Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Award Winners Announced
Four films won three awards each in the third annual Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle awards. Top prize winners Black Panther, If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma are joined by Best Director winner BlacKkKlansman atop the pile, as categories were spread out among multiple titles, generally among the most popular picks from critics this season. Check out the CIFCC award nominations at this link, and the winners below.
Best Director
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Actress
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Best Supporting Actress
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Best Supporting Actor
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Best Original Screenplay
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Best Editing
Alfonso Cuaron and Adam Gough (Roma)
Best Production Design
Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (The Favourite)
Best Costume Design and Makeup
Ruth E. Carter, Ken Diaz, Camille Friend and Joel Harlow (Black Panther)
Best Visual Effects
Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (First Man)
Best Original Score
Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Best Ensemble Cast
Black Panther (Sarah Finn)
Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal and Christina Steinberg)
Best Documentary
Minding the Gap (Liu Bing and Diane Quon)
Best Foreign Film
Roma (Nicolas Celis, Alfonso Cuaron and Gabriela Rodriguez)
Best Studio Film
Black Panther (Kevin Feige)
Best Independent Film
If Beale Street Could Talk (Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy and Adele Romanski)
Impact Award
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Trailblazer Award
Liu Bing (Minding the Gap)
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