Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2015

9th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
9th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 9, 2016
Location	Sundance Cinemas Houston; Houston, Texas
Country	United States
Presented by	Houston Film Critics Society
Website	houstonfilmcritics.com/awards

The 9th Houston Film Critics Society Awards nominations were announced on the December 13, 2015. The 2015 awards were given out at a ceremony held at Sundance Cinemas Houston on January 9, 2016.^[1] The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.^[1]^[2]

Best Picture	Best Foreign Language Film
Spotlight The Big Short Ex Machina Inside Out Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Sicario Steve Jobs	Son of Saul • Hungary The Assassin • Taiwan Goodnight Mommy • Austria The Tribe • Ukraine White God • Hungary
Best Actor	Best Actress
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Tom Hardy – Legend	Brie Larson – Room Cate Blanchett – Carol Emily Blunt – Sicario Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Tom Hardy – The Revenant Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone – Creed	Rooney Mara – Carol Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Best Director	Best Cinematography
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant Lenny Abrahamson – Room Tom McCarthy – Spotlight George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian	The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Martian – Dariusz Wolski
Best Animated Feature Film	Best Documentary Feature
Inside Out Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie	Amy Best of Enemies Cartel Land The Look of Silence Where to Invade Next
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone Inside Out – Michael Giacchino Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL Steve Jobs – Daniel Pemberton The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, and Bryce Dessner	"One Kind of Love" by Scott Bennett and Brian Wilson – Love & Mercy "Love Me like You Do" by Savan Kotecha, Tove Lo, Max Martin, Ali Payami and Ilya Salmanzadeh – Fifty Shades of Grey "See You Again" by Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth – Furious 7 "Simple Song Number 3" by David Lang – Youth "Writing's on the Wall" by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith – Spectre
Best Screenplay	Best Poster
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Room – Emma Donoghue The Martian – Drew Goddard Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino	Mad Max: Fury Road ('What a Lovely Day' alternate) Carol Ex Machina It Follows (rear window alternate) Sicario The Walk (IMAX alternate)
Texas Independent Film Award	Technical Achievement
The Last Man on the Moon 6 Years 7 Chinese Brothers Results Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove	Mad Max: Fury Road
Worst Film
Pixels Aloha The Boy Next Door Fantastic Four Mortdecai

Movies with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
7	Mad Max: Fury Road
6	The Martian
6	The Revenant
5	Steve Jobs
4	The Hateful Eight
	Room
	Sicario
	Spotlight
3	Carol
	Ex Machina
	Inside Out

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
3	The Revenant
2	Mad Max: Fury Road
2	Spotlight

References

^ ^a ^b Dansby, Andrew. "Houston Film Critics award "Spotlight," "Revenant"". Chron. Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^ "Houston Film Critics Society Nominations". AwardsDaily. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

External links

Houston Film Critics Society: Awards

[HFCS-1] Dansby, Andrew. "Houston Film Critics award "Spotlight," "Revenant"". Chron. Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[2] "Houston Film Critics Society Nominations". AwardsDaily. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

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