Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2015 Explained

The 28th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 16, 2015. The awards honor the best in film for 2015. The nominations were announced on December 14. received the most nominations (7), followed by Carol (6) and The Revenant (5).

Number:	28
Award:	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Date:	December 16, 2015
Site:	Chicago, Illinois U.S.
Best Film:
Most Wins:	Mad Max: Fury Road (5)
Most Nominations:	Mad Max: Fury Road (7)

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 28th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:^{[1] [2]}

Awards

Best Film	Best Director
- Doug Mitchell and George Miller Carol - Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Christine Vachon Inside Out - Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera The Revenant - Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon Spotlight - Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust	George Miller – Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Adam McKay – The Big Short
Best Actor	Best Actress
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass Christopher Abbott – James White as James White Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe Jason Segel – The End of the Tour as David Foster Wallace	Brie Larson – Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey Charlize Theron – as Imperator Furiosa
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Benicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick Sam Elliott – Grandma as Karl Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel Michael Shannon – 99 Homes as Rick Carver Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa	Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener Jennifer Jason Leigh – Anomalisa as Lisa Hesselman Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue Cynthia Nixon – James White as Gail White Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as Valentine
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen Ex Machina – Alex Garland The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley	The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph based on the book by Michael Lewis Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman based on the audio play by Francis Fregoli Brooklyn – Nick Hornby based on the novel by Colm Toibin Room – Emma Donoghue based on the novel Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin based on the biography by Walter Isaacson
Best Animated Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Inside Out - Peter Docter and Jonas Rivera Anomalisa - Charlie Kaurman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran The Good Dinosaur - Peter Sohn and Denise Ream The Peanuts Movie - Steve Martino, Craig Schultz, Bryan Schultz, Cornelius Uliano, Paul Feig and Michael J. Travers Shaun the Sheep Movie - Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Paul Kewley and Julie Lockhart	Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian - Directed by Laszlo Nemes The Assassin (China) in Mandarin - Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien The Look of Silence (Indonesia) in Indonesian - Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer Phoenix (Germany) in German - Directed by Christian Petzold White God (Hungary) in Hungarian - Directed by Kornel Mundruczo
Best Documentary	Best Original Score
Amy - Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees Cartel Land - Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin The Hunting Ground - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering The Look of Silence - Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sorensen Where to Invade Next -	The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone Carol – Carter Burwell Inside Out – Michael Giacchino It Follows – Disasterpeace – Junkie XL
Best Production Design	Best Editing
- Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson The Assassin - Production Design: Ding-Yang Weng; Set Decoration: - Brooklyn - Production Design: François Séguin, Irene O'Brien and Robert Parle; Set Decoration: - Carol - Production Design: Jesse Rosenthal; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler Crimson Peak - Production Design: Thomas E. Sanders; Set Decoration: Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau	– Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel The Big Short – Hank Corwin The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle
Best Cinematography
– John Seale Carol – Edward Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins
Most Promising Filmmaker	Most Promising Performer
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	Jacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsom Christopher Abbott – James White as James White Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie Goetze Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul as Saul Amy Schumer – Trainwreck as Amy Townsend

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
7
6	Carol
5	The Revenant
4	Spotlight
	The Hateful Eight
3	Room
	Anomalisa
	The Big Short
	Son of Saul
	Inside Out
	James White
2	Steve Jobs
	Sicario
	The Diary of a Teenage Girl
	Bridge of Spies
	The Danish Girl
	Ex Manchina
	The Assassin
	The Look of Silence

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
5
2	Room

Notes and References

1. News: 'Mad Max' leads pack with most nominations from Chicago Critics. Zwecker. Bill. December 14, 2015. Chicago Sun-Times. December 22, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095037/http://entertainment.suntimes.com/entertainment-news/mad-max-leads-pack-nominations-chicago-critics/. December 22, 2015.
2. News: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' wins best picture from Chicago Film Critics. Gire. Dann. December 17, 2015. Chicago Daily Herald. December 22, 2015.