Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2005

The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on 9 January 2006 honored the best in film for 2005.

Winners

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress

Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger

• Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
• Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
• Naomi Watts - King Kong
• Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best Cinematography

Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto

• Good Night, and Good Luck - Robert Elswit
• King Kong - Andrew Lesnie
• Munich - Janusz Kamiński
• The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki
• Pride & Prejudice - Roman Osin

Best Director

David Cronenberg - A History of Violence

• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
• Peter Jackson - King Kong
• Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
• Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Documentary Film

Grizzly Man

• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• March of the Penguins
• Murderball

Best Film

Crash

• Brokeback Mountain
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• A History of Violence
• King Kong

Best Foreign Language Film

Caché (Hidden), France

• 2046, Hong Kong
• Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany
• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong
• Oldboy, South Korea

Best Original Score

Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla

• Batman Begins - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Danny Elfman
• King Kong - James Newton Howard
• Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams

Best Screenplay

Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco

• Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
• Capote - Dan Futterman
• Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
• A History of Violence - Josh Olson

Best Supporting Actor

Mickey Rourke - Sin City

• Matt Dillon - Crash
• Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Howard - Crash
• Donald Sutherland - Pride & Prejudice

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bello - A History of Violence

• Amy Adams - Junebug
• Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
• Catherine Keener - Capote
• Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
• Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Most Promising Filmmaker

Bennett Miller - Capote

• Craig Brewer - Hustle & Flow
• Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Phil Morrison - Junebug
• Joe Wright - Pride and Prejudice

Most Promising Performer

Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know

• Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Crash and Hustle & Flow
• Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Q'Orianka Kilcher - The New World
• Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale

References

• http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060109/OSCARS/60109001
• http://moviecitynews.com/archived/awards/2006/cirtics_awards/chicago.html
• http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=58