2015 National Society of Film Critics Awards
Appearance
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
[edit]Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:
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Best Picture
[edit]- Spotlight (23)
- Carol (17)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (13)
Best Director
[edit]- Todd Haynes – Carol (21)
- Tom McCarthy – Spotlight (21) [note 1]
- George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road (20)
Best Actor
[edit]- Michael B. Jordan – Creed (29)
- Géza Röhrig – Son of Saul (18)
- Tom Courtenay – 45 Years (15)
Best Actress
[edit]- Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years (57)
- Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn (30)
- Nina Hoss – Phoenix (22)
Best Supporting Actor
[edit]- Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies (56)
- Michael Shannon – 99 Homes (15)
- Sylvester Stallone – Creed (14)
Best Supporting Actress
[edit]- Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria (53)
- Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina (23)
- Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs / Elizabeth Banks – Love & Mercy (17)
Best Screenplay
[edit]- Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight (21)
- Charlie Kaufman – Anomalisa / Adam McKay and Charles Randolph – The Big Short (15)
Best Cinematography
[edit]- Edward Lachman – Carol (25)
- Mark Lee Ping-bing – The Assassin (22)
- John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road (12)
Best Foreign Language Film
[edit]- Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako (22)
- Phoenix – Christian Petzold (20)
- The Assassin – Hou Hsiao-hsien (16)
Best Non-Fiction Film
[edit]- Amy – Asif Kapadia (23)
- In Jackson Heights – Frederick Wiseman (18)
- Seymour: An Introduction – Ethan Hawke (15)
Film Heritage Awards
[edit]- 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]
- The Criterion Collection and L'Immagine Ritrovata for the restoration and packaging of the reconstructed version of The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray.[1]
- Lobster Films and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna / L'Immagine Ritrovata for the restoration of Charlie Chaplin's Essanay Films.[1]
Special Citation
[edit]One Floor Below, a Romanian film directed by Radu Muntean.[1]
Dedication
[edit]As per tradition, the ceremony was dedicated to the late Richard Corliss, longtime critic at TIME magazine.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Because he was on fewer ballots; a winner must be on a majority of ballots, which are weighted.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Awards for 2015 films". National Society of Film Critics. January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Cox, Gordon (January 3, 2016). "'Spotlight' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". Variety. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (January 3, 2016). "National Society of Film Critics Names 'Spotlight' Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2016.