CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Best Picture

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Supporting Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams (The Master)

Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Tony Kushner (Lincoln)

Best Cinematography

Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master)

Best Editing

William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Art Direction / Production Design

Adam Stockhausen and Gerald Sullivan (Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Original Score

Jonny Greenwood (The Master)

Best Animated Film

ParaNorman

Best Documentary

The Invisible War

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour

Most Promising Filmmaker

Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Most Promising Performer

Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

The CFCA's nominations impressed me, and now their winners do the same. Hooray for The Master and Zero Dark Thirty, and what choices in Animated Film, Documentary and Foreign Language Film!