# Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2015

The 28th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 16, 2015. The awards honor the best in film for 2015. The nominations were announced on December 14. Mad Max: Fury Road received the most nominations (7), followed by Carol (6) and The Revenant (5).

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 28th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

### Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Mad Max: Fury Road - Doug Mitchell and George Miller Carol - Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Christine Vachon Inside Out - Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera The Revenant - Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon Spotlight - Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust | George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Adam McKay – The Big Short |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass Christopher Abbott – James White as James White Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe Jason Segel – The End of the Tour as David Foster Wallace | Brie Larson – Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Benicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick Sam Elliott – Grandma as Karl Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel Michael Shannon – 99 Homes as Rick Carver Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa | Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener Jennifer Jason Leigh – Anomalisa as Lisa Hesselman Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue Cynthia Nixon – James White as Gail White Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as Valentine |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen Ex Machina – Alex Garland The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley | The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph based on the book by Michael Lewis Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman based on the audio play by Francis Fregoli Brooklyn – Nick Hornby based on the novel by Colm Toibin Room – Emma Donoghue based on the novel Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin based on the biography by Walter Isaacson |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Inside Out - Peter Docter and Jonas Rivera Anomalisa - Charlie Kaurman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran The Good Dinosaur - Peter Sohn and Denise Ream The Peanuts Movie - Steve Martino, Craig Schultz, Bryan Schultz, Cornelius Uliano, Paul Feig and Michael J. Travers Shaun the Sheep Movie - Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Paul Kewley and Julie Lockhart | Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian - Directed by Laszlo Nemes The Assassin (China) in Mandarin - Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien The Look of Silence (Indonesia) in Indonesian - Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer Phoenix (Germany) in German - Directed by Christian Petzold White God (Hungary) in Hungarian - Directed by Kornel Mundruczo |
| Best Documentary | Best Original Score |
| Amy - Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees Cartel Land - Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin The Hunting Ground - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering The Look of Silence - Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sorensen Where to Invade Next - | The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone Carol – Carter Burwell Inside Out – Michael Giacchino It Follows – Disasterpeace Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL |
| Best Production Design | Best Editing |
| Mad Max: Fury Road - Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson The Assassin - Production Design: Ding-Yang Weng; Set Decoration: - Brooklyn - Production Design: François Séguin, Irene O'Brien and Robert Parle; Set Decoration: - Carol - Production Design: Jesse Rosenthal; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler Crimson Peak - Production Design: Thomas E. Sanders; Set Decoration: Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau | Mad Max: Fury Road – Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel The Big Short – Hank Corwin The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle |
| Best Cinematography | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale Carol – Edward Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins | |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Most Promising Performer |
| Alex Garland – Ex Machina Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl Josh Mond – James White Laszlo Nemes – Son of Saul Bill Pohlad – Love & Mercy | Jacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsom Christopher Abbott – James White as James White Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie Goetze Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul as Saul Amy Schumer – Trainwreck as Amy Townsend |

## Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 6 | Carol |
| 5 | The Revenant |
| 4 | Spotlight |
| 4 | The Hateful Eight |
| 3 | Room |
| 3 | Anomalisa |
| 3 | The Big Short |
| 3 | Son of Saul |
| 3 | Inside Out |
| 3 | James White |
| 2 | Steve Jobs |
| 2 | Sicario |
| 2 | The Diary of a Teenage Girl |
| 2 | Bridge of Spies |
| 2 | The Danish Girl |
| 2 | Ex Manchina |
| 2 | The Assassin |
| 2 | The Look of Silence |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Film |
| 5 | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2 | Room |