Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2015

14th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)
Highlights
Best Film	Spotlight
Best Director	George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress	Saoirse Ronan
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The 14th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 7, 2015.^[1]

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

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