21st Critics' Choice Awards
| 21st Critics' Choice Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 17, 2016 |
| Hosted by | T. J. Miller |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Spotlight |
| Most awards | Mad Max: Fury Road (9) |
| Most nominations | Mad Max: Fury Road (13) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | A&E LMN Lifetime |
The 21st Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 17, 2016 at the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar in California, honoring the finest achievements in 2015 filmmaking. It was broadcast on A&E, and hosted by T. J. Miller. Nominees for the awards were announced on December 14, 2015. This year marked the first time the awards were presented with the television awards.
The following twenty-five films received multiple nominations:
The following five films received multiple awards:
The film Star Wars: The Force Awakens screened too late for the vast majority of the Broadcast Film Critics Association to see it in time for consideration for the awards. But after what an email to members called "an unprecedented cry out" from its membership, the BFCA's board of directors called a "special referendum" on adding the movie to the 10 candidates for Best Picture, which it won. (A similar situation happened for the 6th Critics' Choice Awards in 2001, in which the film Cast Away was voted by referendum to be included among the nominees for Best Picture.) The BFCA faced immediate criticism, including from its own members, over what many saw as an attempt to increase ratings for the awards ceremony's broadcast on A&E (which, is 50% owned by Disney, the company behind Star Wars) on January 17. Two members, Eric Melin (who runs Scene-Stealers.com, the film critic at the Lawrence Journal-World, and the president of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle), and Scott Renshaw of Salt Lake City Weekly, resigned in protest.
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