# 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