Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2015

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 • Brazil

Best 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