Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2005



 18th CFCA Awards 

January 9, 2005

Best Film:

 Crash 

The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on January 9, 2006, honored the best in film for 2005.

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
 * Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
 * Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
 * Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
 * David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actress
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
 * Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
 * Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
 * Naomi Watts – King Kong
 * Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

Best Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto
 * Good Night, and Good Luck. – Robert Elswit
 * King Kong – Andrew Lesnie
 * Munich – Janusz Kamiński
 * The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki
 * Pride & Prejudice – Roman Osin

Best Director
David Cronenberg – A History of Violence
 * George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck.
 * Peter Jackson – King Kong
 * Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
 * Steven Spielberg – Munich

Best Documentary Film
Grizzly Man
 * Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
 * Mad Hot Ballroom
 * March of the Penguins
 * Murderball

Best Film
Crash
 * Brokeback Mountain
 * Good Night, and Good Luck.
 * A History of Violence
 * King Kong

Best Foreign Language Film
Caché (Hidden), France
 * 2046, Hong Kong
 * Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany
 * Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong
 * Oldboy, South Korea

Best Original Score
Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla
 * Batman Begins – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
 * Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Danny Elfman
 * King Kong – James Newton Howard
 * Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams

Best Screenplay
Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
 * Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
 * Capote – Dan Futterman
 * Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
 * A History of Violence – Josh Olson

Best Supporting Actor
Mickey Rourke – Sin City
 * Matt Dillon – Crash
 * Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
 * Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
 * Terrence Howard – Crash
 * Donald Sutherland – Pride & Prejudice

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello – A History of Violence
 * Amy Adams – Junebug
 * Scarlett Johansson – Match Point
 * Catherine Keener – Capote
 * Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
 * Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Most Promising Filmmaker
Bennett Miller – Capote
 * Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow
 * Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
 * Phil Morrison – Junebug
 * Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

Most Promising Performer
Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
 * Chris "Ludacris" Bridges – Crash and Hustle & Flow
 * Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
 * Q'Orianka Kilcher – The New World
 * Owen Kline – The Squid and the Whale