Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2017 Explained

Number:30
Award:Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Date:December 12, 2017
Site:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Best Film:Lady Bird
Most Wins:Lady Bird (4)
Most Nominations:Call Me by Your Name (8)

The 30th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2017.[1] The awards honor the best in film for 2017. The nominations were announced on December 10. Call Me by Your Name received the most nominations (8), followed by The Shape of Water (7), Dunkirk (6), Lady Bird (6) and Phantom Thread (6).

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 30th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:[2]

Awards

Best FilmBest Director
Lady Bird - Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O'Neill Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Best ActorBest Actress
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman Saoirse RonanLady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks Laurie MetcalfLady Bird as Marion McPherson
Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
Get OutJordan Peele Call Me by Your NameJames Ivory based on the novel by Andre Aciman
Best Animated FilmBest Foreign Language Film
Coco - Lee Unkirch and Darla K. Anderson The Square (Sweden) in Swedish - Directed by Ruben Ostlund
Best Documentary FilmBest Original Score
Jane - Brett Morgan Phantom ThreadJonny Greenwood
Best Production DesignBest Editing
Blade Runner 2049 - Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola Baby DriverPaul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
Most Promising FilmmakerMost Promising Performer
Greta GerwigLady Bird Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:

NominationsFilm
8Call Me by Your Name
7The Shape of Water
6Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
4Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Florida Project
3Get Out
2The Big Sick
I, Tonya
The Disaster Artist
The following films received multiple wins:
WinsFilm
4Lady Bird
3Call Me by Your Name

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 Chicago Film Critics Associations Awards. chicagofilmcritics.org. 26 December 2017.
  2. Web site: "Call Me By Your Name" and "The Shape of Water" lead 2017 nominees. December 10, 2017. December 26, 2017.