2022-2023 Award Season Wrap-Up Part 2

Keith NoakesDecember 24, 2022n/a16 min

Check this wrap-up of some recent 2022 critic group Winners, featuring the Nevada Film Critics Society, North Texas Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Black Film Critics Circle.


Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) Winners

Best Film: She Said

Best Director: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Sheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor: Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Sheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Adapted Screenplay: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said

Best Documentary: Good Night Oppy

Best Animated Movie: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Production Design: Rick Carter, The Fabelmans

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever


North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Winners

Best Picture
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
The Menu
She Said
The Whale

Best Director
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Jeremy Pope- The Inspection

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Olivia Colman – Empire of Light
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actress
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan – She Said

Best Animated Film
The Bad Guys
Luck
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Turning Red

Best Documentary
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Descendant
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Holy Spider
RRR

Best Cinematographer
Roger Deakins – Empire of Light
Larkin Seiple – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Janusz Kaminski – The Fabelmans
Jarin Blaschke – The Northman
Claudio Miranda- Top Gun: Maverick

Best Newcomer
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King
Jenna Ortega – X
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy

Gary Murray Award (Best Ensemble)
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu


Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners

Best Picture
Aftersun
Decision to Leave (Runner Up)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Winner)
Tár
The Fabelmans

Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin (Winner)
Brendan Fraser – The Whale (Runner Up Tie)
Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave (Runner Up Tie)
Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Tár (Winner)
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Tang Wei – Decision to Leave (Runner Up)
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans (Runner Up)
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once (Winner)

Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking (Winner TIE)
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nina Hoss – Tár (Winner TIE)
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Ensemble
Babylon (Runner Up)
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Winner)
The Fabelmans

Best Director
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave (Winner)
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans (Runner Up)
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh (Runner Up Tie)
Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-Gyeong (Winner)
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Runner Up Tie)
The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
Tár – Todd Field

Best Adapted Screenplay
Three Thousand Years of Longing – George Miller, Augusta Gore (Runner Up Tie)
Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick Hale
She Said – Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Runner Up Tie)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson
Women Talking – Sarah Polley (Winner)

Best Cinematography
Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong (Winner)
Empire of Light – Roger Deakins
The Fabelmans – Janusz Kamiński
Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda (Runner Up)

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water (Winner)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope (Runner Up)
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Art Direction/Production Design
Babylon (Winner)
Crimes of the Future (Runner Up)
Elvis
RRR

Best Score
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz (Winner)
Empire of Light – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Runner Up Tie)
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux
The Fabelmans – John Williams
Nope – Michael Abels (Runner Up Tie)

Best Documentary Film
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Winner)
Descendant
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream

Best Foreign Language Film
Decision to Leave (Winner)
Playground
RRR
Saint Omer

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Inu-Oh
Marcel the Shell with Shoes
Turning Red (Winner)

Best First Film
Aftersun – Charlotte Wells (Winner)
Causeway – Lila Neugebauer
Emily the Criminal – John Patton Ford (Runner Up)
You Won’t Be Alone – Goran Stolevski

Breakout Award
Austin Butler – Elvis (Winner)
Anna Cobb – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Frankie Corio – Aftersun (Runner Up)
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once


Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) Winners

Best Film: The Woman King

Best Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King

Best Actor: Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Best Actress: Danielle Deadwyler – Till

Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Original Screenplay: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Adapted Screenplay: (Tie) The Whale and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Cinematography: Top Gun: Maverick

Best Documentary: Fire of Love

Best Animated: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Foreign Film: RRR

Best Ensemble: The Woman King

BFCC Signature Awards:

PIONEER – Viola Davis

This year’s BFCC Pioneer Award is given to Viola Davis who, to quote BFCC Member K.A. GRANT (KAGrant.com), “The Woman King was truly a labor of love for her as a producer and as an actress. Not only did she work tirelessly to bring this story to life, but she changed her physical appearance to be combat ready for the film. Her contribution is immeasurable in what she has done for black women on the big screen. Her passion, and dedication to her craft embodies the very essence of the word Pioneer.”

RISING STAR – Adamma Ebo

This year’s BFCC Rising star Award for producing, writing, directing, goes to – Adamma Ebo for her feature-length directorial debut for “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul” to quote BFCC Member Harrison Martin, (FLIXFROG), “A truly outstanding film that is well-written, acted, and directed. This is a great example of improving on a short film while keeping the same message.”

SPECIAL MENTION – Nikyatu Jusu

Special Mention this year goes to Nikyatu Jusu, for her horror film “Nanny” which was the first horror film to win Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize, is a deeply personal look at the American immigrant experience through the eyes of its lead character Immigrant nanny Aisha.

BLACK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE TOP TEN FILMS OF 2022

1. The Woman King
2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
3. Top Gun: Maverick
4. Everything Everywhere All At Once
5. RRR
6. Nope
7. Avatar: The Way of Water
8. Women Talking
9. Till
10. The Batman

For all the key dates for this upcoming awards season, click here.

*still courtesy of Elevation Pictures*


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