‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and ‘Straight Outta Compton’ win AFI Awards

The films “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “The Martian” and “Inside Out” and the TV series “Empire” and “Fargo” were among the winners Wednesday of the American Film Institute’s AFI Awards 2015 for outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image.

Ten feature films and 10 television programs were selected by a jury of AFI trustees, scholars, film and television artists and critics.

AFI movies of the year are: “The Big Short”; “Bridge of Spies”; “Carol”; “Inside Out”; “Mad Max: Fury Road”; “The Martian”; “Room”; “Spotlight”; “Star Wars: The Force Awakens’; and “Straight Outta Compton.”

TV programs receiving the AFI honor: “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “Black-ish,” “Empire,” “Fargo,” “Game of Thrones,” “Homeland,” “Master of None,” “Mr. Robot” and “UnREAL.”

“Mad Men,” which ended its run in May, is receiving an AFI Special Award. It has won five AFI Awards, more than any TV program in the awards’ history.

“Since AFI’s founding in the White House Rose Garden 50 years ago, its mandate has been to celebrate our nation’s storytellers,” Bob Gazzale, AFI president and chief executive, said in a statement Wednesday. “This is the goal of the AFI Awards -- to bring together our community as colleagues, not competitors, and to shine a proper light on their collective efforts to entertain and enlighten the world.”

The awards will be presented at a private luncheon on Jan. 8