BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

TRAIN DREAMS • Netflix

Clint Bentley | Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Conor Hannon, Richie Doyle
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
The Life of Chuck – Trevor Macy, Mike Flanagan
Sorry, Baby – Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins

BEST STUDIO FILM

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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28 Years Later – Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernie Bellew, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland
Hamnet – Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg
Marty Supreme – Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet
One Battle After Another – Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson

BEST FOREIGN FILM

SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers

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It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Back Jisun, Michèle Ray-Gavras, Alexandre Gavras
The Secret Agent – Emilie Lesclaux, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirât – Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt

Best Documentary

JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME •
Amazon MGM Studios

Colin Hanks | Director
Ryan Reynolds, George Dewey, Colin Hanks, Shane Reid, Sean M. Stuart, Glen Zipper, Johnny Pariseau | Producers

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Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 – Raoul Peck, Alex Gibney, George Chignell, Nick Shumaker
The Perfect Neighbor – Alisa Payne, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
Secret Mall Apartment – Jeremy Workman, Jesse Eisenberg
Zodiac Killer Project – Charlie Shackleton, Anthony Ing, Catherine Bray

BEST ANIMATED FILM

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer

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Elio – Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up – Peter Browngardt, Sam Register, Alex Kirwan
Predator: Killer of Killers – John Davis, Dan Trachtenberg, Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt
Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino

Best Director

RYAN COOGLER
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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Eddington – Ari Aster
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
Weapons – Zach Cregger

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

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28 Years Later – Alex Garland
Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell

Best Actor

MICHAEL B. JORDAN
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

Best Actress

JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features

Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers

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Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best Supporting Actor

SEAN PENN
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

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Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress 

AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers

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Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ENSEMBLE (Casting Director Award)

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Casting by Francine Maisler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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Black Bag – Carmen Cuba
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis

Best Cinematography 

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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F1: The Movie – Claudio Miranda
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

Best Production Design

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

Production Design by Tamara Deverell

Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers

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28 Years Later – Carson McColl, Gareth Pugh
The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis
Sinners – Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne
Wicked: For Good – Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

Costume Design by Kate Hawley

Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Alexandra Byrne
Hedda – Lindsay Pugh
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

Makeup & Hair by Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey

Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers

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28 Years Later – Flora Moody, John Nolan
Sinners – Mike Fontaine, Ken Diaz, Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine – Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal
Weapons – Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins

Best Film Editing

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Editing by Michael P. Shawver

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Weapons – Joe Murphy

Best ORIGINAL SCORE

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood

Best ORIGINAL SONG

“I LIED TO YOU” from
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson; Performed by Miles Caton

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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“Clothed by the Sun” from The Testament of Ann Lee – Written by Daniel Blumberg, Mona Fastvold; Performed by David Cale, Lewis Pullman, Matthew Beard
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters – Written by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24, Teddy; Performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
“Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest – Written and Performed by Aiyana-Lee
“Pale, Pale Moon” from Sinners – Written by Brittany Howard, Ludwig Göransson; Performed by Jayme Lawson

BEST Sound

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Sound Design by Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

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28 Years Later – Johnnie Burn
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Brent Burge, Gary Summers, Michael Hedges, Alexis Feodoroff, Julian Howarth
F1: The Movie – Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John
Warfare – Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH •
20th Century Studios

Visual Effects by Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers

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F1: The Movie – Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicholas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi
Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean
Superman – Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stephane Naze, Guy Williams

BEST STUNTS

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures

Stunt Coordination by Wade Eastwood

Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers

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Ballerina – Jackson Spidell, Stephen Dunlevy
F1: The Movie – Gary Powell, Luciano Bacheta
One Battle After Another – Brian Machleit
Superman – Wayne Dalglish

BREAKOUT Performer

CHASE INFINITI
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

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Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Miles Caton – Sinners
Indy the Dog – Good Boy
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet

BREAKOUT BEHIND-THE-SCENES

EVA VICTOR
SORRY, BABY • A24

Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski | Producers

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Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
Harris Dickinson – Urchin
Scarlett Johansson – Eleanor The Great
James Sweeney – Twinless

SIGHT UNSEEN AWARD

OONA CHAPLIN
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH •
20th Century Studios

James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers

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Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2
Nick Offerman – The Life of Chuck
Will Patton – Train Dreams
Alan Tudyk – Superman

IMPACT AWARD
Local award given to individuals who have made a positive impact on Chicago cinema

Michael Phillips

Former Film Critic of The Chicago Tribune

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Elizabeth Arnott – Programmer of “Sapphopalooza”
Tyler Michael Baletine – Programmer of “Life Within the Lens: Juneteenth Edition”
Matthew C. Hoffman – Programmer and Host at the Pickwick Theatre
Anna Pattinson – Editor-in-Chief of Cinema Femme

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Impact Award:

“Train Dreams”
“Sinners”
“Sentimental Value”
“John Candy: I Like Me”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sinners” – Francine Maisler
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Frankenstein” – Tamara Deverell
“Frankenstein” – Kate Hawley
“Frankenstein” – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey
“Sinners” – Michael P. Shawver
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“I Lied to You” from “Sinners” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson, Miles Caton
“Sinners” – Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” – Wade Eastwood
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby”
Oona Chaplin – “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
Michael Phillips – Former Film Critic of The Chicago Tribune