The Banshees of Inisherin is the top film at the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association’s fifth annual end-of-year Film Awards, receiving 5 wins including Best Picture of 2022, along with Best Director plus Original Screenplay for Martin McDonagh, Lead Actor for Colin Farrell, and Supporting Actress for Kerry Condon.
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.
Everything Everywhere All at Once snagged nine awards along with the honor of Best Narrative Film of 2023 at the North Carolina Film Critics Association eleventh annual awards for achievements in film. The film also won Best Director for the Daniels, Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actress for Stephanie Hsu, Best Original Screenplay, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Editing, and Best Production Design. Nine wins is the most for any film in the history of the North Carolina Film Critics Association’s Best of Cinema annual honors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Everything Everywhere All at Once was voted the best film of 2022 by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association according to the results of its 29th annual critics’ poll. The film also won Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan.
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.