NYFCC 2022 Award Winners

Keith NoakesDecember 2, 2022n/a5 min

Read our complete list of the winners of the New York Film Critics Circle annual awards:

Best Film: “Tár” (Focus Features)

Best Director: S. S. Rajamouli, “RRR” (Variance Films)

Best Actor: Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) and “After Yang” (A24)

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Tár” (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Best Supporting Actress: Keke Palmer, “Nope” (Universal Pictures)

Best Screenplay: “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) – Martin McDonagh

Best Animated Film:Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)

Best Cinematography: “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) – Claudio Miranda

Best First Film: “Aftersun” (A24) – Charlotte Wells

Best International: “EO” (Poland)

Best Non-Fiction Film: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (Neon)

Special mention: The NYFCC awards cash prizes to two students focusing on film criticism/journalism attending college in the region. This year’s winners are Undergraduate, Nico Pedrero-Setzer and Graduate, Greg Nussen.

Special Award 1: Jake Perlin, curator, distributor, publisher, in recognition of his indispensable contributions to film culture.

Special Award 2: dGenerate Films, For their invaluable work bringing independent films from China to a wider audience.

Special Award 3: Jafar Panahi, for his dogged bravery as an artist, and for the humanity and beauty of a body of work created under the most oppressive circumstances.

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


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