OUTSTANDING PICTURE

45 Years (Produced by Tristan Goligher)

Carol (Produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley & Christine Vachon)

Ex Machina (Produced by Andrew Macdonald & Allon Reich)

Mad Max: Fury Road (Produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller & P. J. Voeten)

Maps to the Stars (Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd, Martin Katz & Michel Merkt)

AND THE WINNER IS:

CAROL (PRODUCED BY ELIZABETH KARLSEN, STEPHEN WOOLLEY & CHRISTINE VACHON)

These are the first wins and nominations for producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley for their producing of the film Carol. Also a producer of Carol Christine Vachon wins her second award on her sixth nomination. She previously won for producting Far From Heaven (2002) and was nominated for producing Velvet Goldmine (1998), Boys Don’t Cry (1999), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) & I’m Not There (2007).

This is the biggest shock of my 2015 awards that I ended up awarding Carol with the overall best picture of the year award. Yeah it’s no surprise that the film I rewarded with win and nomination after win and nomination. The film was just too good to pass over and I had to find every place to reward it which was the best. It being snubbed by the academy over a month ago really rocked me as clearly the greatest film of 2015 not being rewarded just felt so wrong. The film is so contemporary and so of a time gone by that it will for me be a timeless classic that I will enjoy watching over and over again for the rest of the my life. My final words on Carol is thank you to Patricia Highsmith for writing this novel and to Todd Haynes and team for crafting this beautiful film.

Winning this award Carol earns eight awards (Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score) and five other nominations (Leading Actress (Blanchett), Leading Actress (Mara), Supporting Actor (Chandler), Supporting Actress (Paulson), Makeup and Hairstyling).