The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2022 awards nominations today where EverythingEverywhereAll 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).
The 10 best films of 2022 will be revealed along with the rest of the winners on January 10.
Best Director
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 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, 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
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