2022 Chicago Film Critics nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ leads with 12

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2022; winners will be announced at the organization’s annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Wednesday, December 14.

Leading with a new record of 12 total nominations (over 2021 record-holder West Side Story) is Everything Everywhere All at Once; other films earning multiple nominations include Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin (7), Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun (6) and Babylon, Decision to Leave and TÁR (5 each). A complete list of nominees is below.

Comprised of voting members who represent outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, RogerEbert.com, The A.V Club, Vulture, NPR, and many more, the Chicago Film Critics Association annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. With a particular focus on emerging talents, the CFCA also presents breakthrough awards to both an actor and filmmaker with the most promise for future career achievements. 

The 2022 Chicago Film Critics Awards again honor a broad list of films and creators, with a total of 43 films nominated across nineteen categories. With 24 nominations, A24 is the most recognized studio this year. Of note this year is the category breakdown between nominees for Best Picture (Aftersun | The Banshees of Inisherin | Decision to Leave | Everything Everywhere All at Once | TÁR) and Best Director, where both Sarah Polley (Women Talking) and S.S. Rojamouli (RRR) break into the latter category for their work behind the camera.

The complete list of 2022 Chicago Film Critics Awards nominations is as follows:

BEST PICTURE

• Aftersun
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Decision to Leave
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• TÁR

BEST DIRECTOR

• Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Todd Field, TÁR
• Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
• Sarah Polley, Women Talking
• S.S. Rajamouli, RRR

BEST ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett, TÁR
• Ana de Armas, Blonde
• Mia Goth, Pearl
• Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
• Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ACTOR

• Austin Butler, Elvis
• Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brendan Fraser, The Whale
• Paul Mescal, Aftersun
• Bill Nighy, Living

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Hong Chau, The Whale
• Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
• Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Mark Rylance, Bones and All

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood 
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
• Mad God 
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Turning Red

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
• Bad Axe
• Descendant
• Fire of Love
• Moonage Daydream

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths
• Close
• Decision to Leave
• Happening
• RRR
• Saint Omer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• After Yang by Kogonada
• Bones and All by David Kajganich
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale
• Women Talking by Sarah Polley

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Aftersun by Charlotte Wells
• The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh
• Everything Everywhere All at Once by The Daniels
• The Fabelmans by Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg
• TÁR by Todd Field

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Babylon, Linus Sandgren
• Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths, Darius Khondji
• Decision to Leave, Kim Ji-Yong
• Everything Everywhere All at Once, Larkin Seiple
• Top Gun: Maverick, Claudio Miranda

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
• The Banshees of Inisherin, Carter Burwell
• The Batman, Michael Giacchino
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Alexandre Desplat
• RRR, M.M. Kreem

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

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

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Babylon, Mary Zophres
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ruth E. Carter
• Corsage, Monika Buttinger
• Everything Everywhere All at Once, Shirley Kurata
• The Northman, Linda Muir

BEST EDITING

• Aftersun, Blair McClendon
• Babylon, Tom Cross
• Decision to Leave, Kim Sang-beom
• Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paul Rogers
• TÁR, Monika Willi

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS

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

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER

• Alice Diop, Saint Omer
• Audrey Diwan, Happening
• John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal
• Jane Schoenbrun, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
• Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

Austin Butler, Elvis

• Frankie Corio, Aftersun
• Danielle Deadwyler, Till
• Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Amber Midthunder, Prey

NOMINATION TOTALS

12 – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Picture | Best Director (Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) | Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh) | Best Supporting Actress (Stephanie Hsu) | Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan) | Best Original Screenplay (The Daniels) | Best Cinematography | Best Art Direction/Production Design | Best Editing | Best Costume Design (Shirley Kurata) | Best Use of Digital Effects | Most Promising Performer (Stephanie Hsu)

7 – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Picture | Best Actor (Colin Farrell) | Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) | Best Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson; Barry Keoghan) | Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh) | Best Original Score (Carter Burwell)

6 – AFTERSUN

Best Picture | Best Actor (Paul Mescal) | Best Original Screenplay (Charlotte Wells) | Best Editing (Blair McClendon) | Breakthrough Filmmaker Awards (Charlotte Wells) | Most Promising Performer (Frankie Corio)

5 – BABYLON

Best Cinematography (Linus Sandgren) | Best Original Score (Justin Hurwitz) | Best Art Direction/Production Design | Best Costume Design (Mary Zophres) | Best Editing (Tom Cross)

    DECISION TO LEAVE

Best Picture | Best Director (Park Chan-wook) | Best Foreign Language Film | Best Cinematography (Kim Ji-Yong) | Best Editing (Kim Sang-beom) 

    TÁR

Best Picture | Best Director (Todd Field) | Best Actress (Cate Blanchett) | Best Original Screenplay (Todd Field) | Best Editing (Monika Willi) 

4 – RRR

Best Director (S.S. Rajamouli) | Best Foreign Language Film | Best Original Score (M.M. Kreem) | Best Use of Visual Effects

3 – GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Best Supporting Actress (Janelle Monae) | Best Adapted Screenplay (Rian Johnson) | Best Art Direction/Production Design

     GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Best Animated Feature | Best Adapted Screenplay (Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale) | Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat)

2 – AFTER YANG – Best Original Screenplay (Kogonada) | Best Art Direction/Production Design

     AVATAR: THE WAY OF THE WATER – Best Art Direction/Production Design | Best Use of Visual Effects

    BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLES OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS – Best Foreign Language Film | Best   
    Cinematography (Darius Khondji)

    BONES AND ALL – Best Supporting Actor (Mark Rylance) | Best Adapted Screenplay (David Kajganich)

    ELVIS – Best Actor (Austin Butler) | Most Promising Performer (Austin Butler)

    HAPPENING – Best Foreign Language Film | Breakthrough Filmmaker Award (Audrey Diwan)

    SAINT OMER – Best Foreign Language Film | Breakthrough Filmmaker Award (Alice Diop)

   THE FABELMANS – Best Actress (Michelle Williams) | Best Original Screenplay (Tony Kushner & Steven 

   Spielberg)

   THE WHALE – Best Actor (Brendan Fraser) | Best Supporting Actress (Hong Chau)

   TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Best Cinematography (Claudio Miranda) | Best Use of Visual Effects

   WOMEN TALKING – Best Director (Sarah Polley) | Best Adapted Screenplay (Sarah Polley)

1 – ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – Best Documentary

    APOLLO 10 1/2: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD – Best Animated Feature

   BAD AXE – Best Documentary

   BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Best Costume Design

   BLONDE – Best Actress (Ana de Armas)

   CAUSEWAY – Best Supporting Actor (Brian Tyree Henry)

   CLOSE – Best Foreign Language Film

   CORSAGE – Best Foreign Language Film

   DESCENDANT – Best Documentary

   EMILY THE CRIMINAL – Breakthrough Filmmaker Award (John Patton Ford)

   FIRE OF LOVE – Best Documentary

   LIVING – Best Actor (Bill Nighy)

   MAD GOD – Best Animated Feature

   MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Best Animated Feature

   MOONAGE DAYDREAM – Best Documentary

   NOPE – Best Use of Visual Effects

   PEARL – Best Actress (Mia Goth)

   PREY – Most Promising Performer (Amber Midthunder)

   THE BATMAN – Best Original Score (Michael Giacchino)

   TILL – Most Promising Performer (Danielle Deadwyler)

   TO LESLIE – Best Actress (Andrea Riseborough)

   TURNING RED – Best Animated Feature

   WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR – Breakthrough Filmmaker Award (Jane Schoenbrun)

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