2015 Awards -- Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees & Winners

Mad Max: Fury Road sweeps the Chicago critics awards with 5 wins including Director and Best Picture! 2 each for Ex Machina & Room, and 8 films taking home 1 apiece.

BEST PICTURE
Carol
Inside Out
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
The Revenant
Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes - "Carol"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy - "Spotlight"
Adam McKay - "The Big Short"
GEORGE MILLER - "MAD MAX: FURY ROAD"

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
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
SPOTLIGHT

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Anomalisa
THE BIG SHORT
Brooklyn
Room
Steve Jobs

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
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 EDITING
The Big Short
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
The Martian
The Revenant
Spotlight

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Assassin
Brooklyn
Carol
Crimson Peak
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Carol
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Inside Out
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
The Look of Silence
Phoenix
SON OF SAUL
White God

BEST DOCUMENTARY
AMY
Cartel Land
The Hunting Ground
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
ALEX GARLAND - "EX MACHINA"
Marielle Heller - "The Diary of a Teenage Girl"
Josh Mond - "James White"
Laszlo Nemes - "Son of Saul"
Bill Pohlad - "Love & Mercy"

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Christopher Abbott - "James White"
Bel Powley - "The Diary of a Teenage Girl"
Geza Rohrig - "Son of Saul"
Amy Schumer - "Trainwreck"
JACOB TREMBLAY - "ROOM"