# Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2015

The 21st Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards honoring the best in film for 2015 were announced on December 14, 2015. These awards "recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film" are presented annually by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA), based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas. The organization, founded in 1990, includes 30 film critics for print, radio, television, and internet publications based in north Texas. The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association began presenting its annual awards list in 1993.
The Revenant was the DFWFCA's most awarded film of 2015, taking three top honors: Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), and Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki). The journalistic tale, Spotlight, won Best Picture and Best Screenplay (Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer).

## Winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Film) to as few as 2 (Best Cinematography, Best Animated Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Musical Score).

### Category awards

| Best Picture | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Spotlight The Revenant Carol Sicario Mad Max: Fury Road The Big Short The Martian Room The Danish Girl Brooklyn | Son of Saul • Hungary The Assassin • Taiwan The Second Mother • Brazil Mustang • France Goodnight Mommy • Austria |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant as Hugh Glass Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe / Einar Wegener Matt Damon - The Martian as Mark Watney Johnny Depp - Black Mass as James "Whitey" Bulger | Brie Larson - Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome Cate Blanchett - Carol as Carol Aird Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years as Kate Mercer Carey Mulligan - Surragette as Maude Watts (TIE) Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa (TIE) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Paul Dano - Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson (Young) Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel Tom Hardy - The Revenant as John Fitzgerald Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation as Commandant Benicio del Toro - Sicario as Alejandro Gillick | Rooney Mara - Carol as Therese Belivet Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina as Ava Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue |
| Best Director | Best Documentary Film |
| Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant Tom McCarthy - Spotlight George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road Todd Haynes - Carol Denis Villeneuve - Sicario | Amy The Look of Silence The Wolfpack Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief The Hunting Ground |
| Best Animated Film | Best Cinematography |
| Inside Out Anomalisa | Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant Edward Lachman - Carol |
| Best Screenplay | Best Musical Score |
| Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - Spotlight Emma Donoghue - Room | Bryce Dessner, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Alva Noto - The Revenant Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight |

### Individual awards
#### Russell Smith Award

* Tangerine, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"