Winners and nominees
Best Film
Best Director
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Lenny Abrahamson – Room
- John Crowley – Brooklyn
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
- Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Leonard "Lenny" Abrahamson is an Irish film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing such acclaimed independent films as Adam & Paul (2004), Garage (2007), What Richard Did (2012) and Frank (2014) all of which contributed to Abrahamson's six Irish Film and Television Awards.
Room is a 2015 independent drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her 2010 novel of the same name. It stars Brie Larson as a woman who has been held captive for seven years, and whose 5-year-old son was born in captivity. Their escape allows the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. The film also stars Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, and William H. Macy.
John Crowley is an Irish film and theatre director. He is best known for the films Brooklyn (2015) and his debut feature, Intermission (2003), for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Director. He is a brother of the designer Bob Crowley.
Best Male Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
- Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
- Matt Damon – The Martian
- Jason Segel – The End of the Tour
- Jacob Tremblay – Room
Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor, voice actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Walter White on the AMC crime drama Breaking Bad, Hal on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, and Dr. Tim Whatley on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld.
Trumbo is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Jay Roach and written by John McNamara. The film stars Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, John Goodman, and Michael Stuhlbarg. The film follows the life of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and is based on the biography Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Alexander Cook.
Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Damon has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, from five nominations, two Golden Globe Awards, from eight nominations, and has been nominated for three British Academy Film Awards and six Emmy Awards.
Best Female Actor
- Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
- Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
- Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Tessa Charlotte Rampling is an English actress, model and singer, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model and later became a fashion icon and muse.
45 Years is a 2015 British romantic drama film directed and written by Andrew Haigh. The film is based on the short story "In Another Country" by David Constantine. The film premiered in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Charlotte Rampling won the Silver Bear for Best Actress and Tom Courtenay won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. At the 88th Academy Awards, Rampling received a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Saoirse Una Ronan is an Irish and American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and four British Academy Film Awards.
Best Male Supporting Actor
- RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
- Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina
- Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Ronald "RJ" Cyler II is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Power Rangers.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by Jesse Andrews, based on Andrews' 2012 debut novel of the same name. The film stars Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, and Jon Bernthal. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival to a standing ovation.
Paul Franklin Dano is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and musician.
Best Female Supporting Actor
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
- Olivia Cooke – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Helen Mirren – Trumbo
- Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
- Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Olivia Kate Cooke is an English actress. She played Emma Decody in A&E's drama-thriller series Bates Motel from 2013 to 2017, and in 2018 she starred as Becky Sharp in the miniseries, Vanity Fair. Cooke has also starred in the horror films The Quiet Ones (2014) and Ouija (2014), the science fiction film The Signal (2014), the comedy-drama Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), the horror-mystery The Limehouse Golem (2016), the thriller Thoroughbreds (2017), and the Steven Spielberg-directed science-fiction film Ready Player One (2018).
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007 for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen and received the Olivier Award for Best Actress and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the same role in The Audience.
Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress, model and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, the French cinema equivalent of an Academy Award, making her the first American woman to win it since it was first awarded in 1976. Her films have grossed over $4.3 billion worldwide, and she was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2010 and 2012.
Best Original Screenplay
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi – What We Do in the Shadows
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Animated Film
Best Documentary
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Production Design
- Mark Digby – Ex Machina
- Colin Gibson – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Arthur Max – The Martian
- Adam Stockhausen – Bridge of Spies
