Four wins each for two twisty comic thrillers at the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle's 2019 awards. Rian Johnson's Knives Out and Bong Joon Ho's Parasite were the big success stories of the year with the CIFCC, with Bong himself receiving three prizes, matching Greta Gerwig's tally for Little Women.
Check out the nominations for these awards here.
Best Director
BONG JOON HO (PARASITE)
GRETA GERWIG (LITTLE WOMEN)
Best Actress
LUPITA NYONG'O (US)
Best Actor
ADAM DRIVER (MARRIAGE STORY)
Best Supporting Actress
ZHAO SHU ZHEN (THE FAREWELL)
Best Supporting Actor
SONG KANG HO (PARASITE)
Best Original Screenplay
RIAN JOHNSON (KNIVES OUT)
Best Adapted Screenplay
GRETA GERWIG (LITTLE WOMEN)
Best Cinematography
ROGER DEAKINS (1917)
Best Editing
LEE SMITH (1917)
Best Production Design
DAVID CRANK (KNIVES OUT)
Best Costume Design
RUTH E. CARTER (DOLEMITE IS MY NAME)
Best Visual Effects
GREG BUTLER, GUILLAUME ROCHERON AND DOMINIC TUOHY (1917)
Best Makeup
VIVIAN BAKER, ANNE MORGAN AND TSUJI KAZUHIRO (BOMBSHELL)
Best Musical Score
MICHAEL ABELS (US)
Best Original Song
RANDALL PARK - 'I PUNCHED KEANU REEVES' (ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE)
Best Ensemble Cast
MARY VERNIEU (KNIVES OUT)
Best Animated Film
I LOST MY BODY (MARC DU PONTAVICE)
Best Documentary
APOLLO 11 (EVAN KRAUSS, TODD DOUGLAS MILLER AND THOMAS PETERSEN)
Best Foreign Language Film
PARASITE (BONG JOON HO, JANG YOUNG HWAN, KWAK SIN AE AND MOON YANG KWON)
Best Studio Film (budgets over $20 million)
KNIVES OUT (RAM BERGMAN AND RIAN JOHNSON)
Best Independent Film (budgets under $20 million)
PARASITE (BONG JOON HO, JANG YOUNG HWAN, KWAK SIN AE AND MOON YANG KWON)
Impact Award (given to a person whose work has had a positive impact on society)
LULU WANG
Trailblazer Award (honours the work of an artist who pushes the boundaries of the medium in terms of form and content)
GRETA GERWIG
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