David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, and Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun took the top spots among films released in 2022 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not announced stateside distribution, David Easteal’s The Plains, Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, and Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen received the top rankings.
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced the winners representing the best in film for 2022, honoring The Banshees Of Inisherin as the Best Picture of the year. The film also won the honors of Best Actor for Colin Farrell, Best Supporting Actor for Brendan Gleeson and Best Screenplay for Martin McDonagh who also tied with The Daniels of Everything Everywhere All At Once for Best Director.
Return to Seoul directed by Davy Chou was named Best Film of 2022 by the Boston Society of Film Critics. In the film, a 25-year-old French woman returns to South Korea, where she was born, for the very first time and decides to look for her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Everything Everywhere All at Once and Tár tied for the top honor of Best Picture of the Year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
The National Board of Review announced their 2022 honorees, with top awards including Top Gun: Maverick for Best Film; Steven Spielberg for Best Director for The Fabelmans; Colin Farrell for Best Actor for The Banshees of Inisherin; and Michelle Yeoh for Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 95th Academy Awards.
New York Film Critics Circle named Tár, the drama film directed by Todd Field as Best Film of 2022, and Cate Blanchett received Best Actress honors for her performance as musician Lydia Tár in the film.
Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love leads the nominations for the 38th annual International Documentary Association (IDA)Documentary Awards, earning 5 nods including Best Feature Documentary, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Writing.
Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love and Alex Pritz’ The Territory lead the nominees for the 16th Cinema Eye Honors Annual Awards celebrating outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking, with seven nominations each, tying the record for most Cinema Eye nominations in a single year. Shaunak Sen’s Cannes-winning feature, All That Breathes, received six nominations, and Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, received four.
