Awardswatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2014: The Shortlist
The shortlist for Awardswatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2014 is here! Short being a relative term as a total of 107 performances made the list. Can you name them all? A huge thanks to forum member alilou for compiling and running this year-end contest.
Some statistics regarding Phase I:
• 55 ballots were received
• 183 different performances were mentioned
• 107 made the shortlist
• 5 Oscar-nominated performances missed the shortlist
• 1 AFCA-nominated performance missed the shortlist
• Keira Knightley has the most performances appearing on this shortlist with 3
• Gone Girl, Pride & Birdman are the films with the most performances appearing on this shortlist at 4
Voting on the shortlist will start today and end Saturday, February 21st, 2015.
To be an eligible voter, you must have both:
a.) A join date of the Awardswatch forums prior to December 1st, 2014
b.) A post total greater than 100
you do not have to have voted for the shortlist to be able to vote for this.
For the full list of shortlist mentions, go to Page 2:
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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