Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004
# Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004

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 States

### Best Original Score

Howard Shore - The Aviator

### Best Screenplay

Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

### Best Supporting Actor

Thomas 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

