OFCS Awards nominations announced

Todd Haynes’s Patricia Highsmith adaptation, Carol, stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.

Todd Haynes' Carol and Denis Villeneve's Sicario are leading the race for this year's Online Film Critics' Society (OFCS) Awards, as nominations were announced today. Each of them has six nominations including Bet Film and Best Director, plus Carol has secured a Best Actress nomination for Cate Blanchett. Meanwhile, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian each have five nominations.

This is the 19th year in which the society, which operates internationally but is based in the US, has given awards. The winners will be announced on December 14.

Those nominations in full:-

Best Picture:

• Brooklyn
• Carol
• Ex Machina
• Inside Out
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Sicario
• Spotlight

Best Director:

• Todd Haynes (Carol)
• Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
• George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
• Ridley Scott (The Martian)
• Denis Villeneuve (Sicario)

Best Actor:

• Matt Damon (The Martian)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
• Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
• Michael B Jordan (Creed)
• Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes)

Best Actress:

• Cate Blanchett (Carol)
• Brie Larson (Room)
• Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
• Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
• Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Supporting Actress:

• Rooney Mara (Carol)
• Cynthia Nixon (James White)
• Kristen Stewart (Clouds Of Sils Maria)
• Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
• Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Supporting Actor:

• Benicio Del Toro (Sicario)
• Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
• Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
• Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies)
• Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Animated Feature:

• Anomalisa
• The Good Dinosaur
• Inside Out
• The Peanuts Movie
• Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Film Not in the English Language:

• The Assassin (Taiwan)
• Goodnight Mommy (Austria)
• Mustang (France)
• Phoenix (Germany)
• Son Of Saul (Hungary)

Best Documentary:

• Amy
• Best Of Enemies
• Cartel Land
• Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief
• The Look Of Silence

Best Original Screenplay:

• Ex Machina (Alex Garland)
• Inside Out (Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley)
• Mistress America (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach)
• Sicario (Taylor Sheridan)
• Spotlight (Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy)

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Brooklyn (Nick Hornby)
• Carol (Phyllis Nagy)
• The Martian (Drew Goddard)
• Room (Emma Donoghue)
• Steve Jobs (Aaron Sorkin)

Best Cinematography:

• The Assassin (Ping Bin Lee)
• Carol (Edward Lachman)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)
• The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki)
• Sicario (Roger Deakins)

Best Editing:

• Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
• The Martian (Pietro Scalia)
• The Revenant (Stephen Mirrione)
• Sicario (Joe Walker)
• Steve Jobs (Elliot Graham)