Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2010

23rd CFCA Awards

December 20, 2010

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Best Film:
The Social Network

The 23rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were announced on December 20, 2010.^[1][2][3]

Winners and nominees

David Fincher, Best Director winner

Colin Firth, Best Actor winner

Natalie Portman, Best Actress winner

Christian Bale, Best Supporting Actor winner

Hailee Steinfeld, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Actor

Colin Firth – The King's Speech

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
• James Franco – 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Best Actress

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

• Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Lesley Manville – Another Year
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 3

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Tangled

Best Cinematography

Inception – Wally Pfister

• Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
• Shutter Island – Robert Richardson
• The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
• True Grit – Roger Deakins

Best Director

David Fincher – The Social Network

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Debra Granik – Winter's Bone
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan – Inception

Best Documentary Film

Exit Through the Gift Shop

• Inside Job
• Restrepo
• The Tillman Story
• Waiting for "Superman"

Best Film

The Social Network

• Black Swan
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• Winter's Bone

Best Foreign Language Film

A Prophet, France

• Biutiful, Mexico
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sweden
• I Am Love, Italy
• Mother, South Korea

Best Original Score

Black Swan – Clint Mansell

• I Am Love – John Adams
• Inception – Hans Zimmer
• The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• True Grit – Carter Burwell

Best Screenplay – Adapted

The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

• Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire
• Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt
• True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best Screenplay – Original

Inception – Christopher Nolan

• Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
• Four Lions – Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, and Sam Bain
• The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech – David Seidler

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter

• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
• John Hawkes – Winter's Bone
• Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

• Amy Adams – The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
• Melissa Leo – The Fighter
• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Most Promising Filmmaker

Derek Cianfrance – Blue Valentine

• Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
• David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
• Aaron Schneider – Get Low
• John Wells – The Company Men

Most Promising Performer

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone

• Armie Hammer – The Social Network
• Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
• Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

References

1. "Chicago Film Critics interface with Social Network, Inception, Black Swan". AwardsDaily. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
2. Ng, Philiana (December 22, 2010). "Chicago Film Critics Friend 'The Social Network'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
3. "Chicago Film Critics hail 'Social Network'". Archived from the original on July 15, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.

External links

• chicagofilmcritics.org