Chicago’s independent critics adored Everything Everywhere All at Once and a smattering of other things.

Awards Tallies

(6) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(3) RRR
(2) Avatar: The Way of Water, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

The Awards

Best Studio Film (over $20M)

RRR

Best Independent Film (under $20M)

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Director

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Actress

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Adapted Screenplay

Women Talking

Best Musical Score

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Original Song

“Naatu Naatu” – RRR

Best Editing

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Cinematography

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Costume Design

The Woman King

Best Makeup

The Batman

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Foreign-Language Film

Decision to Leave

Best Documentary

Fire of Love

Best Ensemble

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Impact Award (positive impact in cinema)

Sergio Mims, the late film critic

Sight Unseen Performance

Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Breakout Artist

Austin Butler

Best Stunts

RRR

Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 2016 (7)