The Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2024 called the Windie Awards. The winners will be announced January 18th. Here are this year’s nominees…
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
Anora
The Brutalist
I Saw the TV Glow
Sing Sing
The Substance
BEST STUDIO FILM
Challengers
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
BEST FOREIGN FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Daughters
Music by John Williams
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
I Saw the TV Glow
A Real Pain
The Substance
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Wild Robot
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Nightbitch
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Bill Skarsgård – Nosferatu
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjunae Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Margaret Qually – The Substance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
BEST ENSEMBLE
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST COSTUMES
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST MAKEUP
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
A Different Man
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST EDITING
The Brutalist
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist
Challengers
Nosferatu
The Substance
The Wild Robot
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl
“Compress/Repress” – Challengers
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot
“Like a Bird” – Sing Sing
“Starburned and Unkissed” – I Saw the TV Glow
BEST SOUND
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
The Wild Robot
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
Twisters
BEST STUNTS
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Monkey Man
BREAKOUT PERFORMER
Yura Borisov – Anora
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Willa Fitzgerald – Strange Darling
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
BREAKOUT ARTIST
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers- The Wild Robot
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Dev Patel – Monkey Man
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
SIGHT UNSEEN AWARD
Daveed Diggs – Nickel Boys
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot
Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail
IMPACT AWARD
Local award given to individuals who have made a positive impact on Chicago cinema
Emma Greenleaf and Nick Edelberg – Facets Anime Club
Kyle Cubr – Programmer, Music Box Theatre
Mimi Plauche – Artistic Director of the Cinema/Chicago
Morgan Harris – Acacia Consulting Group
Ramona Slick – Programmer, Music Box Theatre
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