International Online Film Critics' Poll

The International Online Film Critics' Poll (also known as International Online Film Critics[1][2] and IOFCP[3]) is a bi-annual polling of film critics from United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Poland, France, and Canada.[4] The award was created to recognize excellences in film every two years.[4][5][6]

The IOFCP was founded in 2007 by George McCoy.[4][5][7] The award was created to recognize excellence in film every two years because, in the opinion of the founders, a biennial award allows the comparison of different film seasons. Its membership includes film critics and journalists from Metroactive, Le Nouvel Observateur, Mymovies.it, Cinefilos.it, Las Vegas Weekly, Examiner.com, BBC, The Times, IndieWire, and other periodicals.

The 2010 poll included votes for Best Film of the Decade (Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Best Director of the Decade (Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Best Actor of the Decade (Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote), Best Actress of the Decade (Charlize Theron for Monster), and Top Ten Films of the Decade.[7][8][9]

Categories

The IOFCP features 15 categories. For each category (excepted Top Ten Films), in all editions, there are five nominees. These are the award categories:[4][10][11]

• Best Picture
• Top Ten Films
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Ensemble Cast
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Adapted Screenplay
• Best Cinematography
• Best Production Design
• Best Editing
• Best Original Score
• Best Visual Effects

Winners

1st Edition (2008)

1st IOFCP Awards

January 4, 2009

Best Film:
Slumdog Millionaire

The winners of the 1st Edition were revealed on January 4, 2009.[12] The nominees were revealed on December 5, 2008.[12]

Were eligible all the films released in the United States from November 15, 2006, to November 14, 2008.[12] The big winners were Slumdog Millionaire, with four awards, including Best Picture, and The Dark Knight, with four awards.[12]

Best Picture

• Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle

Top Ten Films

• Atonement by Joe Wright
• The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan
• Into the Wild by Sean Penn
• Let the Right One In by Tomas Alfredson
• Michael Clayton by Tony Gilroy
• No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
• Ratatouille by Brad Bird
• Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
• There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson
• WALL-E by Andrew Stanton

Best Director

• Tomas Alfredson – Let the Right One In

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

Best Actress

• Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose

Best Supporting Actor

• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress

• Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Best Ensemble Cast

• The Dark Knight

Best Original Screenplay

• Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Jim Reardon – WALL-E

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography

• Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Production Design

• Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer – Atonement

Best Editing

• Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men

Best Original Score

• Alberto Iglesias – The Kite Runner

Best Visual Effects

• Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin – The Dark Knight

2nd Edition (2010)

2nd IOFCP Awards

January 9, 2011

Best Film:
Inglourious Basterds

The winners of the 2nd Edition were revealed on January 9, 2011.[9] The nominees were revealed on December 5, 2010.[9]

Were eligible all the films released in the United States from November 15, 2008, to November 15, 2010.[9] The big winners was Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, with four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.[9]

Best Picture

• Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino

Top Ten Films

• Avatar by James Cameron
• Frost/Nixon by Ron Howard
• Inception by Christopher Nolan
• Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino
• Milk by Gus Van Sant
• The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow
• The Social Network by David Fincher
• Up by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
• Up in the Air by Jason Reitman
• The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky

Best Director

• Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor

• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Actress

• Carey Mulligan – An Education

Best Supporting Actor

• Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

• Mo'Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Best Ensemble Cast

• Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

• Dustin Lance Black – Milk

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network

Best Cinematography

• Wally Pfister – Inception

Best Production Design

• Larry Dias, Doug Mowat, and Guy Hendrix Dyas – Inception

Best Editing[9]

• Chris Innis and Bob Murawski – The Hurt Locker

Best Original Score

• Michael Giacchino – Up

Best Visual Effects

• Richard Baneham, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar

3rd Edition (2012)

3rd IOFCP Awards

December 20, 2012

Best Film:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The winners of the 3rd Edition were revealed on December 20, 2012.[8] The nominees were revealed on December 1, 2012.[5]

Were eligible all the films released in the United States from November 16, 2010, to November 15, 2012.[6][8] The big winners were Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, with seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and The Master, with four awards.[8]

Best Picture

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Tomas Alfredson

Top Ten Films

• Argo by Ben Affleck
• The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius
• Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin
• Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky
• The King's Speech by Tom Hooper
• Lincoln by Steven Spielberg
• The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Skyfall by Sam Mendes
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Tomas Alfredson
• The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick

Best Director

• Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Actor

• Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Actress

• Natalie Portman – Black Swan

Best Supporting Actor

• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams – The Master

Best Ensemble Cast

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Original Screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Cinematography

• Janusz Kamiński – Lincoln

Best Production Design

• Maria Djurkovic – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Editing

• Tariq Anwar (film editor) – The King's Speech

Best Original Score

• Ludovic Bource – The Artist

Best Visual Effects

• Chris Corbould and Paul Franklin – The Dark Knight Rises

4th Edition (2014)

4th IOFCP Awards

January 26, 2015

Best Film:
Boyhood

The winners of the 4th Edition were revealed on January 26, 2015.[13]

Best Picture

• Boyhood by Richard Linklater

Top Ten Films

• 12 Years a Slave by Steve McQueen
• Blue is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche
• Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Boyhood by Richard Linklater
• Her by Spike Jonze
• Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski
• The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson
• The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino
• The Imitation Game by Morten Tyldum
• The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese

Best Director

• Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor

• Michael Keaton – Birdman

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Best Supporting Actor

• J. K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

• Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

Best Ensemble Cast

• The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Original Screenplay

• Spike Jonze – Her

Best Adapted Screenplay

• John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

Best Cinematography

• Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity

Best Production Design

• Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Editing

• Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger – Gravity

Best Original Score

• Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Visual Effects

• Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, and Neil Corbould – Gravity

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External links

• IOFCP Home