Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004



 17th CFCA Awards  2005

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

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