Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2005
18th CFCA Awards
January 9, 2005
Best Film:
Crash
The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on January 9, 2006 honored the best in film for 2005.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
- Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
- Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
- Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
- David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actress
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
- Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
- Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
- Naomi Watts – King Kong
- Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Best Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto
- Good Night, and Good Luck. – Robert Elswit
- King Kong – Andrew Lesnie
- Munich – Janusz Kamiński
- The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki
- Pride & Prejudice – Roman Osin
Best Director
David Cronenberg – A History of Violence
- George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Peter Jackson – King Kong
- Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
- Steven Spielberg – Munich
Best Documentary Film
Best Film
Best Foreign Language Film
- 2046, Hong Kong
- Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany
- Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong
- Oldboy, South Korea
Best Original Score
Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla
- Batman Begins – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Danny Elfman
- King Kong – James Newton Howard
- Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams
Best Screenplay
Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
- Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
- Capote – Dan Futterman
- Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
- A History of Violence – Josh Olson
Best Supporting Actor
- Matt Dillon – Crash
- Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
- Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
- Terrence Howard – Crash
- Donald Sutherland – Pride & Prejudice
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello – A History of Violence
- Amy Adams – Junebug
- Scarlett Johansson – Match Point
- Catherine Keener – Capote
- Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
- Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
Most Promising Filmmaker
- Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow
- Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
- Phil Morrison – Junebug
- Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice
Most Promising Performer
Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
- Chris "Ludacris" Bridges – Crash and Hustle & Flow
- Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Q'Orianka Kilcher – The New World
- Owen Kline – The Squid and the Whale