Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004 Explained

17th CFCA Awards

2005

----Best Film:
Sideways

The 17th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, presented in 2005, honored the best in film for 2004.

Winners

Best Actor

Paul Giamatti - Sideways

Best Actress

Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

• Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
• Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
• Annette Bening – Being Julia

Best Cinematography (TIE)

Robert Richardson - The Aviator

Christopher Doyle - Ying xiong (Hero)

Best Director

Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

Best Documentary Feature

Fahrenheit 9/11

Best Film

Sideways

Best Foreign Language Film

Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement), France/United States

Best Original Score

Howard Shore - The Aviator

Best Screenplay

Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

Best Supporting Actor

Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

Best Supporting Actress

Virginia Madsen - Sideways

Most Promising Filmmaker

Zach Braff - Garden State

Most Promising Performer

Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120515203059/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=58