2022 Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) winners: ‘Aftersun’ dominates with Best Film, Director, Best Actor for Paul Mescal

The Toronto Film Critics Association has announced its winners for the best in film for 2022 and Charlotte Wells’ debut feature Aftersun dominated with awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Paul Mescal) and Best First Feature.
It was the film’s first top critics’ win of the season, Mescal’s first Best Actor win and the second Best Director prize for Wells after yesterday’s triumph at the National Society of Film Critics.
Best Actress was Cate Blanchett for TÁR, Best Supporting Actor was Ke Huy Quan for Everything Everywhere All at Once and Best Supporting Actress was Keke Palmer for Nope.
Here is the complete list of winners.
Best Film: Aftersun
Best Director: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Best Actor: Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress: Keke Palmer, Nope
Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Animated Film: Turning Red
Best Documentary Film: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Best Foreign Language Film: Saint Omer
Best First Feature: Aftersun
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