2015 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

[Awards Announced December 21, 2015.]

  • Best Film: Spotlight
  • Best Director: Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
  • Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
  • Best Actress: Brie Larson - Room
  • Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Creed
  • Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
  • Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight - Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: The Martian - Drew Goddard (Screenplay); Andy Weir (Novel)
  • Best Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
  • Best Cinematography: The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
  • Best Art Direction: Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson (Production Designer)
  • Best Visual Effects: Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Best Score: The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
  • Best Soundtrack: Love & Mercy
  • Best Song: "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre
  • Best Animated Film: Inside Out
  • Best Comedy Film: Trainwreck
  • Best Documentary Film: Amy
  • Best Foreign Language Film: Goodnight Mommy
  • Best Scene: The Revenant - Hugh is mauled by a grizzly.
  • Special Recognition: Mad Max: Fury Road for its stunt work.

Complete List of Nominations

  • Best Film
    • Inside Out
    • Mad Max: Fury Road
    • The Martian
    • The Revenant
    • Room
    • Spotlight
  • BEST DIRECTOR
    • Todd Haynes - Carol
    • Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant
    • Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
    • George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
    • Ridley Scott - The Martian
  • BEST ACTOR
    • Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
    • Matt Damon - The Martian
    • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
    • Ian McKellen - Mr. Holmes
    • Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
  • BEST ACTRESS
    • Cate Blanchett - Carol
    • Brie Larson - Room
    • Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
    • Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
    • Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    • Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
    • Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
    • Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
    • Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
    • Sylvester Stallone - Creed
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
    • Rooney Mara - Carol
    • Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria
    • Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
    • Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    • Clouds of Sils Maria - Olivier Assayas
    • Ex Machina - Alex Garland
    • The Hateful Eight - Quentin Tarantino
    • Inside Out - Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen
    • Spotlight - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    • Brooklyn -  Nick Hornby (Screenplay); Colm Tóibín (Novel)
    • Creed - Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington (Screenplay); Sylvester Stallone (Characters)
    • The Martian - Drew Goddard (Screenplay); Andy Weir (Novel)
    • Room - Emma Donoghue (Screenplay and Novel)
    • Steve Jobs - Aaron Sorkin (Screenplay); Walter Isaacson (Book)
  • BEST EDITING
    • The Big Short - Hank Corwin
    • Max Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
    • The Martian - Pietro Scalia
    • The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione
    • Spotlight - Tom McArdle
  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    • Beasts of No Nation - Cary Joji Fukunaga
    • Carol - Edward Lachman
    • The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
    • Max Max: Fury Road - John Seale
    • The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
  • BEST ART DIRECTION
    • Brooklyn - François Séguin (Production Designer)
    • Carol - Judy Becker (Production Designer)
    • Cinderella - Dante Ferretti (Production Designer)
    • The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart (Production Designer)
    • Max Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson (Production Designer)
  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
    • Ex Machina
    • Mad Max: Fury Road
    • The Martian
    • The Revenant
    • The Walk
  • BEST MUSIC SCORE
    • Carol - Carter Burwell
    • The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
    • Inside Out - Michael Giacchino
    • It Follows - Rich Vreeland (as Disasterpeace)
    • Mad Max: Fury Road - Tom Holkenborg (as Junkie XL)
  • BEST SOUNDTRACK
    • Amy
    • Dope
    • Love & Mercy
    • The Martian
    • Straight Outta Compton
  • BEST SONG
    • "See You Again" - Furious 7
    • "Til It Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground
    • "Feels Like Summer" - Shaun the Sheep Movie
    • "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre
    • "Simple Song #3" - Youth
  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
    • Anomalisa
    • The Good Dinosaur
    • Inside Out
    • The Peanuts Movie
    • Shaun the Sheep Movie
  • BEST COMEDY
    • Inside Out
    • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
    • Spy
    • Trainwreck
    • What We Do in the Shadows
  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    • Amy
    • Best of Enemies
    • Cartel Land
    • The Hunting Ground
    • The Look of Silence
  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
    • The Assassin
    • Goodnight Mommy
    • Phoenix
    • Son of Saul
    • Wild Tales
  • BEST SCENE
    • Creed - Adonis' first fight.
    • Furious 7 - Farewell to Paul Walker.
    • The Revenant - Hugh is mauled by a grizzly.
    • Room - Jack escapes Room.
    • The Walk - The walk between the Towers.