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

* '

* The Revenant

* Sicario

Best Director

• George Miller – '

* 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 – '

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 – '

* 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 – '

Best Editing

• Margaret Sixel – '

* 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) – '

* 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 '
• 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: '
• 2 wins: Inside Out, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight

References

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association