AWARDS: 7th Annual Chicago Indie Critic Windie Award Nominations
THE DANIELS’ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE DOMINATES THE NEW “WINDIE” AWARD NOMINATIONS FROM THE CHICAGO INDIE CRITICS
Celebrating their seventh year, the Chicago Indie Critics have announced the nominees for their newly-named film awards. Welcome to the era of “The Windies.” The voting film critic members completed ballots this week to select Windie nominees in 25 categories. The CIC members will commence a final round of voting ending on January 13, 2023. The 2022 Windie winners will be announced on the evening of January 21, 2023, during their annual Awards Party event held at the Music Box Theatre Lounge in Chicago. The program will stream live online on the CIC YouTube channel.
Leading all films with 14 formidable nominations is Everything Everywhere All at Once, written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In addition to triple nominations for The Daniels in Best Independent Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, their A24 sci-fi dramedy carried nominations for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble, and seven artistic and technical categories.
The next closest films for total nominations were a group of four films each with six nominations. That tier includes Steven Spielberg’s passion project The Fabelmans, Netflix’s animated opus Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the foreign sensation RRR from director S.S. Rajamouli, and the popular Tom Cruise blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. In total, 20 films received multiple nominations and 39 films overall were represented across all categories.
As a special category of local recognition, the CIC annually presents the Impact Award. The distinction celebrates a group or person whose work during the past year or beyond made a positive influence within the Chicagoland film community. This year’s Impact Award nominees include Rebecca Fons of The Gene Siskel Film Center, Morgan Harris of the Acacia Consulting Group, CEO Chris Johnson of Classic Cinemas, the late Chicago film critic Sergio Mims, and the staff and management of the Music Box Theatre.
Leading all films with 14 formidable Windie nominations is Everything Everywhere All at Once, written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In addition to triple nominations for The Daniels in Best Independent Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, their A24 sci-fi dramedy carried nominations for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble, and seven artistic and technical categories.
The next closest films for total nominations were a group of four films each with six Windie nominations. That tier includes Steven Spielberg’s passion project The Fabelmans, Netflix’s animated opus Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the foreign sensation RRR from director S.S. Rajamouli, and the popular Tom Cruise blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. In total, 20 films received multiple Windie nominations, and 39 films overall were represented across all categories.
As a special category of local recognition, the CIC annually presents the Impact Award. The distinction celebrates a group or person whose work during the past year or beyond had a positive influence on the Chicagoland film community. This year’s Impact Award nominees include Rebecca Fons of The Gene Siskel Film Center, Morgan Harris of the Acacia Consulting Group, CEO Chris Johnson of Classic Cinemas, the late Chicago film critic Sergio Mims, and the staff and management of the Music Box Theatre.
The complete list of nominees for the 2022 Windies from the CIC:
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (budgets under $25 million)
AFTERSUN
Producers: Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, and Mark Ceryak
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Producers: Jonathan Wang, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, and Mike Larocca
WOMEN TALKING
Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand
X
Producers: Jacob Jaffke, Ti West, Kevin Turen, and Harrison Kreiss
BEST STUDIO FILM (budgets over $25 million)
THE FABELMANS
Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Tony Kushner
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Producers: Ram Bergman and Rian Johnson
RRR
Producers: D.V.V. Danayya
TÁR
Producers: Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and David Ellison
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BROKER
Producer: Eugene Lee
CLOSE
Producers: Michiel Dhont and Dirk Impens
DECISION TO LEAVE
Producers: Jisun Back, Park Chan-wook, KO Dae-sok
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Producers: Jaume Roures
RRR
Producer: D.V.V. Danayya
BEST DOCUMENTARY
ALL THE BEAUTY AND BLOODSHED
Producers: Laura Poitras, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, Clare Carter, and John Lyons
FIRE OF LOVE
Producers: Shane Boris, Sara Dosa, and Ina Fichman
GOOD NIGHT OPPY
Producers: Brandon Carroll, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Matthew Goldberg, Jessica Hargrave, Stephen Neely, and Ryan White
THE JANES
Producers: Daniel Arcana, Michael Kimbro, Jessica Levin, and Emma Pildes
NAVALNY
Producers: Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris
BEST ANIMATED FILM
APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD
Producers: Richard Linklater, Mike Blizzard, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Producers: Guillermo del Toro, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, and Corey Campodonico
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
Producers: Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, and Terry Leonard
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH
Producers: Mark Swift
TURNING RED
Producers: Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, THE WHALE
Park Chan-wook, DECISION TO LEAVE
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Sarah Polley, WOMEN TALKING
Steven Spielberg, THE FABELMANS
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Martin McDonagh
DECISION TO LEAVE
Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
THE FABELMANS
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
TÁR
Todd Field
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
AFTER YANG
Kogonada
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Rian Johnson
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Patrick McHale and Guillermo del Toro
