2022 Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA) winners
Everything Everywhere All At Once has been chosen as 2022’s best film by the Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA). The film’s directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and cast members Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Guan, also earned top honors from the group.
Here is the full list of winners and runners-up.
Best Film: “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Runners up: “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Tar”
Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Runners up: Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Runners up: Brendan Fraser, “The Whale,” Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, “TÁR.” Runners up: Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans,” “Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Runners-up: Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin” & Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Runners-up: Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin” and Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Animated Film: “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.” Runners up: Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pinocchio,” “Turning Red”
Documentary: “Wildcat.” Runners up: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Goodnight Oppy”
Score: “The Fabelmans.” Runners up: “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Women Talking”
Song: “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick.” Runners up: “Ciao Pappa,” Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pinocchio,” and “Lift Me Up,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
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