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

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

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

References

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.
Patrick Hipes (December 7, 2014). "'Straight Outta Compton' & Creed Take Top Honors From African-American Film Critics". Deadline.com. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
Dave McNary (December 7, 2014). "'Straight Outta Compton' Named Top Film by African-American Film Critics". Variety. Variety. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

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[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.com. 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.