Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2015

11th AFCA Awards

The 11th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2015, were announced on December 29, 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
Mad Max: Fury Road Spotlight Carol Anomalisa Room Ex Machina Inside Out Creed The Big Short Sicario	George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Todd Haynes – Carol Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Adam McKay – The Big Short Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight
Best Actor	Best Actress
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael B. Jordan – Creed Jacob Tremblay – Room	Brie Larson – Room Cate Blanchett – Carol Rooney Mara – Carol Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Sylvester Stallone – Creed Benicio del Toro – Sicario Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina Michael Shannon – 99 Homes	Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina Elizabeth Banks – Love and Mercy Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley Ex Machina – Alex Garland The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino Sicario – Taylor Sheridan Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer	Room – Emma Donoghue Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman The Big Short – Charles Randolph and Adam McKay Carol – Phyllis Nagy Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
Best Animated Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Inside Out Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie	Son of Saul Mustang Phoenix The Tribe Victoria
Best First Film	Best Documentary
Ex Machina Bone Tomahawk The Diary of a Teenage Girl Mustang Son of Saul	The Look of Silence Amy Best of Enemies Cartel Land Where to Invade Next
Best Cinematography	Best Score
Carol – Edward Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins	The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone Carol – Carter Burwell Inside Out – Michael Giacchino It Follows – Disasterpeace Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL
Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award	Austin Film Award
Jacob Tremblay – Room Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation Amy Schumer – Trainwreck Mya Taylor – Tangerine Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina	Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter – David Zellner Arlo and Julie – Steve Mims A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story – Sara Hirsh Bordo Peace Officer – Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson Two Step – Alex R. Johnson
Special Honorary Award
Don Hertzfeldt, in celebration of a career of remarkable short filmmaking and contributions to animation spanning two decades, with 2015's award-winning World of Tomorrow being recognized as his best work to date

References

^ "2015 Awards". AustinFilmCritics.org. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ Miller, Neil (December 29, 2015). "Austin Film Critics Love Mad Max, Room and Ex Machina". Film School Rejects.
^ Whittaker, Richard (December 16, 2015). "Austin Critics Announce Award Nominees". The Austin Chronicle.

External links

[1] "2015 Awards". AustinFilmCritics.org. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[2] Miller, Neil (December 29, 2015). "Austin Film Critics Love Mad Max, Room and Ex Machina". Film School Rejects.

[3] Whittaker, Richard (December 16, 2015). "Austin Critics Announce Award Nominees". The Austin Chronicle.

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