The 28th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 16, 2015. The awards honor the best in film for 2015. The nominations were announced on December 14. Mad Max: Fury Road received the most nominations (7), followed by Carol (6) and The Revenant (5).
Winners and nominees
The winners and nominees for the 28th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:
Awards Best FilmBest DirectorMad Max: Fury Road - Doug Mitchell and George Miller
Carol - Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Christine Vachon Inside Out - Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera The Revenant - Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon Spotlight - Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon FaustGeorge Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Adam McKay – The Big ShortBest ActorBest ActressLeonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
Christopher Abbott – James White as James White Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe Jason Segel – The End of the Tour as David Foster WallaceBrie Larson – Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome
Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator FuriosaBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActressBenicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick
Sam Elliott – Grandma as Karl Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel Michael Shannon – 99 Homes as Rick Carver Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky BalboaAlicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Anomalisa as Lisa Hesselman Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue Cynthia Nixon – James White as Gail White Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as ValentineBest Original ScreenplayBest Adapted ScreenplaySpotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen Ex Machina – Alex Garland The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley |The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph based on the book by Michael Lewis Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman based on the audio play by Francis Fregoli Brooklyn – Nick Hornby based on the novel by Colm Toibin Room – Emma Donoghue based on the novel Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin based on the biography by Walter Isaacson |- !Best Animated Film !Best Foreign Language Film |- |Inside Out - Peter Docter and Jonas Rivera
Anomalisa - Charlie Kaurman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran The Good Dinosaur - Peter Sohn and Denise Ream The Peanuts Movie - Steve Martino, Craig Schultz, Bryan Schultz, Cornelius Uliano, Paul Feig and Michael J. Travers Shaun the Sheep Movie - Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Paul Kewley and Julie LockhartSon of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian - Directed by Laszlo Nemes
The Assassin (China) in Mandarin - Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien The Look of Silence (Indonesia) in Indonesian - Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer Phoenix (Germany) in German - Directed by Christian Petzold White God (Hungary) in Hungarian - Directed by Kornel MundruczoBest DocumentaryBest Original ScoreAmy - Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Cartel Land - Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin The Hunting Ground - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering The Look of Silence - Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sorensen Where to Invade Next - Michael MooreThe Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone Carol – Carter Burwell Inside Out – Michael Giacchino It Follows – Disasterpeace Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL |- !Best Production Design !Best Editing |- |Mad Max: Fury Road - Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
The Assassin - Production Design: Ding-Yang Weng; Set Decoration: - Brooklyn - Production Design: François Séguin, Irene O'Brien and Robert Parle; Set Decoration: - Carol - Production Design: Jesse Rosenthal; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler Crimson Peak - Production Design: Thomas E. Sanders; Set Decoration: Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane VieauMad Max: Fury Road – Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel The Big Short – Hank Corwin The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle |- !Best Cinematography | rowspan="2" | |- |Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale Carol – Edward Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins |- !Most Promising Filmmaker !Most Promising Performer |- |Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl Josh Mond – James White Laszlo Nemes – Son of Saul Bill Pohlad – Love & MercyJacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsom
Christopher Abbott – James White as James White Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie Goetze Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul as Saul Amy Schumer – Trainwreck as Amy Townsend
Awards breakdown The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsFilm7Mad Max: Fury Road6Carol5The Revenant4SpotlightThe Hateful Eight3RoomAnomalisaThe Big ShortSon of SaulInside OutJames White2Steve JobsSicarioThe Diary of a Teenage GirlBridge of SpiesThe Danish GirlEx ManchinaThe AssassinThe Look of Silence The following films received multiple wins: WinsFilm5Mad Max: Fury Road2Room
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