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AWFJ Announces 2022 EDA Award Winners – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Wins Best Film

The AWFJ has announced the 2022 EDA Awards in 25 categories divided into three sections, the BEST OF AWARDS, FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS and EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS. Nominees in each category are determined by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists members who submit nominating ballots.

In it’s 16 annual year of awards season, the AWFJ gave THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN four EDAs including top honors for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay for Martin McDonagh, Best Actor for Colin Farrell and Best supporting Actress for Kerry Condon (tied with Jamie Lee Curtis)

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE won three EDAs for Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis (tied with Kerry Condon), Best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan and Best Editing for Paul Rogers

WOMEN TALKING garnered four EDAs for Best Director for Sarah Polley, Best adapted screenplay for Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, Best Ensemble Cast for Casting Directors John Buchan and Jason Knight and Best Woman Screenwriter for Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews.

Michelle Yeoh in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. Photo Credit: Courtesy of A24

The full list of nominees can be viewed here.

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS 2022
These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.

Best Film

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (review)

Best Director

Sarah Polley – WOMEN TALKING

Best Screenplay, Original

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh

Best Screenplay, Adapted

WOMEN TALKING – Sarah Polley

Best Documentary

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – Laura Poitras

Best Animated Film

GDT’S PINOCCHIO – Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson

Best Actress

Michelle Yeoh – EVERTHING EVERYWHERE (review)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role (tie)

Kerry Condon – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Jamie Lee Curtis – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE

Best Actor

Colin Farrell – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ke Huy Quan – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director

WOMEN TALKING – John Buchan and Jason Knight

Best Cinematography (tie)

TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Claudio Miranda
THE WOMAN KING – Polly Morgan

Best Editing

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE – Paul Rogers

Best Non-English-Language Film (tie)

DECISION TO LEAVE
RRR

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Viola Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewood on the set of The Woman King.

Best Woman Director

Gina Prince-Bythewood – THE WOMAN KING

Best Woman Screenwriter

Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews – WOMEN TALKING

Best Animated Female

Connie – Isabella Rossellni MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance

Danielle Deadwyler – TILL

Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry

Viola Davis – For getting THE WOMAN KING made as her lifetime passion project and creating opportunities for other women creatives.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Grand Dame Award for defying ageism.

Emma Thompson

Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE – Viggo Mortensen born 1958 and Lea Sedoux born 1985

She Deserves A New Agent Award (NOTE: This is not a put down. On the contrary, it suggests that the actor is better than the role she’s been given.)

Ana de Armas for BLONDE

Most Daring Performance

Emma Thompson – GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE

Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award

JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award (Women and men are eligible)

Harvey Weinstein for everything and forever.

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Announces EDA Awards And SHAPE OF WATER Best Film of 2017

Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 AWFJ EDA Awards. This year, AWFJ presents EDA Awards in 25 categories, divided into three sections: the standard ‘Best Of’ section, the Female Focus awards and the irreverent EDA Special Mention awards—including Actress Most in Need of a New Agent and the AWFJ Hall of Shame Award.

In the ‘Best Of’ section, this year’s big winner is “THE SHAPE OF WATER”, garnering EDA Awards in two categories including Best Film, Best Director for Guillermo del Toro. The film’s lead actress, Sally Hawkins, was awarded an EDA Bravest Performance Award to make the film’s cume of three awards.

Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” was also honored with three awards that included Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Metcalf and two awards for Gerwig for Best Woman Director and Best Woman Screenwriter.

“The Florida Project” won two EDA Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Willem Dafoe and Best Breakthrough Performance for Brooklynn Prince.

In the EDA Special Mention Categories, documentary filmmaker Agnes Varda was voted the Actress Defying Age and Ageism Award, while receiving the Best Documentary Award for her film “Faces, Places.” Kate Winslet won the Actress Most in Need of a New Agent for “Wonder Wheel” and “The Mountain Between Us.”

The AWJF chose to honor Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd and all women who spoke out against sexual harassment with the EDA Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry.

The Annual AWFJ Hall of Shame Award was bestowed upon Sexual Tormentors: Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, et al.

