As the year draws to a close, theToronto Film Critics Association(TFCA) looked back and voted for its favourite movies of 2015. It announced its award winning picks on Twitter yesterday, celebrating films such asCaroland the haunting German language featurePhoenixwith top honours.

Despite the social media bravado yesterday, the TFCA will be hosting an awards ceremony on January 5, 2016. That's also when the association will hand out the $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award - it's the "richest film award in the country," according to a TFCA news release.

Here are the 2015 winners and Rogers Best Canadian Film Award nominees:

Best Picture:Carol

Best Director: Todd Haynes, Carol

最佳女演员: Nina Hoss,Phoenix

Best Actor: Tom Hardy,Legend

Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander,Ex Machina

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance,Bridge of Spies

Best Screenplay:The Big Short

Best First Film: Ex Machina

Best Foreign Language Film: Phoenix

Best Documentary:The Look of Silence

Best Animated Feature:Shaun the Sheep Movie

Rogers Best Canadian Film Award nominees

• The Forbidden Room
• My Internship in Canada
• Sleeping Giant

Image of Ex Machina.