22nd annual cadet film awards 2015

best picture

Top 10 of 2015
1. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens – JJ Abrams
3. The Revenant – Alejandro González Ińárritu
4. The Martian – Ridley Scott
5. Creed – Ryan Coogler
6. Amy – Asif Kapadia
7. Inside Out – Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
8. Phoenix – Christian Petzold
9. Burnt – John Wells
10. Ex Machina – Alex Garland

Honourable Mentions:
Son of Saul – László Nemes
Brooklyn – John Crowley
The Big Short – Adam McKay
Sicario – Denis Villeneuve
Spy – Paul Feig
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem – Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Straight Outta Compton – F. Gary Gray
Truth – James Vanderbilt

 

best director

Winner:
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominees:
Asif Kapadia – Amy
Ryan Coogler – Creed
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Alejandro Gonzalez Ińárritu – The Revenant
J.J. Abrams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

best lead actor

Winner:
Michael B. Jordan – Creed

Nominees:
Bradley Cooper – Burnt
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul

 

best lead actress

Winner:
Nina Hoss – Phoenix

Nominees:
Saiorse Ronan – Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett – Carol and Truth
Juliette Binoche – Clouds of Sils Maria
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Emily Blunt – Sicario

 

best supporting actor

Winner:
Tom Hardy – The Revenant

Nominees:
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina
Domnhall Gleeson – The Revenant
Benicio del Toro – Sicario

 

best supporting actress

Winner:
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina

Nominees:
Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Tessa Thompson – Creed
Jessica Chastain – The Martian
Rose Byrne – Spy
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

 

best original screenplay

Winner:
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out

Nominees:
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Taylor Sheridan – Sicario
Laslo Nemes and Clara Royer – Son of Saul
Paul Feig – Spy

 

best adapted screenplay

Winner:
Drew Goddard – The Martian

Nominees:
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
Christian Petzold & Harun Farocki – Phoenix
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu & Mark L. Smith – The Revenant
Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs

 

best original score/soundtrack

Winner:
Harry Gregson-Williams – The Martian

Nominees:
Antonio Pinto – Amy
Ludwig Goransson – Creed
Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) – Mad Max: Fury Road
Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Revenant
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario

 

best original song

Winner:
“Waiting For My Moment” – Creed

Nominees:
“See You Again” – Furious 7
“Feel the Light” – Home
“Earned It” – Fifty Shades of Grey
“Simple Song #3” – Youth

 

best non-english language film

Winner:
Phoenix (Germany)

Runners-up:
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem (Israel)
Son of Saul (Hungary)

 

best cinematography

Winner:
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant

Nominees:
Yves Bélanger – Brooklyn
Edward Lachmann – Carol
Yorick Le Seux – Clouds of Sils Maria
John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road
Hans Fromm – Phoenix

 

best film editing

Winner:
Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominees:
Chris King – Amy
Hank Corwin – The Big Short
Pietro Scalia – The Martian
Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant

 

best production design

Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Ex Machina
The Martian

 

best costume design

Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominees:
Brooklyn
Carol
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

best sound

Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominees:
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

best makeup and hairstyling

Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominees:
Black Mass
Cinderella
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

 best visual effects

Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominees:
Ex Machina
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

best stunts

Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road

Runners-up:
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
The Revenant

 

best documentary

Winner:
Amy

Runners-up:
The Hunting Ground – Meru

 

best ensemble

Winner:
Creed

Nominees:
The Big Short
Black Mass
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Truth

 

best animated feature

Winner:
Inside Out

Runners-up:
Anomalisa
Home

 

best titles sequence

Spectre

 

best poster

Winner:
The Revenant

Nominees:
Clouds of Sils Maria
Creed
Ex Machina
The Walk

 

top 10 scenes

Bear Attack – The Revenant

Nominees:
“Back to Black” – Amy
Whitey Confronts Marianne – Black Mass
“You’re a Creed” – Creed
Family Stick Figures – The Good Dinosaur
Riley Returns Home – Inside Out
Final Chase – Mad Max: Fury Road
Space Rescue – The Martian
“Speak Low” – Phoenix
Rey vs. Kylo Ren – Star Wars: The Force Awakens