title: Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2015
text: # Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2015
  
  11th AFCA Awards
  
  Best Film:
  
  Mad Max: Fury Road
  
  The 11th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2015, were announced on December 29, 2015.
  
  ## 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 ||
  