The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) announced the nominees for their top film honors of 2019. Nominees include Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite plus Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Nominated for Best Documentary are American Factory, Apollo 11, For Sama, Hail Satan? and Honeyland; and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film are The Farewell, Pain and Glory, Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Transit.
This year, the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award was renamed to the Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker, in honor of the longtime CFCA member and pillar of the Chicago film community who passed away in July. Nominated for the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award are Mati Diop for Atlantics, Alma Har’el for Honey Boy, Joe Talbot for The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Lulu Wang for The Farewell and Olivia Wilde for Booksmart
Winners will be announced at the organization’s annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, December 14 in Chicago.
2019 Chicago Film Critics Awards Nominations
MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER AWARD
Mati Diop, Atlantics
Alma Har’el, Honey Boy
Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Olivia Wilde, Booksmart
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Julia Butters, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Julia Fox, Uncut Gems
Aisling Franciosi, The Nightingale
Taylor Russell, Waves
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, 1917
Jarin Blashke, The Lighthouse
Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Hong Kyung Pyo, Parasite
Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Thomas Newman, 1917
Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Daniel Lopatin, Uncut Gems
Michael Abels, Us
BEST ART DIRECTION
1917 | Knives Out | Little Women | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | Parasite
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dolemite is My Name | Little Women | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Rocketman
BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 | Ad Astra | Avengers: Endgame | The Irishman | Midsommar
BEST EDITING
1917 | The Irishman | Little Women | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | Uncut Gems
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen 2 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | I Lost My Body | Missing Link | Toy Story 4
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Factory | Apollo 11 | For Sama | Hail Satan? | Honeyland
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Farewell | Pain and Glory | Parasite | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Transit
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Farewell by Lulu Wang
Knives Out by Rian Johnson
Marriage Story by Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
Parasite by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster
Hustlers by Lorene Scafaria
The Irishman by Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit by Taika Waititi
Little Women by Greta Gerwig
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Shia Labeouf, Honey Boy
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cho Yeo Jeong, Parasite
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro, The Irishman
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
BEST ACTRESS
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Renée Zellweger, Judy
BEST DIRECTOR
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
BEST PICTURE
The Irishman | Little Women | Marriage Story | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | Parasite