Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2000

CFCA Award

Date:	13 March
Host:	Tom Dreesen (I)
Location:	Park West Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999)
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) Insider, The (1999) Magnolia (1999) Straight Story, The (1999)

Most Promising Actor


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Wes Bentley
Other Nominees:
	American Pie (1999) - Chris Klein (I) Best Man, The (1999/I) - Terrence Howard Green Mile, The (1999) - Michael Clarke Duncan Sixth Sense, The (1999) - Haley Joel Osment

Best Actor


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Kevin Spacey
Other Nominees:
	Hurricane, The (1999) - Denzel Washington Insider, The (1999) - Russell Crowe Straight Story, The (1999) - Richard Farnsworth Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Jim Broadbent

Most Promising Actress


Winners:
	10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - Julia Stiles Rosetta (1999) - Émilie Dequenne
Other Nominees:
	Sweet and Lowdown (1999) - Samantha Morton Tumbleweeds (1999) - Janet McTeer War Zone, The (1999) - Lara Belmont

Best Actress


Winner:
	Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Hilary Swank
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Annette Bening Election (1999) - Reese Witherspoon End of the Affair, The (1999) - Julianne Moore (I) Tumbleweeds (1999) - Janet McTeer

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Magnolia (1999) - Tom Cruise
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - John Malkovich Green Mile, The (1999) - Michael Clarke Duncan Insider, The (1999) - Christopher Plummer (I) Sixth Sense, The (1999) - Haley Joel Osment

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Chloë Sevigny
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Catherine Keener Girl, Interrupted (1999) - Angelina Jolie Ideal Husband, An (1999) - Julianne Moore (I) Sweet and Lowdown (1999) - Samantha Morton

Best Director


Winner:
	American Beauty (1999) - Sam Mendes
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Spike Jonze Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Stanley Kubrick Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson Straight Story, The (1999) - David Lynch (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Charlie Kaufman
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Alan Ball (I) Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson Sixth Sense, The (1999) - M. Night Shyamalan Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Mike Leigh

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) - Robert Richardson (I)
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Conrad L. Hall Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Larry Smith (III); Stanley Kubrick Sleepy Hollow (1999) - Emmanuel Lubezki Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) - John Seale (I)

Best Original Score


Winner:
	South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) - Trey Parker (I); Marc Shaiman
Other Nominees:
	Cider House Rules, The (1999) - Rachel Portman Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Jocelyn Pook Lola rennt (1998) - Tom Tykwer; Johnny Klimek; Reinhold Heil Violon rouge, Le (1998) - John Corigliano

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Todo sobre mi madre (1999) - Pedro Almodóvar
Other Nominees:
	Amants du Pont-Neuf, Les (1991) - Leos Carax Conte d'automne (1998) - Eric Rohmer Wandâfuru raifu (1998) - Hirokazu Koreeda


Awarded to:
	Dick Cusack; Nancy Cusack; Ann Cusack; Bill Cusack; Joan Cusack; John Cusack; Susie Cusack