Friday, January 17, 2025

Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) Windie Award Nominations

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
Anora
Producers: Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker

The Brutalist
Producers: Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison, and Brian Young

I Saw the TV Glow
Producers: Sam Intili, Sarah Winshall, Emma Stone, Dave McCary, and Ali Herting

Sing Sing
Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, and Monique Walton

The Substance
Producers: Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

BEST STUDIO FILM
Challengers
Producers: Amy Pascal, Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, and Rachel O’Connor

A Complete Unknown
Producers: Fred Berger, James Mangold, Alex Heineman, Bob Bookman, Peter Jaysen, Alan Gasmer, Jeff Rosen, and Timothée Chalamet

Dune: Part Two
Producers: Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve

Nosferatu
Producers: Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, and Robert Eggers

Wicked
Producers: Marc Platt and David Stone

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Producers: Julien Graff and Thomas Hakim, 

Emilia Perez
Producers: Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, and Valérie Schermann

Flow
Producers: Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman

Kneecap
Producers: Jack Tarling and Trevor Birney

The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Producers: Mohammad Rasoulof, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Daughters
Director and Producers: Angela Patton, Natalie Rae

Music by John Williams
Director and Producers: Laurent Bouzereau, Sara Bernstein, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg, and Justin Wilkes

Sugarcane
Director and Producers: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Director and Producers: Robert Ford, Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhôte, Connor Schell, and Libby Geist

Will & Harper
Director and Producers: Josh Greenbaum, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Chris Leggett, and Rafael Marmor

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Director and Producers: Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman

Inside Out 2
Director and Producer: Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen 

Memoir of a Snail
Director and Producers: Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Director and Producer: Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham

The Wild Robot
Director and Producer: Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
I Saw the TV Glow – Jane Schoenbrun
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave – Peter Straughan
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and  Jon Spaihts
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John “Divine G” Whitfield
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Nightbitch
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Bill Skarsgård –  Nosferatu

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST ENSEMBLE
Conclave
Casting Directors: Nina Gold and Martin Ware 

Dune: Part Two
Casting Directors: Francine Maisler and Dixie Chassney  

Saturday Night
Casting Director: John Papsidera

Sing Sing
Casting Director: Greg Kwedar

Wicked
Casting Director: Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Yuriy Borisov – Anora
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Willa Fitzgerald – Strange Darling
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge

BEST BREAKOUT ARTIST
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers- The Wild Robot
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Dev Patel – Monkey Man
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

SIGHT UNSEEN PERFORMANCE
Daveed Diggs – Nickel Boys
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot
Sarah Snook – Memoirs of a Snail

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Civil War – Rob Hardy
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist – Judy Becker
Conclave – Suzie Davies and Roberta Federico
Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop
The Substance – Stanislas Reydellet, Cécilia Blom
Wicked – Nathan Crowley

BEST EDITING
The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
Challengers – Marco Costa
Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
Nickel Boys – Nicholas Monsour
Nosferatu – Louise Ford

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
The Substance – Emmanuelle Youchnovski
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

BEST MAKEUP
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, and Neal Scanlan
A Different Man – Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, and Aaron Saucier
Nosferatu – Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, and David White
The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin
Wicked – Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, and Laura Blount

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Civil War – David Simpson, J.D. Schwalm, Chris Zeh, and Freddy Salazar
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke
Nosferatu – Angela Barson
Twisters – Ben Snow, Florian Witzel, and Bill Georgiou

BEST STUNTS
Deadpool & Wolverine
Stunt Coordinator: Colin Follenweider and Liang Yang

Dune: Part Two
Stunt Coordinator: Roger Yuan

The Fall Guy
Stunt Coordinators: Keir Beck and Chris O’Hara

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Stunt Coordinators: Guy Norris and Tim Wong 

Monkey Man
Stunt Coordinator: Udeh Nans

BEST SOUND
Civil War – Glenn Freemantle
Dune: Part Two – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill
Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
The Substance – Valérie Deloof and Victor Fleurant
The Wild Robot – Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo, Leff Lefferts, and Brian Chumney

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Challengers – Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor
Nosferatu – Robin Carolan 
The Substance – Benjamin “Rafferie” Stefanski
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl
Songwriters: Andrew Wyatt, Lykke Li, and Miley Cyrus

“Compress/Repress” – Challengers
Songwriters: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Luca Guadagnino

“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot
Songwriters: Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, and Ali Tamposi 

“Like a Bird” – Sing Sing
Songwriters: Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, and Adrian Quesada

“Starburned and Unkissed” – I Saw the TV Glow
Songwriter: Caroline Polachek

THE IMPACT AWARD
Given to individual or group who has made a positive impact on local Chicago cinema

Emma Greenleaf and Nick Edelberg – Facets Anime Club
Kyle Cubr – Programmer, Music Box Theatre
Mimi Plauche – Artistic Director of the Cinema/Chicago
Morgan Harris – Acacia Consulting Group
Ramona Slick – Programmer, Music Box Theatre

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