
Celine Song’s Past Lives was named film of the year by the Dublin Film Critics Circle, representing Ireland’s professional film critics. Song also won best director.

Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the nominations for the 2022 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) awards with a total of 11 nominations including Best Picture. With eleven total nominations, Everything Everywhere All at Once boasts recognition for both craft (Director, Screenplay, Editing and more) and the film’s entire lead ensemble, earning acting nominations for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu.

Inspection, Till, and Causeway are among the films recognized by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) at the 14th annual AAFCA Awards. Till received a special Impact Award along with Best Actress for Danielle Deadwyler and the Emerging Face award for Jaylin Hall.

The Directors Guild of America announced the nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2022 and for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-time Theatrical Feature Film for 2022.

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.

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.

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.