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AWARDS: Nominees for the 2nd Annual North American Film Critics Association Awards

North American Film Critics Association announces 2022 award nominees

On Saturday, January 7, 2023, the North American Film Critics Association announced its nominee slate for the 2022 film season. Now in its second year, the group’s nominees represented 56 different films over 25 different categories. Yours truly, flying the Every Movie Has a Lesson and Film Obsessive flags, is a new member of the NAFCA. I participated in the live nominee announcement show:

The 2022 nominee slate was led by Everything Everywhere All At Once, which garnered nominations in 12 different categories ranging from Best Picture to Best Stunts. This surpasses last year’s leading nominee, Dune, which garnered 11 nominations.

Also among the most nominated films on the 2022 slate is Babylon. The feature film earned director Damien Chazelle a nomination and earned the Best Picture Nomination, part of a total of nine nominations for the film. Its diverse range of nominations even includes being on the list of Best Animal Performances. The film RRR also scored big, recording six total nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for S.S. Rajamouli and Best International Feature.

Below is the full list of nominees and categories. The winners will be announced on Monday, January 9, with a live show to announce the major categories—including Best Picture—beginning at 8 p.m. EST on the group’s Twitter feed, @NAFilmCritic. Voting for the major categories will take place live among the members.

North American Film Critic Association Nominations:

Best Picture 

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon 

Bones & All 

Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 

RRR

The Batman 

The Fabelmans

The Northman 

Women Talking 

Best Director 

James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water

Damien Chazelle, Babylon

The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All at Once

S.S. Rajamouli, RRR

Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Sarah Polley, Women Talking 

Best Actress 

Margot Robbie, Babylon

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Cate Blanchett, Tár

Danielle Deadwyler, Till 

Viola Davis, The Woman King 

Best Actor 

 Paul Mescal, Aftersun 

Austin Butler, Elvis 

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Jeremy Pope, The Inspection

Brendan Fraser, The Whale 

Best Supporting Actress 

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 

Hong Chau, The Whale

Lashana Lynch, The Woman King

Claire Foy, Women Talking 

Best Supporting Actor 

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Mark Rylance, Bones & All 

Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway 

Woody Harrelson, Triangle of Sadness 

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin 

Best Screenplay 

Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 

Tár

The Menu 

Women Talking 

Best Production Design 

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon. 

Don’t Worry Darling 

Elvis 

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 

Best Costume Design 

Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis 

Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 

Best Sound 

Babylon

Elvis 

Nope 

RRR

Tár 

Top Gun: Maverick 

Best Original Score 

Justin Hurwitz, Babylon 

Reznor & Ross, Bones & All 

Chanda Dancy, Devotion 

Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Michael Giacchino, The Batman 

Hildur Guðnadóttir, Women Talking

Best Editing 

Babylon 

Elvis 

Everything Everywhere All at Once 

The Fabelmans 

Top Gun: Maverick 

Best Visual Effects 

Avatar: The Way of Water

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

RRR

The Batman 

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography 

Avatar: The Way of Water 

Babylon 

Decision to Leave 

Nope 

The Batman 

Top Gun: Maverick 

Best Animated Feature 

Apollo 10 1/2 

Dragon Ball: Super Hero 

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Turning Red 

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 

Best Documentary Feature 

Fire of Love 

Goodnight Oppy 

Is That Black Enough For You? 

Lucy and Desi

Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me 

Best International Film 

All Quiet on the Western Front 

Bardo

Broker 

Decision to Leave 

RRR

Best Independent Film 

Aftersun 

Everything Everywhere All at Once

On the Count of Three 

Pearl 

Best Blockbuster

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 

Top Gun: Maverick 

The Woman King 

Best Comedy 

Bros 

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 

Violent Night 

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Best Hidden Gem 

Cha Cha Real Smooth 

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande 

Nanny 

Watcher 

Best Streaming Movie 

Fresh 

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande 

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Stunts 

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Jackass Forever 

RRR

The Woman King

Top Gun: Maverick 

Best Horror Film 

The Menu 

Barbarian 

Pearl 

Nope 

Best Animal Performance

Jenny the donkey, The Banshees of Inisherin

Gordy the chimp, Nope 

The elephant, Babylon

The donkey, EO 

Coco the dog, Prey