African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2015

13th African-American Film Critics Association Awards
Date	February 10, 2016
Highlights
Best Picture	Straight Outta Compton
Independent film	Chi-Raq
Animation	The Peanuts Movie
Documentary	A Ballerina's Tale
Best Comedy Series	Black-ish
Best Drama Series	How to Get Away with Murder
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The 2015 African-American Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 7, 2015, while the ceremony took place on February 10, 2016 at Taglyan Complex, in Hollywood, California. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Awards

Below is the list of complete winners.

AAFCA Top Ten Films

1. Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
2. Creed (Warner Bros.)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)
4. Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
5. The Martian (20th Century Fox)
6. 3 1/2 Minutes and Dope (HBO Films/Open Road Films)
7. Chi-Raq (Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios)
8. Carol (Weinstein Co.)
9. The Big Short (Paramount Pictures)
10. The Danish Girl (Focus Features)

AAFCA Regular Awards

Best Picture

• Straight Outta Compton

Best Director

• Ryan Coogler – Creed

Best Actor

• Will Smith – Concussion

Best Actress

• Teyonah Parris – Chi-Raq

Best Supporting Actor

• Jason Mitchell – Straight Outta Compton

Best Supporting Actress

• Tessa Thompson – Creed

Best Ensemble

• Straight Outta Compton

Best Independent Film

• Chi-Raq

Best Screenplay

• Rick Famuyiwa – Dope

Breakout Performance

• Michael B. Jordan – Creed

Best Animation

• The Peanuts Movie

Best Documentary

• A Ballerina's Tale

Best Song

• "See You Again" – Furious 7

Best TV Comedy

• Black-ish

Best TV Drama

• How to Get Away with Murder

Best Cable/New Media TV Show

• Survivor's Remorse

AAFCA Special Awards

AAFCA Special Achievement Award

• Jeff Clanagan; John Singleton - Codeblack Entertainment and Maverick Carter; LeBron James - SpringHill Entertainment

Cinema Vanguard Award

• HBO

Roger Ebert Award

• Manohla Dargis - The New York Times film critic and journalist.

See also

• 2015 in film

References

1. Rebecca Ford (December 7, 2015). "'Straight Outta Compton' Named Top Film by African-American Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter . African-American Film Critics Association . Retrieved December 20, 2015.
2. Patrick Hipes (December 7, 2014). "'Straight Outta Compton' & Creed Take Top Honors From African-American Film Critics". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 20, 2015.
3. Dave McNary (December 7, 2014). "'Straight Outta Compton' Named Top Film by African-American Film Critics". Variety . Variety . Retrieved December 20, 2015.