The Chicago Indie Critics Impact Award for 2024 goes to Kyle Cubr of the Music Box Theatre for programming Godzilla vs. Music Box!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Original Song goes to "Compress/Repress" by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor from Challengers!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Original Score goes to Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Sound goes to Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill for Dune: Part Two!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Stunts goes to Udeh Nans for Monkey Man!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Visual Effects goes to Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer for Dune: Part Two!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Makeup goes to Pierre-Olivier Persin for The Substance!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Costume Design goes to Linda Muir for Nosferatu!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Editing goes to Marco Costa for Challengers!

We promise that ties are rare, 2024 was just such a great year that we ended up with two of them The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Production Design goes to both Judy Becker for The Brutalist and Craig Lathrop for Nosferatu!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Cinematography goes to Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Sight Unseen Performance (awarded to voice performers) goes to Lupita Nyong'o for her work in The Wild Robot!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Breakout Artist goes to Coralie Fargeat for writing and directing The Substance!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Breakout Performer goes to Clarence Maclin for his performance in Sing Sing!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Ensemble goes to casting director (and director of the film) Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Supporting Actor goes to both Clarence Maclin for Singing and Guy Pearce for The Brutalist in a rare tie!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Margaret Qualley for The Substance!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Actor goes to Adrien Brody for The Bruatlist!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Actress goes to Demi Moore for The Substance!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to Coralie Fargeat for The Substance!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Director goes to Coralie Fargeat for The Substance!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Animated Film goes to The Wild Robot!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Documentary goes to Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best International Film goes to Flow!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Studio Film goes to Dune: Part Two!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Award for Best Independent Film goes to The Substance!

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for The Impact Award (Awarded to individuals or groups who have made a positive impact on the local Chicago cinema scene)

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Original Song

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Score

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Sound

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Stunts

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Visual Effects

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Supporting Actress

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Makeup

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Costume Design

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Editing

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Production Design

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Cinematography

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Sight Unseen Performance (awarded to actor's delivering voice only performances)

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Breakout Artist

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Breakout Performance

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Ensemble (awarded to casting directors)

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Supporting Actor

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Actress

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Actor

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Original Screenplay

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Director

The Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2024 nominees for Best Animated Film