Cadet Film Awards | 2015 | Winners & Nominees

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
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
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
Michael B. Jordan – Creed
Bradley Cooper – Burnt
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul

best lead actress
Nina Hoss – Phoenix
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
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina
Domnhall Gleeson – The Revenant
Benicio del Toro – Sicario

best supporting actress
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Tessa Thompson – Creed
Jessica Chastain – The Martian
Rose Byrne – Spy
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

best original screenplay
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Taylor Sheridan – Sicario
Laslo Nemes and Clara Royer – Son of Saul
Paul Feig – Spy

best adapted screenplay
Drew Goddard – The Martian
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
Christian Petzold & Harun Farocki – Phoenix
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu & Mark L. Smith – The Revenant
Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs

best original score/soundtrack
Harry Gregson-Williams – The Martian
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
“Waiting For My Moment” – Creed
“See You Again” – Furious 7
“Feel the Light” – Home
“Earned It” – Fifty Shades of Grey
“Simple Song #3” – Youth

best non-english language film
Phoenix (Germany)
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem (Israel)
Son of Saul (Hungary)

best cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant
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
Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris King – Amy
Hank Corwin – The Big Short
Pietro Scalia – The Martian
Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant

best production design
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Ex Machina
The Martian

best costume design
Mad Max: Fury Road
Brooklyn
Carol
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

best sound
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

best makeup and hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
Black Mass
Cinderella
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

best visual effects
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ex Machina
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

best stunts
Mad Max: Fury Road
Runners-up:
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
The Revenant

best documentary
Amy
Runners-up:
The Hunting Ground – Meru

best ensemble
Creed
The Big Short
Black Mass
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Truth

best animated feature
Inside Out
Runners-up:
Anomalisa
Home

best titles sequence
Spectre

best poster
The Revenant
Clouds of Sils Maria
Creed
Ex Machina
The Walk

top 10 scenes
Bear Attack – The Revenant
“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