The 26 film critics and voting members of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle completed their final ballots in 21 categories for their second annual CIFCC Awards. Leading all films with four awards is Get Out from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, including three awards for Jordan Peele and his many hats. A24’s Lady Bird from director Greta Gerwig follows with three wins, including Best Independent Film. Fifteen different films were award winners.
In two special award categories, the Trailblazer Award honoring the work of an artist who truly pushed the boundaries of the medium in terms of form and content was won by Jordan Peele for his work on Get Out . The Impact Award celebrating a person whose work has had a positive impact on society was given to Patty Jenkins and her efforts leading Wonder Woman.
The complete list of winners for the 2017 CIFCC Awards:
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
Lady Bird – Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O’Neil (producers)
BEST STUDIO FILM
Logan – Hutch Parker, Simon Kinberg, and Lauren Schuler Donner (producers)
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Raw – Jean de Forêts (producer)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Faces Places – JR and Agnes Varda (co-directors)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coco – Darla K. Anderson (producer)
BEST DIRECTOR
Jordan Peele, Get Out
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Get Out- Jordan Peele
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Disaster Artist- Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
BEST ACTRESS
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Abbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Frances McDormand,, Sam Rockwell, and Samara Weaving
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner
BEST EDITING
Baby Driver – Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss
BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND MAKEUP
Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges (costumes), Paul Engelen (makeup)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
War for the Planet of the Apes – Joe Leterri, Dan Lemmon, Eric Winquist, and Dan Cervin
TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Jordan Peele, Get Out
IMPACT AWARD
Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman