Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2004

CFCA Award

Date:

(announced: 21 January)

Best Picture


Winner:
	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
Other Nominees:
	American Splendor (2003) Finding Nemo (2003) Lost in Translation (2003) Mystic River (2003)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Lost in Translation (2003) - Bill Murray (I)
Other Nominees:
	American Splendor (2003) - Paul Giamatti House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Ben Kingsley Mystic River (2003) - Sean Penn (I) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Johnny Depp

Best Actress


Winner:
	Monster (2003) - Charlize Theron
Other Nominees:
	21 Grams (2003) - Naomi Watts American Splendor (2003) - Hope Davis (I) Lost in Translation (2003) - Scarlett Johansson Whale Rider (2002) - Keisha Castle-Hughes

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Mystic River (2003) - Tim Robbins (I)
Other Nominees:
	21 Grams (2003) - Benicio Del Toro Cooler, The (2003) - Alec Baldwin Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Sean Astin Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Andy Serkis Shattered Glass (2003) - Peter Sarsgaard

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Pieces of April (2003) - Patricia Clarkson
Other Nominees:
	Cold Mountain (2003) - Renée Zellweger Finding Nemo (2003) - Ellen DeGeneres Mystic River (2003) - Marcia Gay Harden Spider (2002) - Miranda Richardson (I) Thirteen (2003) - Holly Hunter

Best Director


Winner:
	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Peter Jackson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Big Fish (2003) - Tim Burton (I) Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Peter Weir Mystic River (2003) - Clint Eastwood

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Other Nominees:
	21 Grams (2003) - Guillermo Arriaga (I) American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Fran Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson (I) Mystic River (2003) - Brian Helgeland

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Lost in Translation (2003) - Lance Acord
Other Nominees:
	Cold Mountain (2003) - John Seale (I) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Eduardo Serra Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Andrew Lesnie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Russell Boyd (I) Peuple migrateur, Le (2001) - Olli Barbé; Michel Benjamin; Sylvie Carcedo-Dreujou; Laurent Charbonnier (I); Luc Drion; Laurent Fleutot; Philippe Garguil; Dominique Gentil; Bernard Lutic; Thierry Machado; Stéphane Martin (I); Fabrice Moindrot; Ernst Sasse; Michel Terrasse; Thierry Thomas (I)

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Howard Shore
Other Nominees:
	Big Fish (2003) - Danny Elfman Cold Mountain (2003) - Gabriel Yared Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) - Philip Glass Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003) - Benoît Charest

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Capturing the Friedmans (2003) Lost in La Mancha (2002) Peuple migrateur, Le (2001) Spellbound (2002/I) Stevie (2002)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Cidade de Deus (2002) - Brazil.
Other Nominees:
	Fils, Le (2002) - Belgium/France. Invasions barbares, Les (2003) - Canada/France. Mies vailla menneisyyttä (2002) - Finland. Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003) - Belgium/Canada/France.

Most Promising Filmmaker


Winner:
	American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini
Other Nominees:
	Capturing the Friedmans (2003) - Andrew Jarecki (I) House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Vadim Perelman Shattered Glass (2003) - Billy Ray (I) Whale Rider (2002) - Niki Caro

Most Promising Performer


Winner:
	Whale Rider (2002) - Keisha Castle-Hughes
Other Nominees:
	Dirty Pretty Things (2002) - Chiwetel Ejiofor In America (2002) - Emma Bolger In America (2002) - Sarah Bolger (I) Station Agent, The (2003) - Peter Dinklage