Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards (MNFCA) winners
Everything Everywhere All At Once was the big winner in the 2023 Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards (MNFCA) announced today.
The film earned five awards from the MNFCA, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor. The only other film to win more than one award this year was The Batman, taking Best Music and Best Cinematography.
Cate Blanchett was named Best Actress for TÁR and Austin Butler won Best Actor for Elvis. The Banshees of Inisherin earned Best Screenplay and Women Talking won Best Ensemble.
The Minnesota Film Critics Alliance is a 23-member group featuring those who cover movies in newspapers, podcasts, websites and more. The MNFCA has representation in the Twin Cities metro area and across the rest of the state in communities like Duluth and Rochester.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.
Best Picture
- “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
- “The Fabelmans”
- “TÁR”
- “Women Talking”
WINNER: “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Runner-Up: “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Director
- Todd Field for “TÁR”
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
- Martin McDonagh for “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Sarah Polley for “Women Talking”
- Park Chan-Wook for “Decision to Leave”
WINNER: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Runner-Up: Todd Field for “TÁR”
Best Actor
- Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in “Elvis”
- Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Brendan Fraser as Charlie in “The Whale
- Gabriel LaBelle as Samuel Fabelman in “The Fabelmans”
- Paul Mescal as Calum in “Aftersun”
WINNER: Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in “Elvis”
Runner-Up: Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Actress
- Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in “TÁR”
- Viola Davis as General Nanisca in “The Woman King”
- Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till in “Till”
- Mia Goth as Pearl in “Pearl”
- Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
WINNER: Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in “TÁR”
Runner-Up: Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Best Supporting Actor
- Paul Dano as Burt Fabelman in “The Fabelmans”
- Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Brian Tyree Henry as James in “Causeway”
- Barry Keoghan as Dominic Kearney in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
WINNER: Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Runner-Up: Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Supporting Actress
- Angela Bassett as Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
- Jessie Buckley as Mariche in “Women Talking”
- Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Nina Hoss as Sharon Goodnow in “TÁR”
- Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
WINNER: Angela Bassett as Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Runner-Up: Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Ensemble
- “Babylon”
- “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
- “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
- “Women Talking”
WINNER: “Women Talking”
Runner-Up: “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Screenplay
- “The Banshees of Inisherin” by Martin McDonagh
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once” by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
- “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” by Rian Johnson
- “TÁR” by Todd Field
- “Women Talking” by Sarah Polley
WINNER: “The Banshees of Inisherin.”
Runner-Up: “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Best Editing
- “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
- “Nope”
- “TÁR”
- “Top Gun: Maverick”
WINNER: “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Runner-Up: “Top Gun: Maverick”
Best Cinematography
- “The Batman”
- “Elvis”
- “Nope”
- “TÁR”
- “Top Gun: Maverick”
WINNER: “The Batman”
Runner-Up: “Nope”
Best Music
- “Babylon”
- “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- “The Batman”
- “The Fabelmans”
- “Wakanda Forever”
WINNER: “The Batman”
Runner-Up: “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Costume and Make-up
- “Babylon”
- “The Batman”
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
- “Elvis”
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
WINNER: “Babylon”
Runner-Up: “The Batman”
Best Production Design
- “Avatar: The Way of Water”
- “Babylon”
- “The Batman”
- “Elvis”
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
WINNER: “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Runner-Up: “Babylon”
Best Sound Work
- “Avatar: The Way of Water”
- “The Batman”
- “Elvis”
- “Nope”
- “Top Gun: Maverick”
WINNER: “Top Gun: Maverick”
Runner-Up: “Nope”
Best Special Effects
- “Avatar: The Way of Water”
- “The Batman”
- “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
- “Nope”
- “Top Gun: Maverick”
WINNER: “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Runner-Up: “Nope”
Best Animated Feature
- “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood”
- “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
- “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
- “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
- “Turning Red”
WINNER: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
Runner-Up: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
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