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Chicago Film Critics: 2015 Winners Announced

Mad Max Takes Home Five Awards, Including Best Picture and Best Director.

by | December 16, 2015 | Comments

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The CFCA announced the winners for the 2015 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards today. Read through for the full list of winners.

Best Picture

Carol
94%

Inside Out
98%

Mad Max: Fury Road
97%

The Revenant
78%

Spotlight
97%

Best Director

Todd Haynes

Carol
94%

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The Revenant
78%

Tom McCarthy

Spotlight
97%

Adam McKay

The Big Short
89%

George Miller

Mad Max: Fury Road
97%

Best Actor


Christopher Abbott

James White


Leonardo DiCaprio

The Revenant


Michael Fassbender

Steve Jobs


Eddie Redmayne

The Danish Girl


Jason Segel

The End of the Tour

Best Actress


Cate Blanchett

Carol


Brie Larson

Room


Charlotte Rampling

45 Years


Saoirse Ronan

Brooklyn


Charlize Theron

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Supporting Actor


Benicio del Toro

Sicario


Sam Elliott

Grandma


Mark Rylance

Bridge of Spies


Michael Shannon

99 Homes


Sylvester Stallone

Creed

Best Supporting Actress


Jennifer Jason Leigh

Anomalisa


Jennifer Jason Leigh

The Hateful Eight


Cynthia Nixon

James White


Kristen Stewart

Clouds of Sils Maria


Alicia Vikander

Ex Machina

Best Original Screenplay

Matt Charman and Joel & Ethan Coen

Bridge of Spies
91%

Alex Garland

Ex Machina
92%

Quentin Tarantino

The Hateful Eight
75%

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley

Inside Out
98%

Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer

Spotlight
97%

Best Adapted Screenplay

Charlie Kaufman

Anomalisa
91%

Adam McKay & Charles Randolph

The Big Short
89%

Nick Hornby

Brooklyn
97%

Emma Donoghue

Room
93%

Aaron Sorkin

Steve Jobs
85%

Best Cinematography

Edward Lachman

Carol
94%

Robert RIchardson

The Hateful Eight
75%

John Seale

Mad Max: Fury Road
97%

Emmanuel Lubezki

The Revenant
78%

Roger Deakins

Sicario
92%

Best Original Score

Carter Burwell

Carol
94%

Ennio Morricone

The Hateful Eight
75%

Michael Giacchino

Inside Out
98%

Disasterpeace

It Follows
95%

Junkie XL

Mad Max: Fury Road
97%

Best Art Direction/Production Design

The Assassin
80%

Brooklyn
97%

Carol
94%

Crimson Peak
73%

Mad Max: Fury Road
97%

Best Editing

Hank Corwin

The Big Short
89%

Jason Ballantine & Margaret Sixel

Mad Max: Fury Road
97%

Pietro Scalia

The Martian
91%

Stephen Mirrione

The Revenant
78%

Tom McArdle

Spotlight
97%

Best Foreign-Language Film

The Assassin
80%

The Look of Silence
96%

Phoenix
98%

Son of Saul
96%

White God
87%

Best Documentary

Amy
96%

Cartel Land
89%

The Hunting Ground
93%

The Look of Silence
96%

Where to Invade Next
79%

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa
91%

The Good Dinosaur
75%

Inside Out
98%

The Peanuts Movie
87%

Shaun the Sheep Movie
99%

Most Promising Performer


Christopher Abbott

James White


Bel Powley

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Son of Saul


Amy Schumer

Trainwreck


Jacob Tremblay

Room

Most Promising Filmmaker

Alex Garland

Ex Machina
92%

Marielle Heller

The Diary of a Teenage Girl
95%

Josh Mond

James White
92%

László Nemes

Son of Saul
96%

Bill Pohlad

Love & Mercy
89%

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