“This year was an important year for women to feel empowered to speak out and be heard,” states EDA AWARDS and AWFJ founder and film critic Jennifer Merin. “The need for gender parity and gender diversity in the movie industry is patently clear, and the time to stop sexual harassment in all industries is now. These goals are fundamental to AWFJ’s mission and it’s core values. I am thrilled that for this year’s awards, our AWFJ members voted to honor such a diverse array of talent and to recognize those who are leading with their voices to put an end to long time misconduct making the 2017 EDA Awards particularly relevant when art and film must be the vanguard of social progress.”

LADY BIRD. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf. Photo by Merie Wallace, courtesy of A24

Here’s the entire list of this year’s winners:

These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.

Best Film

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro – THE SHAPE OF WATER

Best Screenplay, Original

GET OUT – Jordan Peele

Best Screenplay, Adapted

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Best Documentary

FACES, PLACES

Best Animated Film (Tie)

COCO

LOVING VINCENT

Best Actress

Frances McDormand — THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Laurie Metcalf — LADY BIRD

Best Actor

Gary Oldman — DARKEST HOUR

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Willem Dafoe — THE FLORIDA PROJECT

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director

MUDBOUND – Billy Hopkins and Ashley Ingram

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins — BLADE RUNNER 2049

Best Editing

Lee Smith — DUNKIRK

Best Non-English-Language Film

THE SQUARE

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director

Greta Gerwig — LADY BIRD

Best Woman Screenwriter

Greta Gerwig — LADY BIRD

Best Animated Female

Parvana — THE BREADWINNER

Best Breakthrough Performance

Brooklynn Prince — THE FLORIDA PROJECT

Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry

Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd and all who spoke out against sexual harassment

THE FLORIDA PROJECT

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Actress Defying Age and Ageism (name actress and film)

AGNES VARDA — FACES, PLACES

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Lead and The Love Interest Award

I LOVE YOU DADDY — Chloe Grace Moretz and John Malkovich

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent (name actress and film)

Kate Winslet for WONDER WHEEL and THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US

Bravest Performance (name actress and film) (Tie)

Sally Hawkins — THE SHAPE OF WATER

Margot Robbie — I, TONYA

I, TONYA

Remake or Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made

THE MUMMY

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award

Sexual Tormentors: Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, et al

AWFJ Debuts “Wonder Women” List

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) debuts the first in its countdown of the most fascinating, inspiring and singular fictional female characters who have appeared in movies as selected by the AWFJ membership. The project, AWFJ’s Wonder Women, commemorates the 10th anniversary of the organization’s founding.

Numbers 55-44 as voted by the AWFJ membership are Olivia Evans from “Boyhood,” Elle Reid from “Grandma,” Katniss Everdeen from “The Hunger Games” series, Mammy from “Gone with the Wind,” Jean Harrington/Lady Eve Sidwich from “The Lady Eve,” Laine Hanson from “The Contender,” Ada McGrath from “The Piano,” Tess McGill from “Working Girl,” Jane Craig from “Broadcast News,” Lucy Honeychurch from “A Room with a View,” Sally Bowles from “I Am a Camera/Cabaret” and The Bride from “Kill Bill: Vols. 1 & 2.”

The Wonder Women list appends AWFJ’s Top 100 Films list, published in June 2007, in response to AFI’s 100 Years. 100 Films list, which included just 4.5 films directed by women among 400 nominated titles.

“The AWFJ Wonder Women list is a timely reminder to Hollywood studio executives and independent film producers – as well as to movie audiences — that strong, complex, fully realized women characters with their own stories to tell have lasting impact, in our culture and at the box office,” says Jennifer Merin, AWFJ co-founder and president, and co-organizer of the Wonder Women project. “AWFJ members delighted in focusing on women characters whose stories that have impacted our own lives. We recommend them as essential viewing for women and girls and anyone who is interested in film.”

The project’s title pays homage to Wonder Woman, the comic book heroine who debuted more than 70 years ago to offer young readers, then and now, a female character of substance. Like Wonder Woman, the characters on the AWFJ list are headstrong, loving, fierce, willful, confident, good-hearted champions of justice, equality and peace, and they are not afraid to mix it up.

“The staying power of Wonder Woman is proof that audiences need and welcome robust female characters in popular culture. Since our beat is cinema, we decided it was time we remind the public and the movie industry about other ‘wonder women’ that audiences have embraced over the years,” says AWFJ member and project co-organizer Marilyn Ferdinand.

