Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2003

CFCA Award

Date:	24 February (announced: 8 January)
Location:	Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Notes:	For the first time ever winners are being announced before the annual awards ceremony.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Far from Heaven (2002)
Other Nominees:
	About Schmidt (2002) Adaptation. (2002) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) Pianist, The (2002)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Gangs of New York (2002) - Daniel Day-Lewis
Other Nominees:
	About a Boy (2002) - Hugh Grant (I) About Schmidt (2002) - Jack Nicholson Adaptation. (2002) - Nicolas Cage Pianist, The (2002) - Adrien Brody

Best Actress


Winner:
	Far from Heaven (2002) - Julianne Moore (I)
Other Nominees:
	Chicago (2002) - Renée Zellweger Frida (2002) - Salma Hayek Hours, The (2002) - Nicole Kidman Unfaithful (2002) - Diane Lane (I)

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Far from Heaven (2002) - Dennis Quaid
Other Nominees:
	Adaptation. (2002) - Chris Cooper (I) Auto Focus (2002) - Willem Dafoe Frida (2002) - Alfred Molina (I) Road to Perdition (2002) - Paul Newman (I)

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Adaptation. (2002) - Meryl Streep
Other Nominees:
	About Schmidt (2002) - Kathy Bates (I) Far from Heaven (2002) - Patricia Clarkson Hours, The (2002) - Julianne Moore (I) Lovely & Amazing (2001) - Emily Mortimer

Best Director


Winner:
	Far from Heaven (2002) - Todd Haynes
Other Nominees:
	About Schmidt (2002) - Alexander Payne (I) Gangs of New York (2002) - Martin Scorsese Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) - Peter Jackson (I) Pianist, The (2002) - Roman Polanski Punch-Drunk Love (2002) - Paul Thomas Anderson

Most Promising Director


Winner:
	Roger Dodger (2002) - Dylan Kidd
Other Nominees:
	Atanarjuat (2001) - Zacharias Kunuk Believer, The (2001) - Henry Bean Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) - George Clooney Frailty (2001) - Bill Paxton

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Adaptation. (2002) - Charlie Kaufman; Donald Kaufman
Other Nominees:
	About a Boy (2002) - Peter Hedges (II); Chris Weitz; Paul Weitz About Schmidt (2002) - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III) Far from Heaven (2002) - Todd Haynes Punch-Drunk Love (2002) - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Far from Heaven (2002) - Edward Lachman
Other Nominees:
	Gangs of New York (2002) - Michael Ballhaus (I) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) - Andrew Lesnie Minority Report (2002) - Janusz Kaminski (I) Road to Perdition (2002) - Conrad L. Hall

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Far from Heaven (2002) - Elmer Bernstein
Other Nominees:
	Hours, The (2002) - Philip Glass Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) - Howard Shore Punch-Drunk Love (2002) - Jon Brion Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) - Joe Hisaishi

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Other Nominees:
	ABC Africa (2001) Comedian (2002) Kid Stays in the Picture, The (2002) Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Y tu mamá también (2001) - Mexico/USA.
Other Nominees:
	8 femmes (2002) - France. Atanarjuat (2001) - Canada. Hable con ella (2002) - Spain. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) - Japan.

Most Promising Performer


Winner:
	Adaptation. (2002) - Maggie Gyllenhaal - Also for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and Secretary (2002).
Other Nominees:
	8 Mile (2002) - Eminem Antwone Fisher (2002) - Derek Luke Believer, The (2001) - Ryan Gosling (I) - Also for Murder by Numbers (2002). Crimen del padre Amaro, El (2002) - Gael García Bernal - Also for Y tu mamá también (2001).