Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) Windie Award Winners

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

Past Lives

Producers: Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, and David Hinojosa

BEST STUDIO FILM

Oppenheimer

Producers: Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, and Emma Thomas

BEST FOREIGN FILM

The Zone of Interest

Producers: James Wilson and Ewa Puszczyńska

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Producers: Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, Jonathan King, and Will Cohen

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Producers: Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg

BEST DIRECTOR

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Past Lives – Celine Song

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan

BEST ACTOR

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

BEST ACTRESS

Emma Stone, Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

BEST ENSEMBLE

Oppenheimer

Casting director: John Papsidera

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Barbie – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

BEST COSTUMES

Poor Things – Holly Waddington

BEST MAKEUP

Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, and Josh Weston

BEST EDITING

Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie

Written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Godzilla Minus One – Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki

BEST STUNTS

John Wick: Chapter 4 – Stephen Dunleavy, Scott Rogers, and Jeremy Marinas

BREAKOUT ARTIST

Celine Song

SIGHT UNSEEN PERFORMANCE

Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

IMPACT AWARD

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

Dennis Scott – Music Box Theatre organist