Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) have announced their winners for their 2024 Windie Awards. The winners are…

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

Anora

The Brutalist

I Saw the TV Glow

Sing Sing

The Substance **

BEST STUDIO FILM

Challengers

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two**

Nosferatu

Wicked

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

All We Imagine as Light

Emilia Pérez

Flow**

Kneecap

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Daughters

Music by John Williams

Sugarcane

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story**

Will & Harper

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot**

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**

Timothée 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** (TIE)

Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist** (TIE)

Bill Skarsgård –  Nosferatu

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson

Aunjunue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys

Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked

Margaret Qualley – The Substance**

Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST ENSEMBLE

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Saturday Night

Sing Sing

Wicked

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMER

Yura 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** (TIE)

Conclave – Suzie Davies and Roberta Federico

Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop** (TIE)

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, Christian 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 “Raffertie” 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

WINDIE AWARD WINNERS BY THE NUMBERS:

7: The Substance

3: The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, Sing Sing The Wild Robot

2: Challengers

1: Flow, Monkey Man, Nickel Boys, Super/Man

News Update Courtesy of Adam Patla

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