The International Online Film Critics' Poll (also known as International Online Film Critics and IOFCP) is a biannual polling of film critics from United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Poland, France and Canada. The award was created to recognize excellences in film every two years.
The IOFCP was founded in 2007 by George McCoy. 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.
The IOFCP features 15 categories. For each category (excepted Top Ten Films), in all editions, there are five nominees. These are the award categories:
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
The winners of the 1st Edition were revealed on January 4, 2009. The nominees were revealed on December 5, 2008.
Were eligible all the films released in the United States from November 15, 2006 to November 14, 2008. The big winners were Slumdog Millionaire with four awards including Best Picture, and The Dark Knight with four awards.
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
The winners of the 2nd Edition were revealed on January 9, 2011. The nominees were revealed on December 5, 2010.
Were eligible all the films released in the United States from November 15, 2008 to November 15, 2010. The big winners was Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds with four awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
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
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
The winners of the 3rd Edition were revealed on December 20, 2012. The nominees were revealed on December 1, 2012.
Were eligible all the films released in the United States from November 16, 2010 to November 15, 2012. The big winners were Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with seven awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and The Master with four awards.
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
The winners of the 4th Edition were revealed on January 26, 2015.
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
