page_title: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2015
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2015 / Winners and nominees
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context_page_description: The 14th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 7, 2015.
context_section_description: 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
  Room – Emma Donoghue
  Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
  Carol – Phyllis Nagy
  The Martian – Drew Goddard
  Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
  Best Original Screenplay
  Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, and Ronnie del Carmen
  Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
  Ex Machina – Alex Garland
  Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
  Trainwreck – Amy Schumer
  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
  The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
  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
  Mad Max: Fury Road
  Brooklyn
  Carol
  Cinderella
  Crimson Peak
  Best Cinematography
  The Revenant
  Brooklyn
  Carol
  Mad Max: Fury Road
  Sicario
  Best Editing
  Mad Max: Fury Road
  The Martian
  The Revenant
  Sicario
  Steve Jobs
  Best Score
  Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson
  Brooklyn – Michael Brook
  Carol – Carter Burwell
  The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
  Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL
  Best Youth Performance
  Jacob Tremblay – Room
  Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
  Raffey Cassidy – Tomorrowland
  Oona Laurence – Southpaw
  Güneş Şensoy – Mustang
caption: Idris Elba, Best Supporting Actor winner
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