Below are the nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Association awards.

Nomination Tallies

(6) Up in the Air; Where the Wild Things Are
(5) The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds
(4) A Serious Man
(3) An Education; The Informant!; Precious; Up

The Nominations

Best Picture:
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man

Best Actress:
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor:
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Julianne Moore – A Single Man
Natalie Portman – Brothers

Best Original Screenplay:
Away We Go
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up

Best Adapted Screenplay:
An Education
In the Loop
The Informant!
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Foreign Language Film:
Broken Embraces
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon

Best Documentary:
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson

Best Animated Feature:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up

Best Cinematography:
Avatar
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Score:
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Informant!
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

Most Promising Performer:
Sharlto Copley – District 9
Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious

Most Promising Filmmaker:
Neill Blomkamp – District 9
Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart
Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
Duncan Jones – Moon
Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer