AWFJ EDA ‘BEST OF’ AWARDS

Best Film

• 12 Years a Slave

Best Director (Female or Male)

• Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

Best Screenplay, Original

• Her – Spike Jonze

Best Screenplay, Adapted

• John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

Best Documentary

• Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley

Best Animated Film

• The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor

• Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Ensemble Cast

• American Hustle

Best Editing

• Gravity – Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger

Best Cinematography

• Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Film Music Or Score

• Inside Llewyn Davis – T-Bone Burnett

Best Non-English-Language Film

• The Hunt – Thomas Vinterberg – Denmark

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director

• Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said

Best Woman Screenwriter

• Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said

Kick Ass Award For Best Female Action Star

• Sandra Bullock – Gravity

Best Animated Female

• Anna (Kristen Bell) in Frozen

Best Breakthrough Performance

• Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years A Slave

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

• Sandra Bullock – Gravity

AWFJ EDA Female Icon Award
(Presented to an actress for the portrayal of the most positive female role model, or for a role in which she takes personal and/or career risks to plumb the female psyche and therefore gives us courage to plumb our own, and/or for putting forth the image of a woman who is heroic, accomplished, persistent, demands her rights and/or the rights of others.)

• Angelina Jolie for continued commitments to humanitarian causes, and for promoting awareness about breast cancer.

This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry
(Presented only when warranted to a female who has had a banner-making, record-breaking, industry-changing achievement during any given year.)

• Haaifa Al-Mansour for challenging the limitations placed on women within her culture by making the film Wadjda.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award

• The Counselor – Ridley Scott

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent

• Cameron Diaz for The Counselor

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn’t Award

• The Counselor

Unforgettable Moment Award

• 12 Years A Slave – Solomon Northrup hanging

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction Award

• Her – Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix for their digital lovemaking.

Sequel or Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award (Tie)

• Carrie
• Oz, Great and Powerful

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award

• Last Vegas – Michael Douglas and Bre Blair