lego Movie
BEST ACTION MOVIE Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
BEST COMEDY The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Michael Keaton, Birdman
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE Interstellar
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Force Majeure
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Life Itself
BEST SONG "Glory" by Common and John Legend, Selma
BEST SCORE Antonio Sanchez,  Birdman

2015 Golden Globes

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's opening of the 72nd Annual Golden Globes was fairly weak but warmed up with their round of "who would you rather." The pair continued to poke fun at George Clooney as they did last year.

The best joke of the night goes to Anna Faris and Chris Pratt, "'We have a mixed marriage. I am CBS.' 'I am NBC but we plan to raise our children HBO.'"

The most likely Oscar forecast to come from the awards ceremony may be Eddie Redmayne's win for Best Actor in a Drama for the Theory of Everything and Michael Keaton for Birdman in a Comedy or Musical. Their nominations for Best Actor Academy Awards seem locked, and a close race between the two for the Oscar statue likely. The many wins for Boyhood also seem promising for the film's Oscar hopes. The Academy Award nominations are announced at 5:30am Pacific time on Thursday, January 15th.

The Cecil B DeMille award was presented to George Clooney by Julianna Margulies and Don Cheadle. Regrettably Clooney did comment and thank his new bride.

The full list of winners follows the red carpet looks.

Jessica Chastain, Atelier Versace 

Amy Adams, Versace

Anna Kendrick, Monique Lhullier 

Jennifer Aniston, Saint Laurent

Sienna Miller, Miu Miu

Salma Hayek, Alexander McQueen

Emily Blunt, Michael Kors

Faris and Pratt, Reem Acra and Tom Ford

Film:
BEST MOTION MOTION PICTURES BEST DRAMA Boyhood
BEST COMEDY The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST DIRECTOR Richard Linklater, Boyhood
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Julianne Moore, Still Alice
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY Michael Keaton, Birdman
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY Amy Adams, Big Eyes
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR JK Simmons, Whiplash
BEST SCREENPLAY Richard Linklater, Boyhood
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Leviathan, Russia
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE How to Train Your Dragon 2
BEST ORIGINAL SONG "Glory" from Selma, Music and lyrics by John Legend and Common
BEST SCORE The Theory of Everything

Television:
BEST TV COMEDY OR MUSICAL Transparent
BEST TV DRAMA The Affair
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA Ruth Wilson, The Affair
BEST ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY Gena Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
BEST ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
BEST MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE Fargo
BEST ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV SHOW, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV SHOW, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart

2015 BAFTA Nominations

The BAFTA film awards are the British equivalent of the Oscars and the esteem that they represent tends to trend well as an Oscar indicator. Birdman, Boyhood, The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game have several nominations that continue to add to their Oscar buzz. The film with the most BAFTA nominations is The Grand Budapest Hotel, with 11 (last year Gravity had 11 BAFTA nominations). The BAFTAs have more accurately predicted the best picture winner at the Oscars more often than the Golden Globes (which air Sunday, January 11th on NBC).

The BAFTA awards ceremony will air on BBC America on Sunday, February 8th, a full two weeks before the Oscars. The awards show will be hosted by Stephen Fry for the tenth time.

Nominations list:
BEST FILM
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

 OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
’71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin

DIRECTOR
Alejandro G Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh, The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Paul King, Paddington
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything 

LEADING ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
JK Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emma Stone, Birdman
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Elaine Constantine, Writer/Director, Northern Soul
Gregory Burke, Writer, Yann Demange, Director, ’71
Hong Khaou, Writer/Director, Lilting
Paul Katis, Director/Producer, Andrew de Lotbinieere, Producer, Kajaki: The True Story
Stephen Beresford, Writer, David Livingstone, Producer, Pride

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Ida Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night

DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet from Stardom
20,000 Days on Earth
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian
Maier Virunga

ANIMATED FILM
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything
Mica Levi, Under the Skin

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Interstellar
Mr Turner 

EDITING
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Big Eyes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr Turner

COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything

MAKE UP AND HAIR
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything

SOUND
American Sniper
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
The Bigger Picture
Monkey Love
Experiments
My Dad

BRITISH SHORT FILM
Boogaloo and Graham
Emotional Fusebox
The Karman Line
Slap Three Brothers

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O’Connell
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley