2016 Oscar nominations announced
The nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards have been announced, with Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant among the nominees for best film.
The best film line-up is completed by Matt Damon drama The Martian, Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, and Spotlight. Mad Max director George Miller is nominated in the Best Director category, alongside Abrahamson, Adam McKay for The Big Short, Alejandro G Inarritu for The Revenant and Tom McCarthy for Spotlight.
In the acting categories, Leonardo DiCaprio and Eddie Redmayne are nominated for their roles in The Revenant and The Danish Girl respectively, while Charlotte Rampling and Saoirse Ronan receive nominations for their lead roles in 45 Years and Brooklyn. Both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are nominated for Carol, Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet receive Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress nods for their roles in Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs, and Sylvester Stallone also picks up an Oscar nomination, with his role in Creed earning him recognition in the Best Supporting Actor category.
Elsewhere there are nominations for NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton, Amy Winehouse documentary Amy and Star Wars: The Force Awakens – read the full list of nominations below. The 2016 Academy Awards will be awarded on 28 February.
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
2016 Academy Award nominations:
Best Film: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight
Best Director: Alejandro G Inarritu (The Revenant), Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), Adam McKay (The Big Short), George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road), Lenny Abrahamson (Room)
Actor in a Leading Role: Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl), Leonardo Dicaprio (The Revenant), Matt Damon (The Martian), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale (The Big Short), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight), Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies), Sylvester Stallone (Creed), Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Actress in a Leading Role: Brie Larson (Room), Cate Blanchett (Carol), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Jennifer Lawrence (Joy), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Actress in a Supporting Role: Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs), Rachel Mcadams (Spotlight), Rooney Mara (Carol)
Animated Feature Film: Anomalisa, Boy and the World, Inside Out, Shaun the Sheep Movie, When Marnie Was There
Best Original Score: Bridge of Spies, Carol, The Hateful Eight, Sicario, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short, The Martian, Room, Brooklyn, Carol
Best Production Design: Bridge of Spies, The Danish Girl, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant
Best Costume Design: Carol, Cinderella, The Danish Girl, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant
Best Documentary: Amy, Cartel Land, The Look of Silence, What Happened, Miss Simone?, Winter of Fire
Best Cinematography: Carol, The Hateful Eight, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Sicario
Best Animated Short: Bear Story, Prologue, Sanjay’s Super Team, We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos, World of Tomorrow
Best Make-Up and Hair: Mad Max: Fury Road, The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared, The Revenant
Best Visual Effects: Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Sicario, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Short Film: Ave Maria, Day One, Everything Will Be Okay, Shok, Stutterer
Best Sound Mixing: Bridge of Spies, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Short Documentary: Body Team 12, Chau: Beyond the Lines, Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Last Day of Freedom
Best Editing: The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Spotlight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Foreign Language Film: Embrace of the Serpent, Mustang, Son of Saul, Theeb, A War