title: Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004
text: # Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004
  
  17th CFCA Awards
  
  2005
  
  Best Film:
  
  Sideways
  
  The 17th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, presented in 2005, honored the best in film for 2004.
  
  ## Winners
  
  ### Best Actor
  
  Paul Giamatti - Sideways
  
  ### Best Actress
  
  Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
  
  * Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
  * Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  * Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
  * Annette Bening – Being Julia
  
  ### Best Cinematography (TIE)
  
  Robert Richardson - The Aviator
  
  Christopher Doyle - Ying xiong (Hero)
  
  ### Best Director
  
  Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
  
  ### Best Documentary Feature
  
  Fahrenheit 9/11
  
  ### Best Film
  
  Sideways
  
  ### Best Foreign Language Film
  
  Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement), France/United States
  
  ### Best Original Score
  
  Howard Shore - The Aviator
  
  ### Best Screenplay
  
  Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
  
  ### Best Supporting Actor
  
  Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
  
  ### Best Supporting Actress
  
  Virginia Madsen - Sideways
  
  ### Most Promising Filmmaker
  
  Zach Braff - Garden State
  
  ### Most Promising Performer
  
  Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
  
  