Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood Leads Chicago Film Critics Association 2019 Nominations

Latest from marquee filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Bong Joon Ho, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach recognized with Best Film, Director Nominations

Chicago, IL (December 12, 2019) — The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2019; winners will be announced at the organization’s annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, December 14 in Chicago. Leading with nine nominations in all is Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood. Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women claim eight nominations each, while Marriage Story and Parasite, from Noah Baumbach and Bong Joon Ho respectively, each receive seven. A complete list of nominees is below.

Comprised of voting members who represent outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, RogerEbert.com, The A.V Club, Vulture, NPR and many more, the Chicago Film Critics Association annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. With a particular focus on emerging talents, the CFCA also presents breakthrough awards to both an actor and filmmaker with the most promise for future career achievements. This year, the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award was renamed to the Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker, in honor of the longtime CFCA member and pillar of the Chicago film community who passed away in July.

A reliably diverse voting body, the 2019 Chicago Film Critics Awards again honor a broad list of films and creators, with a total of 41 films nominated across nineteen categories. With 19 nominations, Netflix is the most recognized studio; A24 and Neon share the second and third most nominations with a distant 13 and 12, respectively. Greta Gerwig is the most-nominated woman in 2019, garnering nods for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, among others. Female filmmakers Lulu Wang and Céline Sciamma are included in the Best Foreign Language Film category (for The Farewell and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, respectively), while Lorene Scafaria (for Hustlers) joins Gerwig in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

The complete list of 2019 Chicago Film Critics Awards nominations is as follows:

MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER AWARD
Mati Diop, Atlantics
Alma Har’el, Honey Boy
Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Olivia Wilde, Booksmart

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Julia Butters, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Julia Fox, Uncut Gems
Aisling Franciosi, The Nightingale
Taylor Russell, Waves

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, 1917
Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Hong Kyung Pyo, Parasite
Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Thomas Newman, 1917
Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Daniel Lopatin, Uncut Gems
Michael Abels, Us

BEST ART DIRECTION
1917 | Knives Out | Little Women | Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood | Parasite

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dolemite is My Name | Little Women | Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Rocketman

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 | Ad Astra | Avengers: Endgame | The Irishman | Midsommar

BEST EDITING
1917 | The Irishman | Little Women | Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood | Uncut Gems

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen 2 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | I Lost My Body | Missing Link | Toy Story 4

BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Factory | Apollo 11 | For Sama | Hail Satan? | Honeyland

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Farewell | Pain and Glory | Parasite | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Transit

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Farewell by Lulu Wang
Knives Out by Rian Johnson
Marriage Story by Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
Parasite by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster
Hustlers by Lorene Scafaria
The Irishman by Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit by Taika Waititi
Little Women by Greta Gerwig

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Shia Labeouf, Honey Boy
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cho Yeo Jeong, Parasite
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro, The Irishman
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

BEST ACTRESS
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Lupita Nyong'o, Us
Renée Zellweger, Judy

BEST DIRECTOR
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

BEST PICTURE
The Irishman | Little Women | Marriage Story | Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood | Parasite

Nominations by Number and Title
9 - Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood
Best Picture; Best Director; Best Supporting Actor, Brad Pitt; Best Original Screenplay; Best Editing; Best Costume Design; Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography; Most Promising Performance, Julia Butters

8 - The Irishman
Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor, Robert De Niro; Best Supporting Actor, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Editing; Best Use of Visual Effects

Little Women
Best Picture; Best Director; Best Supporting Actress, Florence Pugh; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Editing; Best Costume Design; Best Art Direction; Best Original Score

7 - Marriage Story
Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor, Adam Driver; Best Actress, Scarlett Johansson; Best Supporting Actress, Laura Dern; Best Original Screenplay; Best Original Score;

Parasite
Best Picture; Best Director; Best Foreign Language Film; Best Supporting Actress, Cho Yeo Jeong; Best Original Screenplay; Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography

5 - The Farewell
Best Actress, Awkwafina; Best Supporting Actress, Zhao Shuzhen; Best Original Screenplay; Best Foreign Language Film; Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award

1917
Best Editing; Best Cinematography; Best Art Direction; Best Original Score; Best Use of Visual Effects

4 - Uncut Gems
Best Actor, Adam Sandler; Best Editing; Best Original Score; Most Promising Performance, Julia Fox

3 - Portrait of a Lady On Fire
Best Foreign Language Film; Best Cinematography; Best Costume Design

2 - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Supporting Actor, Tom Hanks
Honey Boy — Best Supporting Actor, Shia LaBeouf; Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award
Hustlers — Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Supporting Actress, Jennifer Lopez
JoJo Rabbit — Most Promising Performance; Best Adapted Screenplay
Knives Out — Best Art Direction; Best Original Screenplay
Pain and Glory — Best Actor, Antonio Banderas; Best Foreign Language Film
Us — Best Original Screenplay; Best Actress, Lupita Nyong’o

1 - Ad Astra — Best Use of Visual Effects
American Factory — Best Documentary
Apollo 11 — Best Documentary
Atlantics — Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award
Avengers: Endgame — Best Use of Visual Effects
Booksmart — Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award
Dolemite is My Name — Best Costume Design
For Sama — Best Documentary
Frozen 2 — Best Animated Feature
Hail Satan? — Best Documentary
Her Smell — Best Actress, Elisabeth Moss
Honeyland — Best Documentary
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World — Best Animated Feature
I Lost My Body — Best Animated Feature
Joker — Best Actor, Joaquin Phoenix
Judy — Best Actress, Renée Zellweger
The Last Black Man in San Francisco — Most Promising Performance
The Lighthouse — Best Cinematography
Midsommar — Best Use of Visual Effects
Missing Link — Best Animated Feature
The Nightingale — Most Promising Performer
Rocketman — Best Costume Design
Toy Story 4 — Best Animated Feature
Transit — Best Foreign Language Film
Waves — Most Promising Performer

About the Chicago Film Critics Association
The Chicago Film Critics Association supports and celebrates quality filmmaking that has something to say about our world, our lives, and our society. In the past, while the CFCA’s priority was to support and fight for the continued role of film critics in the media, the CFCA's public interaction was limited to the announcement of its annual film awards. In recent years, the CFCA has expanded its presence on the Chicago arts scene, promoting critical thinking about cinema to a wider base through several initiatives, including the re-launch of a late-winter film awards ceremony; CFCA-hosted film screenings throughout Chicagoland; and a Young People's Film Criticism Workshop at Facets Multimedia. The annual Chicago Critics Film Festival further builds on the organization’s goal to be an active part of the Chicago film landscape. Learn more at www.chicagofilmcritics.org.