Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2005
Appearance
18th CFCA Awards
January 9, 2005
Best Film:
Crash
The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on 9 January 2006 honored the best in film for 2005.
Winners
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 and 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