In their 16th annual awards season, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists awarded The Banshees of Inishern the top honor – Best Film of 2022. Overall, three films – The Banshees of Inishern, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Women Talking tied for the most Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards, each winning four EDAs.
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.
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 Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) awarded Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, the top honor of Best Picture of 2022. The film also received Best Actor for Colin Farrell, Best Supporting Actress for Kerry Condon, and Best Screenplay for McDonagh.
Phoenix Critics Circle awarded The Banshees of Inisherin, the top honor of Best Picture of 2022 along with Best Screenplay for Martin Mcdonagh.
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.
Canadian director and screenwriter David Cronenberg will receive a Donostia Award at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, and screen his latest film Crimes of the Future (2022), starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart which competed at Cannes Film Festival.
Neon debuted the official trailer for Crimes of the Future, the horror film directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart. The film will premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival before opening in theaters on June 3rd.
Cannes Film Festival announced the Official Selection for the 75th edition of the festival. Michel Hazanavicius’ zombie comedy Z (Comme Z) starring Bérénice Bejo and Romain Duris will open the festival Out of Competition.
Neon debuted the official teaser trailer for Crimes of the Future, the horror film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, along with Kristen Stewart. Crimes of the Future will world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.