title: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2015
text: # 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
  