THE WHALE
Samuel D. Hunter
WOMEN TALKING
Sarah Polley
BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler, ELVIS
Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE
Jonathan Majors, DEVOTION
Jeremy Pope, THE INSPECTION
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Ana de Armas, BLONDE
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
Brad Pitt, BABYLON
Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Ben Whishaw, WOMEN TALKING
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
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
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Casting director: Sarah Halley Finn
THE FABELMANS
Casting director: Cindy Tolan
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Casting directors: Brett Howe and Mary Vernieu
THE WOMAN KING
Casting director: Aisha Coley
WOMEN TALKING
Casting directors: Jason Buchan and Jason Knight
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Russell Carpenter
DECISION TO LEAVE
Kim Ji-yong
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Larkin Seiple
RRR
KK Senthil Kumar
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Claudio Miranda
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole
THE BATMAN
James Chinlund and Lee Sandales
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Hannah Beachler and Lisa Sessions Morgan
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Rick Heinrichs and Elli Griff
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Ruth Carter
ELVIS
Catherine Martin
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Shirley Kurata
THE NORTHMAN
Linda Muir
THE WOMAN KING
Gersha Phillips
BEST MAKEUP
THE BATMAN
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine
ELVIS
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Aldo Signoretti
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Michelle Chung and Anissa Salazar
X
Sarah Rubano
THE WHALE
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley
BEST EDITING
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, and James Cameron
BABYLON
Tom Cross
DECISION TO LEAVE
Kim Sang-beom
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Paul Rodger
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Eddie Hamilton
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
BABYLON
Justin Hurwitz
THE BATMAN
Michael Giacchino
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Ludwig Göransson
THE FABELMANS
John Williams
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Alexandre Desplat
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Ciao Papa” - GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Music by Alexandre Desplat and lyrics by Roeban Katz and Guillermo del Toro
“Hold My Hand” - TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Written and produced by Lady Gaga & Bloodpop
“Lift Me Up” - BLACK PANTHER: WAKANA FOREVER
Music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson
“Naatu Naatu” - RRR
Music by M.M. Keeravaani and lyrics by Chandrabose
“New Body Rhumba” - WHITE NOISE
Written by James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, and Nancy Whang
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
THE BATMAN
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, and Jeff Desom
RRR
V Srinivas Mohan
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, and Bryan Litson
BEST STUNTS
THE BATMAN
Robert Alonzo, Jacob Dewitt, Steve Griffin, and Samuel Le
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Timothy Eulich
RRR
Nick Powell
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Casey O’Neill
THE WOMAN KING
Daniel Hernandez
BREAKOUT ARTIST
Austin Butler
Frankie Corio
Danielle Deadwyler
Mia Goth
Stephanie Hsu
SIGHT UNSEEN PERFORMANCE
David Bradley, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Rosalie Chiang, TURNING RED
Ewan McGregor, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Isabella Rossalini, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
Jenny Slate, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
IMPACT AWARD
Given to a person whose work has had a positive impact on the Chicagoland film community
Rebecca Fons (The Gene Siskel Film Center)
Morgan Harris (Acacia Consulting Group)
Chris Johnson (Classic Cinemas)
The late Sergio Mims (film critic)
The staff and management of the Music Box Theatre
2022 CIC AWARD NOMINATIONS BY THE NUMBERS
FILMS:
14: Everything Everywhere All at Once
6: The Fabelmans, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, RRR, Top Gun: Maverick
5: The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Decision to Leave, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Whale, Women Talking
4: Avatar: The Way of Water
3: Babylon, Elvis, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, The Woman King, TÁR
2: Turning Red, X
1: After Yang, Aftersun, All the Beauty and Bloodshed, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, Blonde, Broke, Close, Devotion, Fire of Love, Good Night Oppy, The Inspection, Louis Armstrong: Black and Blues, Moonage Daydream, Navalny, The Northman, Official Competition, Pearl, Puss in Boots, Till, White Noise
ABOUT THE CIC
Founded in 2016, the Chicago Indie Critics (formerly known as the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle) is a creative and engaging non-for-profit organization composed of unique, dedicated, and diversified film critics. Its members are wide-ranging in experiences, backgrounds, tastes, and target audiences across both print and online platforms and publications. The CIC organized to share their personal assessments, commentaries, passions, and creativity in the vigilant effort to highlight the greatness and diversity found in both independent and mainstream films. While they originate in the Chicagoland area, the efforts of Chicago Indie Critics are to share, celebrate, and promote the rich artistic medium of film to audiences, fans, and eager minds across the nation and the world as an exemplary and upstanding pillar of intelligent print and broadcast journalism.
CIC DIRECTORS:
Emmanuel Noisette, Don Shanahan, El’Ahrai Stanek
CIC MEMBERS:
Victor Aragon, Annie Banks, George Bate, Josh Bate, Leo Brady, Mike Crowley, Tarek Fayoumi, Charles Gainey, Cati Glidewell, John Hammerle, Ryan Jagiello, Matt Kubinski, James Y. Lee, Al Lerner, Linda Lerner, Kevin McLenithan, Curtis Menke, Mike Osborn, Dan Pal, Josh Parham, Reginald Ponder, Aqib Rasheed, John Robinson, Peter Spedale, Andrea Thompson, Mike Vanderbilt, Sarah Welch-Lareson, Kevin Wozniak, Jeff York