49th NSFC Awards
January 3, 2015
Best Film:
Goodbye to Language
Best Non-Fiction Film:
Citizenfour
Best Foreign Language Film:
Not Awarded
The 49th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2015, honored the best in film for 2014.
The Society, made up of many of the United States' most distinguished movie critics, held its 49th annual awards voting meeting, using a weighted ballot system, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Scrolls were sent to the winners.
Fifty-nine members were eligible to vote, though a few disqualify themselves who haven’t seen every film. Any film that opened in the U.S. during the year 2014 was eligible for consideration. There is no nomination process; members meet, vote (using a weighted ballot), and announce all on January # There is no awards party; scrolls are sent to the winners.
Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:
The Film Heritage Awards were presented for the restorations of classical work of artists in field of film and music:
As per tradition, ceremony was dedicated to the memory of two distinguished members of the Society who died in the previous year; in 2014 the honorees were Jay Carr and Charles Champlin.