Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1988

The 1st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced in 1989. The awards were compiled by CFCA founders Sue Kiner and Sharon LeMaire with the help of Chicago's television, radio and print film critics. There was no awards ceremony that year.

Winners
The winners of the 1st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

Best Actor
Jeremy Irons – Dead Ringers

Best Actress
Barbara Hershey – Shy People

Best Director
Robert Zemeckis – Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Film
Mississippi Burning

Best Foreign Film
Au revoir les enfants

Best Supporting Actor
Martin Landau – Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand – Mississippi Burning

Most Promising Actor
Eric Bogosian – Talk Radio

Most Promising Actress
Glenne Headly – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels