Lady Bird managed to take flight at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, winning Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Promising Filmmaker for Greta Gerwig. But coming right behind is Call Me By Your Name which won three awards: Best Actor and Most Promising Performer for Timothee Chalamet and Best Adapted Screenplay for James Ivory. But Christopher Nolan managed to pick up a much needed Best Director win for Dunkirk. For a while, it seemed like he was a frontrunner to win the Oscar in that category before the film peaked too soon. He’s still in the hunt for a nomination, though, and wins like this keep his momentum going.
Full list of winners:
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Best Original Screenplay: Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Adapted Screenplay: James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Best Animated Film: Coco
Best Documentary Film: Jane
Best Foreign Language Film: The Square
Most Promising Performer: Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Most Promising Filmmaker: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Best Original Score: Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Best Editing: Baby Driver
Best Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049
Best Art Direction/Production Design: Blade Runner 2049