Please post the films/directors/screenplays yr considering (and you would like yr fellow filmspotter to consider) for the 2014 Filmspots here and check this list before nominating.
Any relevant questions whose answers may benefit everyone will also be added to this post... with said answers, obvi... such as:
What determines whether or not a film is eligible in a given year?
Films (including made-for-tv films) are eligible up to a three-year period, starting with their first theatrical release, but with thre
e limiting factors:
1) Once a film gains a wide theatrical release in the US (playing simultaneously on more than 100 or so screens), it cannot be eligible again in subsequent years.
2) Once a film debuts on DVD on the US, it cannot be eligible again in subsequent years.
3) Once a film earns a Filmspot nomination, it cannot be eligible again in subsequent years.
See here for a specific questions about whether or not certain films are eligible.
BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR, AND SCREENPLAY'71 (Yann Demange, 2014) [OS]
Belle (Amma Asante, 2013) [OS]
Bird People (Pascale Ferran, 2014) [OS]
Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) [Alejandro González Iñárritu, OS]
Blind (Eskil Vogt, 2014) [OS]
Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2014) [OS]
Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014) [OS]
Calvary (John Michael McDonagh, 2014) [OS]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2014) [AS]
Dear White People (Justin Simien, 2014) [OS]
Enemy (Denis Villeneuve, 2013) [AS]
The Fault in Our Stars (Josh Boone, 2014) [AS]
Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014) [OS]
Frank (Leonard Abrahamson, 2014) [OS]
Gone Girl (David Fincher, 2014) [AS]
Goodbye to Language 3D (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014) [OS]
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014) [OS]
The Guest (Adam Wingard, 2014) [OS]
Haider (Vishal Bhardwaj, 2014) [AS]
Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013) [OS]
The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, 2014) [AS]
The Immigrant (James Gray, 2013) [OS]
In Bloom (Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß, 2013) [OS]
Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014) [AS]
Jauja (Lisandro Alonso, 2014) [OS]
Jealousy (Philippe Garrel, 2013) [OS]
The Last Five Years (Richard LaGravenese, 2014) [AS]
The Lego Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2014) [OS]
Life Itself (Steve James, 2014)
Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2013) [OS]
Locke (Steven Knight, 2013) [OS]
The Missing Picture (Rithy Panh, 2013) [OS]
Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013) [OS]
Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014) [OS]
Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre, 2014) [AS]
The One I Love (Charlie McDowell, 2014) [OS]
Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013) [OS]
Predestination (The Spierig Brothers, 2014) [AS]
The Raid 2 (Gareth Evans, 2013) [OS]
The Rover (David Michôd, 2014) [OS]
The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard, 2013) [AS]
Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014) [OS]
Snowpiercer (Bong Joon Ho, 2013) [AS]
The Strange Little Cat (Ramon Zürcher, 2013) [OS]
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata, 2013) [AS]
The Theory of Everything (James Marsh, 2014) [AS]
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013) [AS]
Viola (Matías Piñeiro, 2012) [OS]
We Are the Best! (Lukas Moodysson, 2013) [AS]
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, 2014) [OS]
Wild (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2014) [AS]
The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, 2013) [AS]