2015 Awards -- Austin Film Critics Nominees & Winners

Austin Film Critics nominees are out. Strong showings again for Carol, Mad Max and Spotlight. In the end, Mad Max took the top awards, while Room, Ex Machina and Inside Out all won several as well.

BEST PICTURE

Anomalisa

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

Spotlight

Trumbo

BEST DIRECTOR

Todd Haynes - "Carol"

Tom McCarthy - "Spotlight"

Adam McKay - "The Big Short"

George Miller - "Mad Max: Fury Road"

Quentin Tarantino - "The Hateful Eight"

BEST ACTOR

Bryan Cranston - "Trumbo"

Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Revenant"

Michael Fassbender - "Steve Jobs"

Michael B. Jordan - "Creed"

Jacob Tremblay - "Room"

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett - "Carol"

Brie Larson - "Room"

Rooney Mara - "Carol"

Saoirse Ronan - "Brooklyn"

Charlize Theron - "Mad Max: Fury Road"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio Del Toro - "Sicario"

Idris Elba - "Beasts of No Nation"

Oscar Isaac - "Ex Machina"

Michael Shannon - "99 Homes"

Sylvester Stallone - "Creed"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Elizabeth Banks - "Love & Mercy"

Jennifer Jason Leigh - "The Hateful Eight"

Kristen Stewart - "Clouds of Sils Maria"

Alicia Vikander - "Ex Machina"

Kate Winslet - "Steve Jobs"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Ex Machina

The Hateful Eight

Inside Out

Sicario

Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Anomalisa

The Big Short

Carol

Room

Steve Jobs

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Sicario

BEST SCORE

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Inside Out

It Follows

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Mustang

Phoenix

Son of Saul

The Tribe

Victoria

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Amy

Best of Enemies

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

Where to Invade Next

BEST FIRST FILM

Bone Tomahawk

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Ex Machina

Mustang

Son of Saul

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST AWARD

Abraham Attah - "Beasts of No Nation"

Amy Schumer - "Trainwreck"

Mya Taylor - "Tangerine"

Jacob Tremblay - "Room"

Alicia Vikander - "Ex Machina"

BEST AUSTIN FILM

Arlo and Julie

A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Peace Officer

Two Step

TOP TEN FILMS
1. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD 
2. Spotlight
3. Carol
4. Anomalisa
5. Room
6. Ex Machina (tie)
6. Inside Out (tie)
8. Creed
9. The Big Short
10. Sicario