# Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2018

The 31st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2018. The awards honor the best in film for 2018. The nominations were announced on December 7. Roma received the most nominations (9), followed by The Favourite (7) and A Star Is Born (7).

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 31st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

### Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez, and Nicolas Celis The Favourite – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos First Reformed – Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Victoria Hill, Gary Hamilton, Deepak Sikka, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, and Frank Murray Hereditary – Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, and Buddy Patrick A Star Is Born – Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, and Lynette Howell Taylor | Alfonso Cuarón – Roma Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here Paul Schrader – First Reformed |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ethan Hawke – First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born as Jackson Maine Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here as Joe | Toni Collette – Hereditary as Annie Graham Yalitza Aparicio – Roma as Cleo Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine Regina Hall – Support the Girls as Lisa Conroy Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy as Nic Sheff Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther as N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens Steven Yeun – Burning as Ben | Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Anne, Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth Debicki – Widows as Alice Gunner Zoe Kazan – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Alice Longabaugh Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| First Reformed – Paul Schrader Eighth Grade – Bo Burnham The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara Roma – Alfonso Cuarón Vice – Adam McKay | If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins based on the novel by James Baldwin BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee based on the memoir by Ron Stallworth Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty based on the memoir by Lee Israel The Death of Stalin – Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, and Ian Martin based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin A Star Is Born – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters based on the script of the 1937 film of the same name by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson Ralph Breaks the Internet – Rich Moore and Phil Johnston Ruben Brandt, Collector – Milorad Krstić [hu; de] | Roma (Mexico) in Spanish – Directed by Alfonso Cuarón Burning (South Korea) in Korean – Directed by Lee Chang-dong Capernaum (Lebanon) in Arabic – Directed by Nadine Labaki Cold War (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski Shoplifters (Japan) in Japanese – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| Best Documentary Film | Best Original Score |
| Minding the Gap – Bing Liu Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin RBG – Betsy West and Julie Cohen Three Identical Strangers – Tim Wardle Won't You Be My Neighbor? – Morgan Neville | If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell First Man – Justin Hurwitz Mandy – Jóhann Jóhannsson Suspiria – Thom Yorke You Were Never Really Here – Jonny Greenwood |
| Best Production Design | Best Editing |
| The Favourite – Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton Annihilation – Production Design: Mark Digby; Set Decoration: Michelle Day Black Panther – Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart Paddington 2 – Production Design: Gary Williamson; Set Decoration: Cathy Cosgrove Roma – Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Barbara Enriquez | Roma – Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough First Man – Tom Cross The Other Side of the Wind – Bob Murawski and Orson Welles Widows – Joe Walker You Were Never Really Here – Joe Bini |
| Best Cinematography | Best Use of Visual Effects |
| Roma – Alfonso Cuarón Cold War – Łukasz Żal The Favourite – Robbie Ryan First Man – Linus Sandgren If Beale Street Could Talk – James Laxton | Annihilation Black Panther First Man Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paddington 2 |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Most Promising Performer |
| Ari Aster – Hereditary Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Bing Liu – Minding the Gap Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You | Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade Yalitza Aparicio – Roma Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman and Monsters and Men |

## Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Roma |
| 7 | The Favourite |
| 7 | A Star Is Born |
| 4 | First Man |
| 4 | First Reformed |
| 4 | If Beale Street Could Talk |
| 4 | You Were Never Really Here |
| 3 | Black Panther |
| 3 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
| 3 | Eighth Grade |
| 3 | Hereditary |
| 2 | Annihilation |
| 2 | BlacKkKlansman |
| 2 | Burning |
| 2 | Cold War |
| 2 | Minding the Gap |
| 2 | Paddington 2 |
| 2 | Vice |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Film |
| 5 | Roma |
| 2 | The Favourite |
| 2 | First Reformed |
| 2 | Hereditary |
| 2 | If Beale Street Could Talk |