Ex Machina is a 2014 science fiction film written and directed by Alex Garland in his directorial debut. There are four significant characters, played by Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Sonoya Mizuno, and Oscar Isaac. In the film, programmer Caleb Smith (Gleeson) is invited by his CEO (Issac) to administer the Turing test to an intelligent humanoid robot (Vikander).
Made on a budget of $15 million, Ex Machina grossed $36 million worldwide and received critical acclaim. The National Board of Review recognised Ex Machina as one of the ten best independent films of the year and at the 88th Academy Awards the film won the award for Best Visual Effects and additionally was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. At the 69th British Academy Film Awards and at the British Independent Film Awards 2015, Ex Machina received five nominations each and won four awards at the latter ceremony. Vikander's performance earned her Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, European Film Award and Saturn Award nominations as well as several critic award wins.
Accolades Award / Association / Film festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA International Awards 29 January 2016 Best Screenplay – International Academy Awards28 February 2016 Best Original Screenplay Best Visual Effects , Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington and Sara Bennett Alliance of Women Film Journalists13 January 2016 Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Breakthrough Performance Art Directors Guild31 January 2016Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 24 March 2016 Best Film Score and Geoff Barrow Austin Film Critics Association29 December 2015 Best Film Ex Machina Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best First Film Breakthrough Artist Award Bodil Awards 4 March 2017 Best Non-American Film Ex Machina Boston Society of Film Critics 6 December 2015 Best New Filmmaker British Academy Film Awards14 February 2016 Outstanding British Film , Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Original Screenplay Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Best Special Visual Effects , Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington and Sara Bennett British Independent Film Awards6 December 2015 Best British Independent Film , Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich Best Director Best Screenplay Best Technical Achievement (Production Design) (Visual Effects) British Society of Cinematographers 19 July 2015 Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film Calgary Underground Film Festival 13–19 April 2015 Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Ex Machina Chicago Film Critics Association 16 December 2015 Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Most Promising Filmmaker Costume Designers Guild Awards 23 February 2016 Excellence in Fantasy Film Critics' Choice Movie Awards17 January 2016 Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Ex Machina Best Original Screenplay Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association14 December 2015 Best Supporting Actress Detroit Film Critics Society14 December 2015Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Breakthrough Directors Guild of America Awards6 February 2016Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director Dorian Awards19 January 2016 Unsung Film of the Year Ex Machina Dublin Film Critics Circle22 December 2015 Best Film Ex Machina Empire Awards29 March 2015 Best Actress European Film Awards 12 December 2015 Best Actress Best Screenwriter Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer 28 January – 1 February 2015 Jury Prize Ex Machina Florida Film Critics Circle 23 December 2015 Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Pauline Kael Breakout Award Georgia Film Critics Association 8 January 2016 Best Picture Ex Machina Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Production Design , Katrina Mackay, and Denis Schnegg Breakthrough Award Golden Globe Awards10 January 2016 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Golden Trailer Awards6 May 2015 Best Thriller "Human" Best Foreign Thriller Trailer "Human" Best Foreign TV Spot "Spritz" Gopo Awards 28 March 2016 Best European Film Ex Machina Houston Film Critics Society9 January 2016 Best Picture Ex Machina Best Supporting Actress Best Poster Ex Machina Hugo Awards 20 August 2016 Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form IFTA Film & Drama Awards9 April 2016 Best International Film Ex Machina Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film Imagine Film Festival 8–18 April 2015 Silver Scream Award Ex Machina International Cinephile Society 21 February 2015 Best Supporting Actor Ivor Novello Awards 19 May 2016 Best Original Film Score and Geoff Barrow London Film Critics' Circle17 January 2016 Supporting Actor of the Year Supporting Actress of the Year Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year Technical Achievement Los Angeles Film Critics Association6 December 2015Best Supporting Actress Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards20 February 2016 Best Contemporary Hair Styling – Feature-Length Motion Picture and Charlotte Rogers Best Special Make-Up Effects – Feature-Length Motion Picture , Charlotte Rogers, and Tristan Versluis MTV Movie Awards10 April 2016 Best Female Performance National Board of Review1 December 2015 Top Ten Independent Films Ex Machina National Film Awards UK31 March 2016 Best International Film Ex Machina Best Director Best Screenplay Best Breakthrough Performance Best Newcomer National Society of Film Critics3 January 2016Best Supporting Actress Nebula Award 14 May 2016 Ray Bradbury Award Ex Machina New York Film Critics Online6 December 2015 Best Debut as a Director Best Breakthrough Performance Online Film Critics Society13 December 2015Best Picture Ex Machina Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay Producers Guild of America Award23 January 2016Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures and Allon Reich Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards 14 April 2016 Best Movie of 2015 Ex Machina San Diego Film Critics Society14 December 2015Best Picture Ex Machina Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay Best Production Design Best Sound Design Ex Machina Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Breakthrough Artist Body of Work San Francisco Film Critics Circle13 December 2015Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Santa Barbara International Film Festival 3–13 February 2016 Virtuosos Award Saturn Award22 June 2016 Best Science Fiction Film Ex Machina Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Special Effects , Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington and Sara Bennett St. Louis Film Critics Association21 December 2015 Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Toronto Film Critics Association14 December 2015Best Supporting Actress Best First Feature Ex Machina Vancouver Film Critics Circle21 December 2015Best Supporting Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association7 December 2015Best Director Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay World Soundtrack Awards24 October 2015Discovery of the Year and Geoff Barrow Public Choice Award and Geoff Barrow Writers' Guild of Great Britain18 January 2016 Best Screenplay
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