2015 Awards -- San Diego Film Critics Nominees & Winners

San Diego usually goes against the grain, and this year is no exception. They went big-time for Mad Max. 2 wins for Anomalisa, and I love the award mentions for the sadly ignored What We Do in the Shadows.

BEST PICTURE
Brooklyn
Ex Machina (Runner-up)
Mad Max: Fury Road (WINNER)
Room
Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR
Lenny Abrahamson - "Room" (Runner-up)
John Crowley - "Brooklyn"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy - "Spotlight"
George Miller - "Mad Max: Fury Road" (WINNER)

BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston - "Trumbo"
Matt Damon - "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Revenant" (WINNER)
Jason Segel - "The End of the Tour" (Runner-up)
Jacob Tremblay - Room"

BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson - "Room" (WINNER)
Charlotte Rampling - "45 Years"
Saoirse Ronan - "Brooklyn"
Charlize Theron - "Mad Max: Fury Road" (Runner-up)
Alicia Vikander - "Ex Machina"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
RJ Cyler - "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"
Paul Dano - "Love & Mercy"
Oscar Isaac - "Ex Machina" (Runner-up)
Tom Noonan - Anomalisa" (WINNER)
Mark Rylance - "Bridge of Spies"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Olivia Cooke - "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"
Jennifer Jason Leigh - "The Hateful Eight" (WINNER)
Helen Mirren - "Trumbo"
Kristen Stewart - "Clouds of Sils Maria" (Runner-up)
Alicia Vikander - "The Danish Girl"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight (Runner-up)
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
What We Do In the Shadows (WINNER)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Mistress America (Runner-up)
Spotlight
What We Do In the Shadows (WINNER)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Anomalisa
Brooklyn
The End of the Tour (Runner-up)
The Martian
Room (WINNER)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Anomalisa (WINNER)
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out (Runner-up)
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant (Runner-up)
Sicario (WINNER)

BEST FILM EDITING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road (WINNER)
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario (Runner-up)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn (WINNER)
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road (Runner-up)
The Martian

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Ex Machina
Love & Mercy (Runner-up)
Mad Max: Fury Road (WINNER)
The Martian
Sicario

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road (Runner-up)
The Martian
The Walk (WINNER)

BEST USE OF MUSIC IN A FILM
The Hateful Eight (WINNER)
Love & Mercy (Runner-up)
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Straight Outta Compton

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Goodnight Mommy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Phoenix
Taxi (WINNER)
White God (Runner-up)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy (Runner-up)
Cartel Land (WINNER)
He Named Me Malala
Meru
The Wrecking Crew

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Abraham Attah - "Beasts of No Nation"
Sean S. Baker - "Tangerine"
Emory Cohen - "Brooklyn"
Jacob Tremblay - "Room" (WINNER)
Alicia Vikander - "The Danish Girl" & "Ex Machina" (Runner-up)