The 14th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 7, 2015.
Winners and nominees
Best Film Spotlight Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Sicario
Best Director George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Alex Garland – Ex Machina Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant Ridley Scott – The Martian
Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Matt Damon – The Martian Johnny Depp – Black Mass Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Best Actress Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Sarah Silverman – I Smile Back Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Supporting Actor Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Tom Hardy – The Revenant Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara – Carol Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Best Adapted Screenplay Emma Donoghue – Room Drew Goddard – The Martian Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Phyllis Nagy – Carol Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen) – Inside Out Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies Alex Garland – Ex Machina Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
Best Ensemble Spotlight The Big Short The Hateful Eight Steve Jobs Straight Outta Compton
Best Animated Film Inside Out Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie
Best Documentary Film Amy Best of Enemies Cartel Land Going Clear The Look of Silence
Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul • Hungary The Assassin • Taiwan Goodnight Mommy • Austria Mustang • France The Second Mother • BrazilBest Art Direction Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson – Mad Max: Fury Road Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler – Carol Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo – Cinderella Jeff Melvin, Thomas E. Sanders, and Shane Vieau – Crimson Peak Jenny Oman, François Séguin, and Louise Tremblay – Brooklyn
Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant Yves Bélanger – Brooklyn Roger Deakins – Sicario Edward Lachman – Carol John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Editing Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road Elliot Graham – Steve Jobs Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant Pietro Scalia – The Martian Joe Walker – Sicario
Best Original Score Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario Michael Brook – Brooklyn Carter Burwell – Carol Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) – Mad Max: Fury Road Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight
Best Youth Performance Jacob Tremblay – Room Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation Raffey Cassidy – Tomorrowland Oona Laurence – Southpaw Güneş Şensoy – Mustang
Multiple nominations and awards
These films had multiple nominations:
7 nominations: Carol and Mad Max: Fury Road 6 nominations: Brooklyn and The Revenant 5 nominations: Steve Jobs 4 nominations: The Martian and Sicario 3 nominations: Ex Machina, The Hateful Eight, Room, and Spotlight 2 nominations: Bridge of Spies, The Danish Girl, and Inside Out
The following films received multiple awards:
3 wins: Mad Max: Fury Road 2 wins: Inside Out, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight
References
External links The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association