Selma Wins the African American Film Critics

Best Film: Selma
Best Director: Ava Duvernay, Selma (Paramount)
Best Actor: David Oyelowo, Selma (Paramount)
Best Actress: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle (Fox Searchlight)
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Black or White (Rela.)
Best Supporting Actor: Tyler Perry, Gone Girl (Fox) /J.K. Simmons, Whiplash (SPC)
Best World Cinema: Timbuktu (Les Films du Worso)
Breakout Performance: Tessa Thompson, Dear White People (RAtt.)
Best Screenplay: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Beyond the Lights (Rela)
Best Music: John Legend/Common, “Glory” (Selma soundtrack)
Best Ensemble: Get On Up (Universal)
Best Independent Film: Dear White People (Roadside Attractions)
Best Animation: The Boxtrolls (Focus)
Best Documentary: Life Itself (Magnolia)

AAFCA Top Ten Films of 2014, in order of distinction:

1. Selma
2. The Imitation Game
3. Theory of Everything
4. Birdman
5. Belle
6. Top Five
7. Unbroken
8. Dear White People
9. Get On Up
10. Black or White