LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION CHOOSE AS BEST FILM OF 2014

No surprises which film won Best Picture from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Richard Linklater's Boyhood. But the group, which has become known as something of a contrarian voice in the awards race in recent years, threw up a few of its usual curveballs, including Best Supporting Actress frontrunner Patricia Arquette winning for Best Actress, and strong shows of support for Ida and The Grand Budapest Hotel. All of the results can be found below:

Best Picture

1. Boyhood
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Director

1. Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
2. Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Best Actor

1. Tom Hardy (Locke)
2. Michael Keaton (Birdman)

Best Actress

1. Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
2. Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

Best Supporting Actor

1. J. K. Simmons (Whiplash)
2. Edward Norton (Birdman)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Agata Kulesza (Ida)
2. Rene Russo (Nightcrawler)

Best Screenplay

1. Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
2. Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)

Best Cinematography

1. Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)
2. Dick Pope (Mr. Turner)

Best Editing

1. Sandra Adair (Boyhood)
2. Barney Pilling (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Best Production Design

1. Adam Stockhausen (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
2. Ondrej Nekvasil (Snowpiercer)

Best Music Score

1.Jonny Greenwood (Inherent Vice)
   Mica Levi (Under the Skin)

Best Animation

1. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2. The LEGO Movie

Best Documentary / Non-Fiction Film

1. Citizenfour
2. Life Itself

Best Foreign-Language Film

1. Ida
2. Winter Sleep

New Generation Award
    Ava DuVernay (Selma)

Douglas Edwards Experimental / Independent Film / Video Award
    Walter Reuben (The David Whiting Story)