AWFJ members nominated more than 500 characters from as early as 1915 to as recent as today. Real women, such as Queen Elizabeth II and Erin Brockovich, were eliminated to better showcase the writers who understood and created authentic fictional female characters with depth. The final group comprises 55 filmic wonder women who range from professionals to single mothers pursuing higher educationand con artists. There are also warriors, divas, flirts and gals who love to kick up their heels.

All of the characters on the Wonder Women list are annotated by AWFJ members Thelma Adams, Marina Antunes, Linda Barnard, Liz Braun, Anne Brodie, Carol Cling, Laura Emerick, Marilyn Ferdinand, Candice Frederick, Susan Granger, MaryAnn Johanson, Cate Marquis, Jennifer Merin, Nell Minow, Rebecca Murray, Betsy Pickle, Lynn Venhaus, Liz Whittemore and Susan Wloszczyna.

The countdown from 55 to 1 began August 1 at awfj.org. Groups of names will appear every Monday through August 29.

This Week’s WAMG Podcast – RIDE ALONG 2, 13 HOURS, David Bowie And More

This week’s episode of our podcast WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is up! Hear WAMG’s Michelle McCue, Jim Batts, Cate Marquis, and Tom Stockman discuss the weekend box office. We’ll review 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI, RIDE ALONG 2, and NORM OF THE NORTH. We’ll also discuss the Oscar nominations, talk about the Alliance of Women Film Journalists awards, and pay tribute to the film careers of Alan Rickman and David Bowie.

Here’s this week’s show. Have a listen:

SPOTLIGHT Takes Top Honors As The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Announces 2015 EDA Awards

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the winners of the 2015 EDA Awards.

SPOTLIGHT was the top winner with four including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast.

CAROL and MAD MAX: FURY ROAD were each awarded two EDAs.

AWFJ EDA ‘BEST OF’ AWARDS
These awards are presented to women and/or men.

Best Film
SPOTLIGHT

Best Director (Female or Male)
Tom McCarthy for SPOTLIGHT

Best Screenplay, Original
SPOTLIGHT – Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy

Best Screenplay, Adapted
CAROL – Phyllis Nagy

Best Documentary
AMY – Asif Kapadia

Best Animated Film
INSIDE OUT – Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen

Best Actress
Charlotte Rampling in 45 YEARS

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kristen Stewart in CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio in THE REVENANT

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Dano in LOVE & MERCY

Best Ensemble Cast (tie)
SPOTLIGHT
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Best Editing
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Margaret Sixel

Best Cinematography
CAROL – Edward Lachman

Best Film Music Or Score
THE HATEFUL EIGHT – Ennio Morricone

Best Non-English-Language Film
Son of Saul – Laszlo Nemes (Hungary)

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director
Marielle Heller for DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

Best Woman Screenwriter
Emma Donoghue for ROOM

Best Female Action Star
Charlize Theron for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Breakthrough Performance
Alicia Vikander for EX MACHINA, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH and THE DANISH GIRL

Female Icon of the Year (presented to a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference)
Chantal Ackerman – In Memoriam, for being a great filmmaker and an inspiration.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction (Tie)
ANOMALISA
CAROL

Actress Defying Age and Ageism (Tie)
Charlotte Rampling
Lily Tomlin

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Lead Character and The Love Interest
DANNY COLLINS – Al Pacino (born 1940) and Katarina Cas (born 1976)

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Emma Stone for ALOHA

Movie You Wanted To Love, But Just Couldn’t
THE DANISH GIRL

THE MARTIAN, SPOTLIGHT, CAROL Among The AWFJ’s 2015 EDA Award Nominees

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the nominees for the 2015 EDA Awards.

CAROL leads this year’s nominations with nine, followed by MAD MAX: FURY ROAD with six, ROOM and SPOTLIGHT with five each, and THE MARTIAN with four.

The AWFJ is an association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting work by and about women – both in front of and behind the cameras.

The EDA Award winners will be announced on January 12, 2016.

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS
These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.

