2022 Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) awards: Mia Goth wins Best Actress for ‘Pearl’

The Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) have announced their 2022 film winners with Everything Everywhere All At Once taking their Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor and Original Screenplay awards, as well as Best Sci-Fi Film.

The Best Actress critics race found a new winner among the Blanchetts and Yeohs with Mia Goth for her performance in the A24 horror film Pearl from Ti West. The film is a prequel to West’s X, which also stars Goth and also came out in 2022.

Babylon, The Batman and sequels Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: the Way of Water were multiple award winners today.

Here is the complete list.

Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor: Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Best Actress: Mia Goth, Pearl
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley, Women Talking

Best Animated Film: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Documentary: “Sr.”
Best Foreign Language Film: RRR

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Editing: Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Art Direction: Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, Babylon
Best Costume Design: Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best Make-Up: The Batman
Best Original Score: Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Best Song: “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
Best Sound: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Stunt Work: Top Gun: Maverick

Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance: Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water

Best New Filmmaker: Lee Jung-jae, Hunt

Best First Film: Aftersun
Best Overlooked Film: The Unbearable Weight of Immeasurable Talent

Best Horror Film: Pearl
Best Comic Book Movie: The Batman
Best Sci-Fi Film: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Hawaiian Film: The Wind and the Reckoning (dir. David L. Cunningham) (Hawaii)

Worst Film of 2022: The 355

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