We’re just a few weeks away from Hollywood’s biggest night with Oscars. The final batch of guild awards are getting handed out as prognosticators, gamblers, and cinephiles start to narrow down their final predictions about who will walk away with the big prizes at the Academy Awards. And the American Cinema Editors aren’t straying too far from the big awards season narratives.
Richard Linklater‘s "Boyhood" and Wes Anderson‘s "The Grand Budapest Hotel" took the big feature awards in the Dramatic and Comedy categories, respectively. Again, not much of a shock here considering those two films, along with "Birdman," are in a three-way race at the Oscars. "The Lego Movie" — notably not nominated for an Oscar in the Animated Feature category — took the trophy here, while "Citizenfour" bagged the doc crown. Meanwhile in TV, "Sherlock" and "True Detective" took the coveted small screen awards.
The full list of winners. Sound off in the comments section if you feel the need.
65th ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARD WINNERS
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Boyhood
Sandra Adair, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Barney Pilling
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Lego Movie
David Burrows & Chris McKay
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Citizenfour
Mathilde Bonnefoy
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode 3 / The Fire of Life
Erik Ewers
BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:
Veep: “Special Relationship”
Anthony Boys
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Sherlock: “His Last Vow”
Yan Miles
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
True Detective: “Who Goes There”
Affonso Gonçalves
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
The Normal Heart
Adam Penn
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Iran
Hunter Gross
BEST STUDENT EDITING
Johnny Sepulveda (Video Symphony)