Star Wars and Mad Max Big Winners At The Empire Awards 2016

IMAGE VIA EMPIRE

Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Mad Max: Fury Road were the big winners at last night Empire Awards. Daisy Ridley and John Boyega picked up both Best Female and Male Newcomer awards respectively.

 

The Force Awakens was also named Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy film and the man who brought the saga back to life J.J. Abrams won Best Director. It was the night’s biggest winner taking home five awards, followed by Mad Max with four, and once again dominating the technical categories, James Bond’s latest adventure Spectre won two (Best British Film and Best Thriller).

Honoured to be a part of The Empire Awards & to see John & Daisy win, along with TFA 4 BEST SCI-FI, voted for by real people who just enjoy.

— Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO) 20 March 2016

IMAGE VIA EMPIRE

What makes the Empire Award special is all of the winners were selected by the magazine readers, who went against the likes of the Oscars and BAFTAs. So instead of Leonardo DiCaprio winning Best Actor, it was Matt Damon who won for his performance in Ridley Scott’s The Martian. The same goes for Alicia Vikander who can cap off a fantastic 12 months by beating out Brie Larson for Best Actress.

IMAGE VIA EMPIRE

IMAGE VIA EMPIRE

The evening was also spent celebrating some Empire Magazine’s favourite people, but have never really been recognised for their stellar careers and talent. Paddy Considine was presented with the Empire Inspiration award; Stanley ‘The Tucc’ Tucci received the Empire Hero and Empire’s editor Terri White lead an emotional tribute to Empire Legend Alan Rickman.

.@PaddyConsidine, accepting his Empire Inspiration award. #JamesonEmpireAwards pic.twitter.com/4x8R9pDwR6

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) 20 March 2016

 
Find the full list of winners below: 

IMAGE VIA EMPIRE

Best Male Newcomer – John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)  

Best Female Newcomer – Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) 

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy – Star Wars: The Force Awakens 

Best Comedy –Spy 

Best Horror – The Hallow 

Best Thriller – Spectre 

Best British Film – Spectre 

Best Actor – Matt Damon (The Martian) 

Best Actress – Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) 

Best Director – J.J.Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) 

Best Film – The Revenant 

Best TV Series – This is England ‘90
Best Screenplay – The Big Short (Adam McKay, Charles Randolph) 

Best Animated Film – Inside Out 

Best Documentary – Amy 

Best Soundtrack – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Costume Design – Mad Max: Fury Road 

Best Make – Up and Hairstyling – Mad Max: Fury Road 
Best Visual Effects – Star Wars: The Force Awakens 

Best Short Film – World Of Tomorrow 
Best Production Design – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Game – Batman: Arkham Knight 

Empire Inspiration – Paddy Considine 

Empire Legend – Alan Rickman
Empire Hero – Stanley Tucci