AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NOMINATIONS: CAROL SCORES SEVEN

Yeh, so here are the Austin Film Critics Association... They're actually a pretty cool bunch, and just what one ought to expect from a cultural hub like Austin. There are the slight head-scratchers, like all that love for Trumbo, and then the flipside, with a Best Film nod for Anomalisa and seven mentions for Carol. Winners will be announced on the 29th of December. Check out all the details right here:

Best Film

Anomalisa

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

Spotlight

Trumbo

Best Director

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Adam McKay (The Big Short)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Michael B. Jordan (Creed)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro (Sicario)

Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)

Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Screenplay

Josh Cooley, Pete Docter and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out)

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Taylor Sheridan (Sicario)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Emma Donoghue (Room)

Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa)

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Edward Lachman (Carol)

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Score

Carter Burwell (Carol)

Michael Giacchino (Inside Out)

Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Rich Vreeland (It Follows)

Best Animated Film

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary

Amy

Best of Enemies

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

Where to Invade Next

Best Foreign-Language Film

Mustang

Phoenix

Son of Saul

The Tribe

Victoria

Best First Film

Bone Tomahawk

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Ex Machina

Mustang

Son of Saul

Best Austin Film

Arlo and Julie (Steve Mims)

A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story (Sara Hirsh Bordo)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner)

Peace Officer (Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson)

Two Step (Alex R. Johnson)

The Robert R. ‘Bobby’ McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award

Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation)

Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)

Mya Taylor (Tangerine)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)