Chicago Indie Critics nominations

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

Booksmart
The Farewell
Jojo Rabbit
Marriage Story
Parasite

BEST STUDIO FILM

The Irishman
Knives Out
Little Women
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
1917

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Birds of Passage
Monos
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Apollo 11
Hail, Satan?
Honeyland
The Kingmaker
One Child Nation

BEST ANIMATED FILM

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

BEST DIRECTOR

Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Lulu Wang, The Farewell

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Farewell- Lulu Wang
Knives Out– Rian Johnson
Marriage Story– Noam Baumbach
Parasite– Bong Joon-Ho and Jin Won-Han
Portrait of a Lady on Fire– Céline Sciamma

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Irishman– Steve Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit– Taika Waititi
Little Women– Greta Gerwig
Luce– J.C. Lee and Julius Onah
The Two Popes– Anthony McCarten

BEST ACTOR

Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite is My Name
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

BEST ACTRESS

Awkwafina, The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Florence Pugh, Midsommar

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Kang-ho Song, Parasite

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Octavia Spencer, Luce

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Avengers: Endgame- Sarah Finn (casting director)
The Irishman- Ellen Lewis (casting director)
Knives Out- Mary Vernieu (casting director)
Little Women- Kathy Driscoll and Francine Maisler (casting directors)
Marriage Story- Francine Maisler and Douglas Aibel (casting directors)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ad Astra- Hoyte Van Hoytema
Ford v. Ferrari– Phedon Papamichael
The Lighthouse– Jarin Blaschke
1917– Roger Deakins
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood– Robert Richardson

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Ad Astra– Kevin Thompson
Knives Out– David Crank
1917– Dennis Gassner
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood– Barbara Ling
Parasite- Ha-Jun Lee

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Dolemite is My Name– Ruth E. Carter
Knives Out– Jenny Eagan
Little Women– Jacqueline Durran
Midsommar– Andrea Flesch
Once Upon a Time.. in Hollywood– Arianne Phillips

BEST MAKEUP

Bombshell– Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, and Anne Morgan
Dolemite is My Name– Debra Denson, Carla Joi Farmer, Stacey L. Morris, Vera Steimberg
The Irishman– Sean Flanigan, Nicki Ledermann, and Carla White
Joker- Kay Georgiou and Nicki Ledermann
Us– Camille Friend and Scott Wheeler

BEST EDITING

Ford v. Ferrari– Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker, and Dirk Westervelt
Knives Out– Bob Ducsay
Little Women– Nick Houy
1917– Lee Smith
Parasite– Jinmo Yang

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Avengers: Endgame– Alan Silvestri
Little Women– Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story– Randy Newman
1917– Thomas Newman
Us– Michael Abels

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Catchy Song” from The LEGO Movie Part 2: The Second Part (performed by Dillion Francis featuring T-Pain and That Girl Lay Lay and written by Jon Lajoie)
“Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” from Wild Rose (performed by Jessie Buckley and written by Mary Steenburgen, Caitlin Smith, and Kate York)
“I Punched Keanu Reeves” from Always Be My Maybe (performed and written by Randall Park)
“Not Evil” from The LEGO Movie Part 2: The Second Part (performed by Tiffany Haddish and written by Jon Lajoie)
“Speechless” from Aladdin (performed by Naomi Scott and written by Pasek & Paul)
“Stand Up” from Harriet (performed by Cynthia Erivo and written by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ad Astra– Scott R. Fisher, Allan Maris, Guillaume Rocheron, and Jedediah Smith
Avengers: Endgame– Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, Dan Leeluw, and Dan Sudick
The Irishman– Leandro Estebecorena, Stephanie Grabli, Pablo Helman, and Nelson Sepulveda
1917– Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Dominic Tuohy
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker– Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy

SPECIAL AWARDS

TRAILBLAZER AWARD

Honors the work of an artist who truly pushes the boundaries of the medium in terms of form and content

Greta Gerwig
Rian Johnson
Sam Mendes
Martin Scorsese
Lena Waithe
Taika Waititi

IMPACT AWARD

Given to a person whose work has had a positive impact on society

Pedro Almodovar
Bong Joon-Ho
Martin Scorsese
Milos Stehlik
Lulu Wang