Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2010



23rd CFCA Awards December 20, 2010

Best Film:  The Social Network 

The 23rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were announced on December 20, 2010.

Best Actor
Colin Firth – The King's Speech
 * Jeff Bridges – True Grit
 * Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
 * James Franco – 127 Hours
 * Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Best Actress
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
 * Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
 * Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
 * Lesley Manville – Another Year
 * Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best Animated Film
Toy Story 3
 * Despicable Me
 * How to Train Your Dragon
 * The Illusionist
 * Tangled

Best Cinematography
Inception – Wally Pfister
 * Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
 * Shutter Island – Robert Richardson
 * The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
 * True Grit – Roger Deakins

Best Director
David Fincher – The Social Network
 * Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
 * Debra Granik – Winter's Bone
 * Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
 * Christopher Nolan – Inception

Best Documentary Film
Exit Through the Gift Shop
 * Inside Job
 * Restrepo
 * The Tillman Story
 * Waiting for "Superman"

Best Film
The Social Network
 * Black Swan
 * Inception
 * The King's Speech
 * Winter's Bone

Best Foreign Language Film
A Prophet, France
 * Biutiful, Mexico
 * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sweden
 * I Am Love, Italy
 * Mother, South Korea

Best Original Score
Black Swan – Clint Mansell
 * I Am Love – John Adams
 * Inception – Hans Zimmer
 * The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
 * True Grit – Carter Burwell

Best Screenplay – Adapted
The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin
 * Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire
 * Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt
 * True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
 * Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best Screenplay – Original
Inception – Christopher Nolan
 * Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
 * Four Lions – Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, and Sam Bain
 * The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
 * The King's Speech – David Seidler

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Fighter
 * Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
 * John Hawkes – Winter's Bone
 * Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
 * Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
 * Amy Adams – The Fighter
 * Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
 * Melissa Leo – The Fighter
 * Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Most Promising Filmmaker
Derek Cianfrance – Blue Valentine
 * Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
 * David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
 * Aaron Schneider – Get Low
 * John Wells – The Company Men

Most Promising Performer
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
 * Armie Hammer – The Social Network
 * Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
 * Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
 * Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit