Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2018

Last updated
31st Chicago Film Critics Association
DateDecember 8, 2018
Site Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Highlights
Best Film Roma
Most awardsRoma (5)
Most nominationsRoma (9)

The 31st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2018. [1] The awards honor the best in film for 2018. The nominations were announced on December 7. [2] Roma received the most nominations (9), followed by The Favourite (7) and A Star Is Born (7).

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Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 31st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

Alfonso Cuaron, Best Director winner Alfonso Cuaron by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Alfonso Cuarón, Best Director winner
Ethan Hawke, Best Actor winner Ethan Hawke Montclair Film Festival (cropped).jpg
Ethan Hawke, Best Actor winner
Toni Collette, Best Actress winner Toni Collette (8968233309).jpg
Toni Collette, Best Actress winner
Richard E. Grant, Best Supporting Actor winner Richard E. Grant 2018.jpg
Richard E. Grant, Best Supporting Actor winner
Olivia Colman, Best Supporting Actress winner Olivia Colman at Moet BIFA 2014 (cropped).jpg
Olivia Colman, Best Supporting Actress winner

Awards

Best Film Best Director
Roma Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez, and Nicolas Celis Alfonso Cuarón Roma
Best Actor Best Actress
Ethan Hawke First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller Toni Collette Hereditary as Annie Graham
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Richard E. Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock Olivia Colman The Favourite as Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
First Reformed Paul Schrader If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins based on the novel by James Baldwin
Best Animated Film Best Foreign Language Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman Roma (Mexico) in Spanish – Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Best Documentary Film Best Original Score
Minding the Gap Bing Liu If Beale Street Could Talk Nicholas Britell
Best Production Design Best Editing
The Favourite – Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton Roma Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough
Best Cinematography Best Use of Visual Effects
Roma Alfonso Cuarón Annihilation
Most Promising FilmmakerMost Promising Performer
Ari Aster Hereditary Elsie Fisher Eighth Grade

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:

NominationsFilm
9 Roma
7 The Favourite
A Star Is Born
4 First Man
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
You Were Never Really Here
3 Black Panther
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Eighth Grade
Hereditary
2 Annihilation
BlacKkKlansman
Burning
Cold War
Minding the Gap
Paddington 2
Vice

The following films received multiple wins:

WinsFilm
5 Roma
2 The Favourite
First Reformed
Hereditary
If Beale Street Could Talk

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References

  1. ""Roma" The Big Winner Among Chicago Film Critics". Chicago Film Critics Association. December 8, 2018. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  2. ""Roma," "The Favourite" and "A Star is Born" lead 2018 CFCA nominations". Chicago Film Critics Association. December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.