Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2001

CFCA Award

Date:	26 February
Host:	Fred Willard
Location:	Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Almost Famous (2000)
Other Nominees:
	Traffic (2000) Wo hu cang long (2000) Wonder Boys (2000) You Can Count on Me (2000)

Most Promising Actor


Winner:
	Patrick Fugit
Other Nominees:
	Jamie Bell (I) Robert Brown (VI) Hugh Jackman Tim Blake Nelson

Best Actor


Winner:
	Cast Away (2000) - Tom Hanks
Other Nominees:
	Before Night Falls (2000) - Javier Bardem Quills (2000) - Geoffrey Rush Wonder Boys (2000) - Michael Douglas (I) You Can Count on Me (2000) - Mark Ruffalo

Most Promising Actress


Winner:
	Ziyi Zhang
Other Nominees:
	Björk Iben Hjejle Kate Hudson (I) Michelle Rodriguez (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Ellen Burstyn
Other Nominees:
	Contender, The (2000) - Joan Allen (I) Dancer in the Dark (2000) - Björk Erin Brockovich (2000) - Julia Roberts (I) You Can Count on Me (2000) - Laura Linney

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Traffic (2000) - Benicio Del Toro
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Philip Seymour Hoffman Erin Brockovich (2000) - Albert Finney High Fidelity (2000) - Jack Black (I) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - Willem Dafoe

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Frances McDormand
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Kate Hudson (I) Billy Elliot (2000) - Julie Walters (I) Traffic (2000) - Catherine Zeta-Jones Wo hu cang long (2000) - Ziyi Zhang

Best Director


Winner:
	Traffic (2000) - Steven Soderbergh
Other Nominees:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Cameron Crowe Cast Away (2000) - Robert Zemeckis Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Darren Aronofsky Wo hu cang long (2000) - Ang Lee

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Almost Famous (2000) - Cameron Crowe
Other Nominees:
	State and Main (2000) - David Mamet Traffic (2000) - Stephen Gaghan Wonder Boys (2000) - Steve Kloves You Can Count on Me (2000) - Kenneth Lonergan

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Wo hu cang long (2000) - Peter Pau
Other Nominees:
	Cast Away (2000) - Don Burgess Gladiator (2000) - John Mathieson O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - Roger Deakins Traffic (2000) - Steven Soderbergh

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Wo hu cang long (2000) - Tan Dun
Other Nominees:
	Dancer in the Dark (2000) - Björk; Lars von Trier; Sjón Sigurdsson Gladiator (2000) - Hans Zimmer; Lisa Gerrard O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - Carter Burwell; T-Bone Burnett Virgin Suicides, The (1999) - Jean-Benoît Dunckel; Nicolas Godin

Best Documentary


Winners:
	Filth and the Fury, The (2000) Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, The (1998)
Other Nominees:
	42: Forty Two Up (1998) (TV) Dark Days (2000) Original Kings of Comedy, The (2000)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Wo hu cang long (2000) - Ang Lee
Other Nominees:
	Bad ma ra khahad bord (1999) - Abbas Kiarostami Beau travail (1999) - Claire Denis Fille sur le pont, La (1999) - Patrice Leconte Yi yi (2000) - Edward Yang