AWARDS WATCH 2015

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(In Nominee lists, the winners are in BOLD)

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JANUARY 14, 2016
THE ACADEMY AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

BEST FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Earned It,” 50 Shades Of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

BEST SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Body Team 12
Chau Behind the Lines
Claude Lanzman
A Girl in the River
Last Day of Freedom

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Fant4stic

JANUARY 13, 2016
THE RAZZIE AWARDS

WORST PICTURE
Fantastic Four
Fifty Shades of Grey

Jupiter Ascending
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Pixels

WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp, Mortdecai
Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
Kevin James, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Adam Sandler, The Cobbler and Pixels
Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending

WORST ACTRESS
Katherine Heigl, Home Sweet Hell
Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Mila Kunis, Jupiter Ascending
Jennifer Lopez, The Boy Next Door
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mortdecai

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chevy Chase, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 and Vacation
Josh Gad, Pixels and The Wedding Ringer
Kevin James, Pixels
Jason Lee, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip
Eddie Redmayne, Jupiter Ascending

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip and The Wedding Ringer
Rooney Mara, Pan
Michelle Monaghan, Pixels
Julianne Moore, Seventh Son
Amanda Seyfried, Love the Coopers and Pan

WORST REMAKE/RIP-OFF/SEQUEL
Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip
Fantastic Four
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2

WORST SCREEN COMBO
All Four “Fantastics,” Fantastic Four
Johnny Depp and His Glued-On Moustache, Mortdecai
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Kevin James and EITHER His Segue OR His Glued-On Moustache, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Adam Sandler and Any Pair of Shoes, The Cobbler

WORST DIRECTOR
Andy Fickman, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
Tom Six, Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
Sam Taylor-Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
Josh Trank, Fantastic Four
Andy and Lana Wachowski, Jupiter Ascending

WORST SCREENPLAY
Fantastic Four (screenplay by Simon Kinberg, Jeremy Slater and Josh Trank, Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
Fifty Shades of Grey (screenplay by Kelly Marcel, Based on the Novel by E.L. James)
Jupiter Ascending (written by Andy and Lana Wachowski)
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 (screenplay by Kevin James & Nick Bakay)
Pixels (screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, Story by Herlihy, Based on a Work by Patrick Jean)

RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD
Elizabeth Banks (RAZZIE “Winner” for MOVIE 47, Multiple Hit Movies This Year)
M. Night Shyamalan (Perennial RAZZIE nominee & “winner,” director of The Visit)
Will Smith (For following up After Earth with Concussion)
Sylvester Stallone (All-Time RAZZIE Champ, award contender for Creed)

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JANUARY 12, 2016
THE DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS

Alejandro G. Iñárritu – “The Revenant”
Tom McCarthy – “Spotlight”
Adam McKay – “The Big Short”
George Miller – “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Ridley Scott – “The Martian”

Bridge of Spies

JANUARY 8, 2016
THE B.A.F.T.A. AWARDS

BEST FILM
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
The Revenant
Carol
Spotlight

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Cartel Land -Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin
He Named Me Malala – Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Listen to Me Marlon – Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler
Sherpa Jennifer – Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out – Pete Docter
Minions – Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak

BEST DIRECTOR
The Big Short – Adam McKay
Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg
Carol – Todd Haynes
The Martian – Ridley Scott
The Revenant – Alejandro González Iñárritu

BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson – Room
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Maggie Smith – Lady in the Van

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Matt Damon – The Martian
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Rooney Mara – Carol
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters – Brooklyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
45 Years – Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher, Amy Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Brooklyn – John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby
The Danish Girl – Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, Lucinda Coxon
Ex Machina – Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthimis Filippou

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Assassin – Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Force Majeure – Ruben Östlund
Theeb Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd
Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales – Damián Szifron

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bridge of Spies – Janusz Kaminski
Carol – Ed Lachman
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario – Roger Deakins

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Alex Garland (director) – Ex Machina
Debbie Tucker Green (writer/director) – Second Coming
Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director) and Rupert Lloyd (producer) – Theeb
Sean McAllister (director/producer) and Elhum Shakerifar (producer) – A Syrian Love Story
Stephen Fingleton (writer/director) – The Survivalist

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies – Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
Carol – Phyllis Nagy
Room – Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin

BEST EDITING
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
Bridge of Spies – Michael Kahn
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
The Martian – Pietro Scalia
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol – Sandy Powell
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
The Danish – Girl Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR
Brooklyn – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
Carol – Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan
The Danish Girl – Jan Sewell
Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin
The Revenant – Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini

BEST SOUND
Bridge of Spies – Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
Mad Max: Fury Road – Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White
The Martian – Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
The Revenant – Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Ant-Man – Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Ex Machina – Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
The Martian – Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan

Mad Max: Fury Road

DECEMBER 14, 2015
CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight

BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Johnny Depp – Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Helen Mirren – Trumbo
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Shameik Moore – Dope
Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay – Room

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes – Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
Drew Goddard – The Martian
Emma Donoghue – Room
Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol – Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
The Martian – Dariusz Wolski
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario – Roger Deakins

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Brooklyn – François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
The Danish Girl – Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson
The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

BEST EDITING
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
The Martian – Pietro Scalia
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight – Tom McArdle

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol – Sandy Powell
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Black Mass
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Sicario

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig – Spectre
Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Pratt – Jurassic World
Paul Rudd – Ant-Man

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST COMEDY
The Big Short
Inside Out
Joy
Sisters
Spy
Trainwreck

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Steve Carell – The Big Short
Robert De Niro – The Intern
Bill Hader – Trainwreck
Jason Statham – Spy

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Tina Fey – Sisters
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Melissa McCarthy – Spy
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
Lily Tomlin – Grandma

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Ex Machina
It Follows
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Mustang
The Second Mother
Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next

BEST SONG
Fifty Shades of Grey – Love Me Like You Do
Furious 7 – See You Again
The Hunting Ground – Til It Happens To You
Love & Mercy – One Kind of Love
Spectre – Writing’s on the Wall
Youth – Simple Song #3

BEST SCORE
Carol – Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto
Sicario – Johann Johannsson
Spotlight – Howard Shore

Mad Max: Fury Road

DECEMBER 13, 2015
ONLINE FILM CRITICS’ SOCIETY AWARDS

Best Picture
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Animated Feature
Inside Out

Best Film Not in the English Language
The Assassin (Taiwan)

Best Documentary
The Look of Silence

Best Director
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Best Supporting Actor
Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)

Best Supporting Actress
Rooney Mara (Carol)

Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight (Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Carol (Phyllis Nagy)

Best Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)

Best Cinematography
Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)

Non-U.S. Films (Alphabetical Order)
Aferim!
Cemetery of Splendor
The Club
Dheepan
The Lobster
Mountains May Depart
Mia Madre
Rams
Right Now, Wrong Then
The Sunset Song

Carol

DECEMBER 10, 2015
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian

BEST SCREENPLAY
Emma Donoghue, Room
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The Brand New Testament (Belgium/France/Luxembourg)
The Club (Chile)
The Fencer (Finland/Germany/Estonia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Carter Burwell, Carol
Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Love me Like You Do,” Fifty Shades of Grey, written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh
“One Kind of Love,” Love & Mercy, written by Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
“See You Again,” Furious 7, written by Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz
“Simple Song #3,” Youth, written by David Lang
“Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre, written by Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes

Trumbo

DECEMBER 9, 2015
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS

BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”
Johnny Depp, “Black Mass”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, “Carol”
Brie Larson, “Room”
Helen Mirren, “Woman in Gold”
Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
Sarah Silverman, “I Smile Back”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, “The Big Short”
Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation”
Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
Michael Shannon, “99 Homes”
Jacob Tremblay, “Room”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rooney Mara, “Carol”
Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”
Helen Mirren, “Trumbo”
Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
“Beasts of No Nation”
“The Big Short”
“Spotlight”
“Straight Outta Compton”
“Trumbo”

