Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Award Winners Announced

Lupita Nyong'o in Black Panther

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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