Actor and comedian Deon Cole will return as host of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors set to take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 5, 2023. ABFF’s annual award season gala honors Black artists who have made significant contributions to the motion picture and television industry, as well as those who champion diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.
Cinema Tropical announced its annual list of Best Latin American Films of the Year, comprised of 25 Latin American titles from twelve different countries, plus five U.S. Latinx productions—all of them by female directors—that the New York-based organization has selected as the best of the year.
President Barack Obama’s shared his favorite movies of 2022, an interesting mix of indie films, documentary, foreign movies and Descendant, a film produced by his company Higher Ground.
Everything Everywhere All at Once continues to be a fave with the critics, winning 5 awards with North Texas Film Critics Association 2022 awards, including Best Picture; Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert; Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh; Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan.
The South Korean film Decision to Leave is the top winner with the Florida Film Critics Circle, winning four awards including Best International Film of 2022, Best Director for Park Chan-wook plus Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Jeong Seo-kyeong and Best Cionematography for Kim Ji-yong.
The Woman King was named Best Film of 2022 by the Black Film Critics Circle, besting critics favorite Everything Everywhere All At Once which came in 4th. Other top honors went to Brendan Fraser for Best Actor for The Whale; Danielle Deadwyler for Best Actress for Till and Ke Huy Quan for Best Supporting Actor for Everything Everywhere All At Once.
British-Irish director Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin leads the nominations for the 43rd annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with nine nominations, followed closely with eight nominations, by Scottish debut filmmaker Charlotte Wells’ coming-of-age story Aftersun.
The Nevada Film Critics Society announced its 2022 award winners with top honors for Best Film going to She Said directed by Maria Schrader. The film also nabbed the award for best adapted screenplay.
Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine chose Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, which recently won 7 BIFAs as the Best Film of the Year. Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio give astonishing performances as a father and daughter on holiday in Turkey in the late 1990s, in this moving and reflective feature debut. Alice Diop’s Saint Omer came in at 2nd place and Park Chanwook’s DECISION TO LEAVE in 3rd place.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
The St. Louis Film Critics Association selected Everything Everywhere All at Once as the Best Film of 2022, along with honors of Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay in tie with The Banshees of Inisherin.
The Indiana Film Journalists Association voted Everything Everywhere All at Once as the Best Film of 2022. The film won a total of four honors including Ke Huy Quan for Best Supporting Performance, Paul Rogers for Best Editing and the Original Vision Award, which recognizes a film that is especially distinct and innovative.