17th CFCA Awards
2005
Best Film: Sideways The 17th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, presented in 2005, honored the best in film for 2004.
Winners
Best Actor
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Best Actress
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
Annette Bening – Being Julia
Best Cinematography (TIE) Robert Richardson - The Aviator
Christopher Doyle - Ying xiong (Hero)
Best Director
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Documentary Feature
Fahrenheit 9/11
Best Film
Sideways
Best Foreign Language Film
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement), France/United StatesBest Original ScoreHoward Shore - The Aviator
Best Screenplay
Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim TaylorBest Supporting ActorThomas Haden Church - Sideways
Best Supporting Actress
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Most Promising Filmmaker
Zach Braff - Garden State
Most Promising Performer
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20120515203059/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=58