2022 North Carolina Film Critics Association nominations

The North Carolina Film Critics Association nominations are out and Everything Everywhere All At Once was the overwhelming leader with 17 nominations. Top Gun: Maverick was the next up with nine and The Banshees of Inisherin with eight.

The group’s Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award nominees, which honors an artist from North Carolina, are Aldis Hodge (Black Adam), Earl Owensby (Owner of Earl Owensby Studios), Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway, Bullet Train), Jonathan Majors (Devotion) and Evan Rachel Wood (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Phoenix Rising).

Winners will be announced January 3, 2023. Here is the complete list of nominations.

Best Narrative Film

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Nope
RRR
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Director

Todd Field, TÁR
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jordan Peele, Nope
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Daniel Kaluuya, Nope

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Mia Goth, Pearl
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jessie Buckley, Women Talking
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Vocal Performance in Animation or Mixed Media

Ewan McGregor, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red
Sandra Oh, Turning Red
Sam Rockwell, The Bad Guys

Best Acting Ensemble

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jordan Peele, Nope
Todd Field, TÁR
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, Top Gun: Maverick
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
David Kajganich, Bones and All
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said

Best Animated Film

Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Bad Guys
Turning Red

Best Documentary Film

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

Best Foreign Language Film

All Quiet on the Western Front
Close
EO
RRR
Decision to Leave

Best Cinematographer

Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
Larkin Seiple, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Hoyte van Hoytema, Nope
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Linus Sandgren, Babylon

Best Editing

Tom Cross, Babylon
Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa, Elvis
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Monika Willi, TÁR
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Costume Design

Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Catherine Martin, Elvis
Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Gersha Phillips, The Woman King
Mary Zophres, Babylon

Best Production Design

Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Batman

Best Hair and Makeup

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Batman

Best Score

Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Michael Giacchino, The Batman
M. M. Keeravani, RRR
John Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Original Song

“Naatu Naatu” (RRR)
“Hold My Hand” (Top Gun: Maverick)
“new body rhumba” (White Noise)
“This is a Life” (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
“Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” (Avatar: The Way of Water)

Best Sound Design

Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Special Effects

Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman

Best Stunt Coordination

Timothy Eulich, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nick Powell, RRR
Robert Alonzo, The Batman
Danny Hernandez, The Woman King
Casey O’Neill, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Directorial Debut

Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Domee Shi, Turning Red
John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal
Parker Finn, Smile
Zach Cregger, Barbarian

Best Breakthrough Performance

Amber Midthunder, Prey
Austin Butler, Elvis
Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans

Lifetime Achievement: Composer

Carter Burwell
Danny Elfman
Ennio Morricone
John Williams
Hans Zimmer

The Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award

Aldis Hodge (Black Adam)
Earl Owensby (Owner of Earl Owensby Studios)
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway, Bullet Train)
Jonathan Majors (Devotion)
Evan Rachel Wood (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Phoenix Rising)

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