2015 National Society of Film Critics Awards explained

50th NSFC Awards

January 3, 2016

----Best Film:
Spotlight

The 50th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2016, honored the best in film for 2015.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners

Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:

Best Picture

1. Spotlight (23)
2. Carol (17)
3. (13)

Best Director

1. Todd Haynes  - Carol (21)
2. Tom McCarthy  - Spotlight (21) ^[4]
3. George Miller  - (20)

Best Actor

1. Michael B. Jordan  - Creed (29)
2. Géza Röhrig  - Son of Saul (18)
3. Tom Courtenay  - 45 Years (15)

Best Actress

1. Charlotte Rampling  - 45 Years (57)
2. Saoirse Ronan  - Brooklyn (30)
3. Nina Hoss  - Phoenix (22)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mark Rylance  - Bridge of Spies (56)
2. Michael Shannon  - 99 Homes (15)
3. Sylvester Stallone  - Creed (14)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Kristen Stewart  - Clouds of Sils Maria (53)
2. Alicia Vikander  - Ex Machina (23)
3. Kate Winslet  - Steve Jobs / Elizabeth Banks  - Love & Mercy (17)

Best Screenplay

1. Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer  - Spotlight (21)
2. Charlie Kaufman  - Anomalisa / Adam McKay and Charles Randolph  - The Big Short (15)

Best Cinematography

1. Edward Lachman  - Carol (25)
2. Mark Lee Ping-bing  - The Assassin (22)
3. John Seale  - (12)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Timbuktu  - Abderrahmane Sissako (22)
2. Phoenix  - Christian Petzold (20)
3. The Assassin  - Hou Hsiao-hsien (16)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Amy  - Asif Kapadia (23)
2. In Jackson Heights  - Frederick Wiseman (18)
3. Seymour: An Introduction  - Ethan Hawke (15)

Film Heritage Awards

1. Film Society of Lincoln Center and the programmers Jake Perlin and Michelle Materre, for the series Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968–1986.^[1]
2. The Criterion Collection and L'Immagine Ritrovata for the restoration and packaging of the reconstructed version of The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray.^[1]
3. Lobster Films and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna / L'Immagine Ritrovata for the restoration of Charlie Chaplin's Essanay Films.^[1]

Special Citation

One Floor Below, a Romanian film directed by Radu Muntean.^[1]

Dedication

As per tradition, the ceremony was dedicated to the late Richard Corliss, longtime critic at TIME magazine.^[1]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Awards for 2015 films . . January 3, 2016 . January 3, 2016.
2. Web site: 'Spotlight' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics . . Cox . Gordon . January 3, 2016 . January 3, 2016.
3. Web site: National Society of Film Critics Names 'Spotlight' Best Picture . . Kilday . Gregg . January 3, 2016 . January 3, 2016.
4. Because he was on fewer ballots; a winner must be on a majority of ballots, which are weighted.