«Birdman»By Alejandro González Iñarritu is the top favorite at this year's Washington Critics Awards with up to 11 nominations, including best film and best director.
His great rival seems to be another of them great favorites at the Oscars, «B»By Richard Linklater gets eight nominations, also opting for best film and best direction.
The rest of the films that get nominations for best film and best direction are «Gone Girl»Who is up for six awards and«Selma" Y "Whiplash»Who choose five.
«The Grand Budapest Hotel" is "Interstellar»They also get five nominations, although they are left out of the main categories.
Nominations to Washington Critics Awards 2014
Best film
birdman
Boyhood
"Gone Girl"
"Selma"
Whiplash
Best Director
Damien Chazelle for "Whiplash"
Ava DuVernay for "Selma"
David Fincher for "Gone Girl"
Alejandro G. Iñárritu for "Birdman"
Richard Linklater for "Boyhood"
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch for "The Imitation Game"
Oscar Isaac for "A Most Violent Year"
Michael Keaton for "Birdman"
David Oyelowo for "Selma"
Eddie Redmayne for "The Theory of Everything"
Best Actress
Scarlett Johansson for "Under the Skin"
Felicity Jones for "The Theory of Everything"
Julianne Moore for "Still Alice"
Rosamund Pike for "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon for "Wild"
Best Supporting Actor
Ethan Hawke for "Boyhood"
Edward Norton for "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo for "Foxcatcher"
Andy Serkis for "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
JK Simmons for "Whiplash"
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette for "Boyhood"
Jessica Chastain for "A Most Violent Year"
Laura Dern for "Wild"
Emma Stone for "Birdman"
Tilda Swinton for "Snowpiercer"
Best cast
Birdman
Boyhood
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Into the Woods"
"Selma"
Best Young Performer
Ellar Coltrane for "Boyhood"
Mackenzie Foy for "Interstellar"
Jaeden Lieberher for «St. Vincent »
Tony Revolori for «The Grand Budapest Hotel»
Noah Wiseman for "The Babadook"
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Lego Movie"
Whiplash
Best Adapted Screenplay
"Gone Girl"
"The Imitation Game"
"Inherent Vice"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Wild"
Best animated movie
"Big Hero 6"
"The Book of Life"
"The Boxtrolls"
"How to Train Your Dragon 2"
"The Lego Movie"
Best documentary
"Citizenfour"
"Jodorowsky's Dune"
"Last Days in Vietnam"
"Life Itself"
"The Overnighters"
Best foreign film
"Turist"
"Going"
"Mommy"
«Dux tours, une niit»
"Wild tales"
Best production design
Birdman
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Interstellar"
"Into the Woods"
"Snowpiercer"
Best Cinematography
Birdman
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"
"Under the Skin"
Better assembly
Birdman
Boyhood
"Interstellar"
"Gone Girl"
Whiplash
Best soundtrack
Birdman
"Interstellar"
"Gone Girl"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Under the Skin"
The Joe Barber Awards for the Best Portrayal of Washington DC
"Anita"
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
"Kill the Messenger"
"Selma"
"X-Men: Days of Future Past"