2022 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) winners

Everything Everywhere All At Once and The Banshees of Inisherin topped the 2022 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) winners with three awards apiece in a ceremony held on Saturday, February 18 at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH).

Everything Everywhere All At Once was named Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan while The Banshees of Inisherin won Best Actor for Colin Farrell, Best Supporting Actress for Kerry Condon and Best Screenplay for director Martin McDonagh.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and RRR were double winners with Animated. Feature and Original Score for the former and Original Song and Foreign Language Feature for the latter.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once

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

Best Actor: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Animated Feature: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Documentary: Good Night Oppy
Best Foreign Language Feature: RRR

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Original Song: “Naatu Naatu” from RRR
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Ensemble Cast: Women Talking

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