2022 Austin Film Critics Association Award Nominations
The AFCA presents their shortlist for the 2022 awards season
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2022 awards nominations today.
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the pack with nominations in 11 categories— including Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Best Original Screenplay. Other films vying for multiple wins include The Banshees of Inisherin (nominations in 7 categories), Tár, and RRR (nominations in 4 categories).
We continue to celebrate the emergence of new creative talents, with nominations for Charlotte Wells (Aftersun), John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal), Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), Domee Shi (Turning Red) and Chloe Okuno (Watcher) in our Best First Film category. We also celebrate the work of those filmmakers based in our own city of Austin, TX, with this year’s nominees for the Best Austin Film award.
The 10 best films of 2022, as voted by our membership, will be unveiled along with the rest of the winners on January 10th.
List of Nominees (all in alphabetical order)
Best Director
- Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Daniels), Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Todd Field, Tár
- Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
- S.S. Rajamouli, RRR
Best Actress
- Cate Blanchett, Tár
- Viola Davis, The Woman King
- Danielle Deadwyler, Till
- Mia Goth, Pearl
- Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor
- Austin Butler, Elvis
- Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
- Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brendan Fraser, The Whale
- Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Best Supporting Actor
- Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
- Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Mark Rylance, Bones and All
- Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress
- Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Janelle Monae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Keke Palmer, Nope
Best Ensemble
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
- The Fabelmans
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Women Talking
Best Original Screenplay
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Daniels), Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Todd Fields, Tár
- Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jordan Peele, Nope
- Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, Women Talking
- Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- David Kajganich, Bones and All
- Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
- Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Cinematography
- Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
- Hoyte van Hotema, Nope
- Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
- Linus Sandgren, Babylon
- Larkin Seiple, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Editing
- Bob Ducsay, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
- A. Sreekar Prasad, RRR
- Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Monika Willi, Tár
Best Original Score
- Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
- Michael Giacchino, The Batman
- M.M. Keeravani, RRR
Best International Film
- Close
- Decision to Leave
- EO
- Holy Spider
- RRR
Best Documentary
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Descendant
- Fire of Love
- Good Night Oppy
- Moonage Daydream
Best Animated Film
- Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Mad God
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Turning Red
Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance
- Stephen Lang, Avatar: The Way of Water
- Ewan McGregor, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Zoe Saldana, Avatar: The Way of Water
- Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Stunt Coordinator
- Timothy Neulich, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Kevin LaRosa Jr. and Casey O’Neill, Top Gun: Maverick
- Nick Powell, RRR
- Daniel Hernandez, The Woman King
- C.C. Smiff & Jón Viðar Arnþórsson, The Northman
Best First Film
- Aftersun, Charlotte Wells
- Emily the Criminal, John Patton Ford
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Dean Fleischer Camp
- Turning Red, Domee Shi
- Watcher, Chloe Okuno
The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
- Austin Butler, Elvis
- Frankie Corio, Aftersun
- Amber Midthunder, Prey
- Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Jenna Ortega, The Fallout, Scream, X, Studio 666
As part of the organization’s annual voting, the Austin Film Critics Association awards titles with local ties — works made by directors who live in Austin. This award is distinct to our group of critics, recognizing the talent of Austin filmmakers, as we celebrate the best films of the year.
In alphabetical order, the five nominees for Best Austin Film 2022 are:
- Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
- Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
- Descendant
- Shouting Down Midnight
- There There
The AFS Cinema here in Austin, TX, will be hosting a special screening of the winning film from this category on January 22nd.
The AFCA will announce the 2022 award winners, including the Austin Film Award, their Top 10 Films of 2022, and special awards on Tuesday, Jan 10th.
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