Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2006

CFCA Award

Date:

9 January

Best Picture


Winner:
	Crash (2004/I)
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) History of Violence, A (2005) King Kong (2005)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Capote (2005) - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Heath Ledger Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - David Strathairn Hustle & Flow (2005) - Terrence Howard Walk the Line (2005) - Joaquin Phoenix

Best Actress


Winner:
	Upside of Anger, The (2005) - Joan Allen (I)
Other Nominees:
	King Kong (2005) - Naomi Watts (I) Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Keira Knightley Transamerica (2005) - Felicity Huffman Walk the Line (2005) - Reese Witherspoon

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Sin City (2005) - Mickey Rourke
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Jake Gyllenhaal Cinderella Man (2005) - Paul Giamatti Crash (2004/I) - Matt Dillon (I) Crash (2004/I) - Terrence Howard Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Donald Sutherland (I)

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	History of Violence, A (2005) - Maria Bello
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Michelle Williams (I) Capote (2005) - Catherine Keener Constant Gardener, The (2005) - Rachel Weisz Junebug (2005) - Amy Adams (III) Match Point (2005) - Scarlett Johansson

Best Director


Winner:
	History of Violence, A (2005) - David Cronenberg
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Ang Lee Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - George Clooney King Kong (2005) - Peter Jackson (I) Munich (2005) - Steven Spielberg

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Crash (2004/I) - Paul Haggis; Robert Moresco
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Larry McMurtry; Diana Ossana Capote (2005) - Dan Futterman Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - George Clooney; Grant Heslov History of Violence, A (2005) - Josh Olson (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Rodrigo Prieto (I)
Other Nominees:
	Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Robert Elswit King Kong (2005) - Andrew Lesnie Munich (2005) - Janusz Kaminski (I) New World, The (2005) - Emmanuel Lubezki Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Roman Osin

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Gustavo Santaolalla
Other Nominees:
	Batman Begins (2005) - Hans Zimmer; James Newton Howard Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - Danny Elfman King Kong (2005) - James Newton Howard Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - John Williams (I)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Grizzly Man (2005)
Other Nominees:
	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Mad Hot Ballroom (2005) Marche de l'empereur, La (2005) Murderball (2005)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Caché (2005) - France/Austria/Germany/Italy.
Other Nominees:
	2046 (2004) - China/France/Germany/Hong Kong. Kung fu (2004) - China/Hong Kong. Oldboy (2003) - South Korea. Untergang, Der (2004) - Germany/Italy/Austria.

Most Promising Filmmaker


Winner:
	Capote (2005) - Bennett Miller
Other Nominees:
	Hustle & Flow (2005) - Craig Brewer Junebug (2005) - Phil Morrison (II) Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Joe Wright (IV)

Most Promising Performer


Winner:
	Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July
Other Nominees:
	Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (2005) - Georgie Henley Crash (2004/I) - Ludacris New World, The (2005) - Q'orianka Kilcher Squid and the Whale, The (2005) - Owen Kline