It’s almost Oscar time, celebrities everywhere are trembling in fear of the upcoming Ricky Gervais Golden Globe hosting stint, the theatres are filled with prestige fare… well, the few screens that aren’t monopolized by Star Wars, anyway. It’s officially time for the MyCinema Awards!

Our rules are that films need to reach wide release (or as wide as they will ever go) within the nomination period (Jan 1- Dec 31) to be eligible. That means that we might miss a few things that the Oscars catch because of sneaky festival-dependent release strategies. We’re okay with that, we just thought we’d give you a heads up.

The winners will be announced in March along with our Performer of the Year, Emerging Artist, Honorary Award Winner and Fan Favourite.

Our Editors and Staff Writers all get a say in who wins but we use your votes for tie breakers and to choose a Fan Favourite so be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section, on Facebook and Twitter.

All nominees are invited to participate in our annual Nominee Interview Series. Please email editors@myentertainmentworld.ca to sign up. 

Also be sure to check out our nominations for the MyTV Awards and MyTheatre Awards in Toronto, London, New York and Boston.

without further ado…

Outstanding Costumes & Art Direction
Cinderella
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mockingjay, Part II
Tomorrowland
Trumbo

Outstanding Visual Effects
Ant Man
Ex Machina
Furious 7
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian

Outstanding Hair & Makeup
Cinderella
Creed
Mad Max
Mockingjay, Part II
The Hateful Eight

Outstanding Ensemble
Cymbeline
The Martian
Spotlight
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Trumbo
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Bobby Cannavale (Danny Collins)
Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Matthew Lillard (Match)
Dominic Cooper (Miss You Already)

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)
Phyllis Smith (Inside Out)
Kristen Wiig (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Joan Allen (Room)
Felicity Jones (True Story)

Outstanding Actor
Ben Rosenfield (6 Years)
Jesse Eisenberg (The End of the Tour)
Ethan Hawke (Good Kill)
John Cusack (Love & Mercy)
Benicio Del Toro (Sicario)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Tobey Maguire (Pawn Sacrifice)

Outstanding Actress
Taissa Farmiga (6 Years)
Angelina Jolie (By the Sea)
Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Anna Kendrick (The Last Five Years)
Brie Larson (Room)
Emily Blunt (Sicario)
Toni Collette (Miss You Already)

Outstanding Screenplay
Donald Margulies (The End of the Tour)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve & Josh Cooley (Inside Out)
Oren Moverman & Michael A. Lerner (Love & Mercy)
Drew Goddard (The Martian)

Outstanding Direction
Hannah Fidell (6 Years)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Denis Villeneuve (Sicario)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Outstanding Picture
The End of the Tour
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Sicario
Spotlight