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Entertainment
Peter Bradshaw

And the Braddie goes to … Peter Bradshaw's favourite films of the year

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A nominee for best actor at the Braddies … Tom Hiddleston in Crimson Peak. Photograph: Allstar/UNIVERSAL PICTURES

Film of the year

45 Years (Dir. Andrew Haigh)

Bridge of Spies (Dir. Steven Spielberg)

Carol (Dir. Todd Haynes)

Inherent Vice (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dir. JJ Abrams)

Spectre (Dir. Sam Mendes)

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Dir. Roy Andersson)

Inside Out (Dirs. Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen)

The Falling (Dir. Carol Morley)

Hard to Be a God (Dir. Alexei German)

Best director

Todd Haynes for Carol

Steven Spielberg for Bridge of Spies

Jafar Panahi for Taxi Tehran

Ava Duvernay for Selma

Terence Davies for Sunset Song

Rufus Norris for London Road

Miroslav Slaboshpitsky for The Tribe

Mia Hansen-Løve for Eden

David Robert Mitchell for It Follows

Noah Baumbach for While We’re Young and Mistress America

Best actor

Michael Fassbender for Macbeth (Dir. Justin Kurzel), Steve Jobs (Dir. Danny Boyle) and Slow West (Dir. John Maclean)

Tom Courtenay for 45 Years (Dir. Andrew Haigh)

Willem Dafoe for Pasolini (Dir. Abel Ferrara)

Joaquin Phoenix for Inherent Vice (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)

Antoine Olivier-Pilon for Mommy (Dir. Xavier Dolan)

Channing Tatum for Foxcatcher (Dir. Bennett Miller)

Johannes Kuhnke for Force Majeure (Dir. Ruben Östlund)

David Oyelowo for Selma (Dir. Ava Duvernay)

Harrison Ford for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dir. JJ Abrams)

Tom Hiddleston for Crimson Peak (Dir. Guillermo Del Toro)

Best actress

Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn (Dir. John Crowley)

Rooney Mara for Carol (Dir. Todd Haynes)

Cate Blanchett for Carol (Dir. Todd Haynes)

Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years (Dir. Andrew Haigh)

Marion Cotillard for Macbeth (Dir. Justin Kurzel)

Carey Mulligan for Far From the Madding Crowd (Dir. Thomas Vinterberg) and Suffragette (Dir. Sarah Gavron)

Anna Kendrick for The Last Five Years (Dir. Richard Lagravenese)

Maggie Smith for The Lady in the Van (Dir. Nicholas Hytner)

Alicia Vikander for Ex Machina (Dir. Alex Garland)

Karidja Touré for Girlhood (Dir. Céline Sciamma)

Best supporting actor

John Turturro for Mia Madre (Dir. Nanni Moretti)

Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies (Dir. Steven Spielberg)

Ben Whishaw for The Lobster (Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

Richard Johnson for Radiator (Dir. Tom Browne)

Kevin Guthrie for Sunset Song (Dir. Terence Davies)

Idris Elba for Second Coming (Dir. Debbie Tucker Green) and Beasts of No Nation (Dir. Cary Fukunaga)

Michael Sheen for Far From the Madding Crowd (Dir. Thomas Vinterberg)

JK Simmons for Whiplash (Dir. Damien Chazelle)

Michael Shannon for 99 Homes (Dir. Ramin Bahrani)

Ricardo Darín for Wild Tales (Dir. Damián Szifrón)

Best supporting actress

Julie Walters for Brooklyn (Dir. John Crowley)

Olivia Colman for London Road (Dir. Rufus Norris) and The Lobster (Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

Regina Casé for The Second Mother (Dir. Anna Muylaert)

Florence Pugh for The Falling (Dir. Carol Morley)

Anne Dorval for Mommy (Dir. Xavier Dolan)

Sienna Guillory for The Goob (Dir. Guy Myhill)

Sidse Babett Knudsen for The Duke of Burgundy (Dir. Peter Strickland)

Toulou Kiki for Timbuktu (Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako)

Kitana Kiki Rodriguez for Tangerine (Dir. Sean Baker)

Yana Novikova for The Tribe (Dir. Miroslav Slaboshpitsky)

Best documentary

Amy (Dir. Asif Kapadia)

The Look of Silence (Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer)

He Named Me Malala (Dir. Davis Guggenheim)

A Syrian Love Story (Dir. Sean Mcallister)

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (Dir. Alex Gibney)

We Are Many (Dir. Amir Amirani)

The Last of the Unjust (Dir. Claude Lanzmann)

Beyond Clueless (Dir. Charlie Lyne)

Best of Enemies (Dirs. Morgan Grenville, Robert Gordon)

My Nazi Legacy (Dir. David Evans)

Best screenwriter

Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen, Meg Lefauve, Josh Cooley and Simon Rich for Inside Out (Dirs. Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen)

Phyllis Nagy for Carol (Dir. Todd Haynes)

Aaron Sorkin for Steve Jobs (Dir. Danny Boyle)

Damián Szifrón for Wild Tales (Dir. Damián Szifrón)

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for Mistress America (Dir. Noah Baumbach)

Desiree Akhavan for Appropriate Behavior (Dir. Desiree Akhavan)

Nick Hornby for Brooklyn (Dir. John Crowley)

Debbie Tucker Green for Second Coming (Dir. Debbie Tucker Green)

Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour)

Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond for Bill (Dir. Richard Bracewell)

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