Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2015
# 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