Best Film
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Room
Spotlight

Best Director
Lenny Abramson – Room
Todd Haynes – Carol
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller – Mad Max Fury Road
Ridley Scott – The Martian

Best Screenplay, Original
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
Inside Out – Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
Spotlight – Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy

Best Screenplay, Adapted
The Big Short – Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
Carol – Phyllis Nagy
The Martian – Drew Goddard
Room – Emma Donoghue

Best Documentary
Amy – Asif Kapadia
Best of Enemies – Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief – Alex Gibney
The Hunting Ground – Kirby Dick
What Happened, Ms. Simone? – Liz Garbus

Best Animated Film
Anomalisa
Inside Out
Shaun The Sheep

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rooney Mara – Carol
Kristin Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best Actor
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo Di Caprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Ensemble Cast
The Big Short
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
Spotlight – Tom McArdle

Best Cinematography
Carol – Edward Lachman
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Film Music Or Score
Carol – Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL
Youth – David Lang

Best Non-English-Language Film
Mustang – Deniz Gamze Eguven
Phoenix – Christian Petzold
Son of Saul – Lazlo Nemes

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director
Isabel Coixet – Learning to Drive
Maya Forbes – Infinitely Polar Bear
Sarah Gavron – Suffragette
Marielle Heller – Diary of a Teenage Girl
Celine Sciamma – Girlhood

Best Woman Screenwriter
Emma Donoghue – Room
Marielle Heller – Diary of a Teenage Girl
Phyllis Nagy – Carol
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck

Best Female Action Star
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games Mocking Jay 2
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Charleze Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Breakthrough Performance
Brie Larson – Room
Bel Powley – Diary of a Teenage Girl
Daily Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Alica Vikander – Ex Machina, Testament of Youth, The Danish Girl

Female Icon of the Year Award (a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference)
Chantal Ackerman – In Memoriam For being a great filmmaker and sinpiration.
Maria Geise – Activist filmmaker who is spearheading the movement for parity for women directors.
Donna Langley – Chair(wo)man, Universal Pictures, who has brought the studio to unprecedented profits.
Jennifer Lawrence – For breaking the silence about discriminatory practices and unequal pay for actresses.
Charlotte Rampling – Because she’s Charlotte Rampling and is iconic.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
Anomalisa
Carol
Diary of a Teenage Girl

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Helen Mirren
Charlotte Rampling
Lily Tomlin

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Lead and The Love Interest Award
Danny Collins – Al Pacino and Katarina Cas
Freeheld – Julianne Moore and Ellen Page
Irrational Man – Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone
Spectre – Daniel Craig and Lea Seydoux

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World
Dakota Johnson – 50 Shades of Gray
Emma Stone – Aloha

Movie You Wanted To Love, But Just Couldn’t
Aloha
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Sisters

ONCE MY MOTHER, FIDELIO: ALICE’S ODYSSEY Win EDA Awards At 2015 St. Louis International Film Festival

After 11 days of celebrating magnificent and electric movies, the 24th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) concluded on Sunday evening. At the closing ceremony the International Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) presented awards to two women filmmakers. Cate Marquis (St. Louis Jewish Light) and myself were on hand to announce our winners – chosen by a panel of AWFJ members.

Lucie Borleteau’s FIDELIO: ALICE’S ODYSSEY received the EDA for Best Female-Directed Narrative Feature, while Sophia Turkiewicz’s ONCE MY MOTHER took the EDA for Best Female-Directed Documentary.

Actress Lucie Borleteau makes her feature directing debut with this insightful study of a woman situated in an almost exclusively male milieu. Sailor Alice (Ariane Labed) joins the freighter Fidelio as a replacement engineer, soon discovering that the captain, Gaël (Melvil Poupaud), is a man with whom she was once romantically involved. Though she leaves behind a fiancé on land (Anders Danielsen Lie, Oslo, August 31st), she finds her feelings for Gaël have not abated. Buttressed by a remarkable international cast, Fidelio, Alice’s Odyssey presents a rounded portrait of a passionate woman faced with difficult choices. Greek actress Labed won Best Actress at Locarno for her memorable performance. Nominated for two César Awards including Best Debut Feature.

When Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz was 7 years old, her Polish mother, Helen, abandoned her in an Adelaide orphanage. Sophia never forgot this maternal act of betrayal. Now in middle age, as Sophia examines her troubled relationship with Helen, she discovers the full story behind her mother’s miraculous survival in the years before, during, and after World War II. The details of Helen’s pre-Australia life are the stuff of epics: orphaned at 6; abandoned at age 9 by an indifferent uncle; forced to live for years on the streets of her small Polish town (now part of the Ukraine); shipped at 16 to a Russian gulag to work as a slave laborer after Stalin and Hitler divvy up Poland; twice compelled to trek endless miles through Russian territory, ending up first in Uzbekistan and then in Persia; displaced to a refugee camp in Rhodesia, where she becomes pregnant — by an Italian soldier — with Sophia; finally arriving in Australia, where she’s forced to temporarily place her daugher in an orphanage. With Helen now sliding into dementia, Sophia must confront some difficult questions: Did she ever truly know her mother? Does she have it in her heart to forgive her? And is it too late?

SLIFF Executive Director Cliff Froehlich said, “Dating back to the silent era, women have been vital contributors to film art, but they have long been underrepresented and underappreciated in the industry. Thankfully, that situation is changing, and the number of women filmmakers has grown exponentially in recent years. SLIFF believes it’s important to shine a spotlight on their increasing role, and the EDA Awards are an excellent means of acknowledging the diverse works that contemporary women filmmakers are directing.”

According to AWFJ President Jennifer Merin, “SLIFF is one of the country’s top regional showcases for independent and international film, and it has been a delight to collaborate with them and to honor them for presenting such an exciting slate of films by and about women.”

AWFJ EDA Award Jurors

Marina Antunes (Quietearth.us, Vancouver, Narrative), Laurie Coker (True View Reviews, Austin, Documentaries), Cate Marquis (St. Louis Jewish Light, St. Louis, Narrative), Jennifer Merin (chair, Women’s eNews, New York, Narrative), Michelle McCue (chair, We Are Movie Geeks, St. Louis, Documentaries), Rebecca Pahle (Film Journal International, Brooklyn, Narrative), Betsy Pickle (AWFJ, Knoxville, TN, Documentaries), and Diana Saenger (Review Express, Alpine, CA, Documentaries).

AWFJ, an organization of top women film journalists and critics from across the U.S, Canada and UK, will distribute in December a full slate of EDA Awards recognizing the year’s best (and worst) films by and about women.

Click HERE for the full list of winners.

AWFJ Announces 2014 EDA Award Winners

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the winners of the 2014 EDA Awards. Top honors went to BOYHOOD, while BIRDMAN was awarded six EDAs in the Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Score and Best Ensemble Cast categories.

AWFJ EDA ‘BEST OF’ AWARDS
These awards are presented to females and/or males.

Best Film
BOYHOOD

Best Director (Female or Male)
Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD

Best Screenplay, Original
BIRDMAN – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo

Best Screenplay, Adapted
GONE GIRL – Gillian Flynn

Best Documentary
CITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras

Best Animated Film
LEGO – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Best Actress
Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton for SNOWPIERCER

Best Actor
Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons for WHIPLASH

Best Ensemble Cast (tie)
BIRDMAN – Francine Maisler, Casting Director
and
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

Best Cinematography
BIRDMAN – Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Film Music Or Score
BIRDMAN – Antonio Sanchez

Best Non-English-Language Film
IDA – Pavel Pawlikowski (Poland)

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director
Ava DuVernay for SELMA

Best Woman Screenwriter
Gillian Flynn for GONE GIRL

Best Female Action Star
Emily Blunt for EDGE OF TOMORROW

Best Breakthrough Performance
Gugu Mbatha-Raw for BELLE

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

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
UNDER THE SKIN – Scarlett Johansson

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Tilda Swinton

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT – Colin Firth (b. 1960) and Emma Stone (b. 1988)

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Cameron Diaz for SEX TAPE

Movie You Wanted To Love, But Just Couldn’t
INHERENT VICE

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ EDA Awards recognize the amazing work done by and about women–both in front and behind the camera.

The EDAs are named in honor of AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin’s mother, Eda Reiss Merin, a stage, film and television actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. A dedicated foot soldier in the industry, Eda was one of the founders of AFTRA and a long-standing Member of AMPAS.

The AWFJ’s membership includes highly qualified professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media.

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