3rd annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association awards

Announced January 25, 2005

2004 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners

Best Film
Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up: Sideways and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Direction
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby

Best Lead Performance
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up: Jamie Foxx, Ray

Best Supporting Performance
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner-up: Clive Owen, Closer

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator, Coffee & Cigarettes, and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Runner-up: Jamie Foxx, Collateral and Ray

Best Ensemble
the cast of I Heart Huckabees
Runner-up: the cast of Sideways

Best Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Runner-up: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways

Best Formal Design (for exceptional visual aesthetic)
The Aviator
Runner-up: Hero (Ying xiong)

Best Sound Design (for exceptional aural aesthetic)
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Runner-up: The Village

Breakthrough Film Artist
Zach Braff, Garden State; for acting, writing and directing
Runner-up: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace; for acting)

Top Ten Films
1. Million Dollar Baby
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Sideways
4. The Incredibles
5. The Aviator
5. Before Sunset
5. Closer
8. Dogville
8. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
8. Maria Full of Grace (tie)