Spotlight

DECEMBER 6, 2015
L.A. FILM CRTICS’ ASSOCIATION AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
“Spotlight”
Runner-up: “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST DIRECTOR
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Runner-up: Todd Haynes, “Carol”

BEST ACTOR
Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”
Runner-up: Geza Rohrig, “Son of Saul”

BEST ACTRESS
Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
Runner-up: Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Shannon, “99 Homes”
Runner-up: Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina”
Runner-up: Kristen Stewart, “Clouds of Sils Maria”

BEST SCREENPLAY
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, “Anomalisa”

BEST EDITING
Hank Corwin, “The Big Short”
Runner-up: Margaret Sixel, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Seale, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Runner-up: Edward Lachman, “Carol”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Colin Gibson, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Runner-up: Judy Becker, “Carol”

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Carter Burwell, “Anomalisa” and “Carol”
Runner-up: Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight”

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Son of Saul”
Runner-up: “The Tribe”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Anomalisa”
Runner-up: “Inside Out”

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION FILM
“Amy”
Runner-up: “The Look of Silence”

Carol

DECEMBER 2, 2015
N.Y. FILM CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS

Best Picture
“Carol”

Best Director
Todd Haynes – CAROL

Best Screenplay
“Carol”

Best Actress
Saoirse Ronan – BROOKLYN

Best Actor
Michael Keaton – SPOTLIGHT

Best Supporting Actress
Kristen Stewart – CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance – BRIDGE OF SPIES

Best Cinematographer
Edward Lachman – CAROL

Best Animated Film
“Inside Out”

Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)
“In Jackson Heights”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Timbuktu”

Best First Film
László Nemes – SON OF SAUL

Special Awards
William Becker and Janus Films
Ennio Morricone

Mad Max: Fury Road

DECEMBER 1, 2015
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

Best Film
“Mad Max: Fury Road”

Best Director
Ridley Scott – “The Martian”

Best Actor
Matt Damon – “The Martian”

Best Actress
Brie Larson – “Room”

Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone – “Creed”

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – “The Hateful Eight”

Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino – “The Hateful Eight”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Drew Goddard – “The Martian”

Best Animated Feature
“Inside Out”

Breakthrough Performance
Abraham Attah – “Beasts of No Nation”
Jacob Tremblay – “Room”

Best Directorial Debut
Jonas Carpignano – “Mediterranea”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Son of Saul”

Best Documentary
“Amy”

William K. Everson Film History Award
Cecilia De Mille Presley

Best Ensemble
“The Big Short”

Spotlight Award
“Sicario” for Outstanding Collaborative Vision

NBR Freedom of Expression Award
“Beasts of No Nation” & “Mustang”

Top Films
Bridge of Spies
Creed
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
The Martian
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
Goodnight Mommy
Mediterranea
Phoenix
The Second Mother
The Tribe

Top 5 Documentaries
Best of Enemies
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Diplomat
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence

Top 10 Independent Films
‘71
45 Years
Cop Car
Ex Machina
Grandma
It Follows
James White
Mississippi Grind
Welcome to Me
While We’re Young

Inside Out

DECEMBER 1, 2015
ANNIE AWARDS

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Anomalisa” – Paramount Pictures
“Inside Out” – Pixar Animation Studios
“Shaun the Sheep Movie” – Aardman Animations
“The Good Dinosaur” – Pixar Animation Studios
“The Peanuts Movie” – Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT

“Carface” – National Film Board of Canada
“DISSONANCE” – frameboX
“If I was God” – National Film Board of Canada
“On Ice” – Google/Evil Eye Pictures
“Sanjay’s Super Team” – Pixar Animation Studios
“World of Tomorrow” – Don Hertzfeldt

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE-INDEPENDENT
“Boy and the World” – Filme de Papel
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet” – Ventanarosa
“The Boy and the Beast” – Studio Chizu
“When Marnie Was There” – Studio Ghibli

BEST STUDENT FILM
“Can I Stay?” – Ringling College
“Dodoba” – Yon Hui Lee
“ed” – Taha Neyestani
“Life Smartphone” – Xie Chenglin
“Mother” – Stephanie Chiew
“Nice To Meeteor You” – Yizhou Li
“Shift” – Maria Cecilia Puglesi
“The Casebook of Nips & Porkington” – Melody Wang

ANIMATED EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION
“Home”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water”

ANIMATED EFFECTS IN A LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION
“Jurassic World”
“Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron”
“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”

CHARACTER ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Home”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“The Peanuts Movie”

CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION
“Jurassic World” – Indominus Rex
“Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron” – The Hulk
“Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron” – Ultron
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” – AZOG
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” – SMAUG
“The Revenant” – Judy

CHARACTER DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“The Good Dinosaur”

DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Anomalisa” – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
“Extraordinary Tales” – Raul Garcia
“Inside Out” – Pete Docter
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet” – Roger Allers
“Shaun the Sheep Movie” – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
“The Peanuts Movie” – Steve Martino
“When Marnie Was There” – Hiromasa Yonebayashi

MUSIC IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Anomalisa” – Carter Burwell
“Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem” – Kevin Riepl
“Boy and the World” – Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat, GEM Grupo Experimental de Música, Emicida (No last name)
“Inside Out” – Michael Giacchino
“The Good Dinosaur” – Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna

PRODUCTION DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Boy and the World”
“He Named Me Malala”
“Home”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“Shaun the Sheep Movie”
“The Good Dinosaur”

STORYBOARDING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Extraordinary Tales”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“The Good Dinosaur”

VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Anomalisa” – Jennifer Jason Leigh (Lisa Hesselman)
“Inside Out” – Amy Poehler (Joy)
“Inside Out” – Phyllis Smith (Sadness)
“Minions” – Pierre Coffin (The Minions)
“Minions” – Jon Hamm (Herb Overkill)
“The Peanuts Movie” – Alex Garfin (Linus)
“The Peanuts Movie” – Hadley Belle Miller (Lucy)
“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” – Tom Kenny (SpongeBob)

WRITING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Inside Out”
“Shaun the Sheep Movie”
“When Marnie Was There”

EDITORIAL IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
“Anomalisa”
“Inside Out”
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet”
“Shaun the Sheep Movie”

Diary of a Teenage Girl

OCTOBER 22, 2015
GOTHAM AWARDS

BEST FEATURE
Carol
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Heaven Knows What
Spotlight
Tangerine

BEST ACTOR
Christopher Abbott in “James White”
Kevin Corrigan in “Results”
Paul Dano in “Love & Mercy”
Peter Sarsgaard in “Experimenter”
Michael Shannon in “99 Homes”

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett in “Carol”
Blythe Danner in “I’ll See You in My Dreams”
Brie Larson in “Room”
Bel Powley in “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Lily Tomlin in “Grandma”
Kristen Wiig in “Welcome to Me”

* The 2015 Best Actor/Best Actress nominating panel also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award jointly to Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and Brian D’Arcy James for their ensemble work in “Spotlight”. (Open Road Films).

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Approaching the Elephant
Cartel Land
Heart of a Dog
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
Desiree Akhavan for “Appropriate Behavior”
Jonas Carpigano for “Mediterranea”
Marielle Heller for “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
John Magary for “The Mend”
Josh Mond for “James White”

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Rory Culkin in “Gabriel”
Arielle Holmes in “Heaven Knows What”
Lola Kirke in “Mistress America”
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in “Tangerine”
Mya Taylor in “Tangerine”

BEST SCREENPLAY
“Carol” – Phyllis Nagy
“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” – Marielle Heller
“Love & Mercy” – Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner
“Spotlight” – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
“While We’re Young” – Noah Baumbach

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