Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004

17th CFCA Awards

2005

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Best Film:
Sideways

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

Winners

Clint Eastwood, Best Director winner

Paul Giamatti, Best Actor winner

Imelda Staunton, Best Actress winner

Thomas Haden Church, Best Supporting Actor winner

Virginia Madsen, Best Supporting Actress winner

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

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120515203059/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=58