Apart from the unusual love for Knives Out, most of these awards went to either expected choices or existing frontrunners.

Award Tallies

(4) Knives Out, Parasite
(3) Little Women, 1917
(2) Us

The Awards

Best Independent Film (under $20M)

Parasite

Best Studio Film (over $20M)

Knives Out

Best Animated Film

I Lost My Body

Best Director

TIE:
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Greta Gerwig – Little Women

Best Actor

Adam Driver – Marriage Story

Best Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – Us

Best Supporting Actor

Song Kang-ho – Parasite

Best Supporting Actress

Zhao Shuzhen – The Farewell

Best Original Screenplay

Knives Out

Best Adapted Screenplay

Little Women

Best Musical Score

Us

Best Original Song

“I Punched Keanu Reeves” – Always Be My Maybe

Best Editing

1917

Best Cinematography

1917

Best Production Design

Knives Out

Best Costume Design

Dolemite Is My Name

Best Makeup

Bombshell

Best Visual Effects

1917

Best Foreign-Language Film

Parasite

Best Documentary

Apollo 11

Best Ensemble

Knives Out

Impact Award (positive impact in cinema)

Lulu Wang

Trailblazer Award (audacious artist/film)

Greta Gerwig

Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 2016 (4)