2022 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

[Winners Were Announced December 18, 2022.]

  • BEST FILM: Everything Everywhere All at Once

  • BEST DIRECTOR: Sarah Polley – Women Talking

  • BEST ACTOR: Brendan Fraser – The Whale

  • BEST ACTRESS: Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin

  • BEST ENSEMBLE: Women Talking

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: She Said - Rebecca Lenkiewicz; based on the book She Said by Jodi Cantor and Megan Twohey, and on the New York Times investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Rebecca Corbett

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh; Everything Everywhere All at Once - The Daniels (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) (Tie)

  • BEST EDITING: Everything Everywhere All at Once - Paul Rogers

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Banshees of Inisherin - Ben Davis

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Elvis - Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy

  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Elvis - Catherine Martin

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Avatar: The Way of Water - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett

  • BEST SCORE: Women Talking - Hildur Guðnadóttir

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK: Elvis

  • BEST ACTION FILM: Top Gun: Maverick

  • BEST COMEDY FILM: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

  • BEST HORROR FILM: Nope

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Decision to Leave

  • BEST SCENE: Fabelmans - Sam meets one of his idols on the studio lot.

  • SPECIAL MERIT: Jafar Panahi - For the courage of the imprisoned Iranian director and all film professionals confronting political oppression in the pursuit of free speech, human rights, and artistic expression.

  • SPECIAL MERIT: Ashley Judd - For the bravery she demonstrated in portraying herself in She Said.

  • SPECIAL MERIT: David Bowie - For the expansive and continuing cinematic presence of the singer-songwriter and actor, whose life and music continues to permeate and enrich the cinema landscape.

Complete List of Nominations

[Nominees Were Announced December 11, 2022.]

  • BEST FILM

    • The Banshees of Inisherin

    • Elvis

    • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    • She Said

    • Women Talking

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    • The Daniels (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) - Everything Everywhere All at Once

    • Baz Luhrmann – Elvis

    • Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

    • Sarah Polley – Women Talking

    • Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans

  • BEST ACTOR

    • Austin Butler – Elvis

    • Daniel Craig – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    • Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

    • Brendan Fraser – The Whale

    • Paul Mescal – Aftersun

  • BEST ACTRESS

    • Cate Blanchett – Tár

    • Danielle Deadwyler – Till

    • Mia Goth – Pearl

    • Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

    • Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans

    • Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    • Andre Braugher - She Said

    • Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin

    • Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans

    • Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

    • Ben Whishaw - Women Talking

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    • Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    • Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin

    • Claire Foy - Women Talking

    • Janelle Monáe - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    • Carey Mulligan - She Said

  • BEST ENSEMBLE

    • Banshees of Inisherin

    • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    • The Fabelmans

    • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    • Women Talking

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Rian Johnson; based on characters created by him

    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale; Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins (story); based on the novel by Carlo Collodi

    • She Said - Rebecca Lenkiewicz; based on the book She Said by Jodi Cantor and Megan Twohey, and on the New York Times investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Rebecca Corbett

    • White Noise - Noah Baumbach; based on the novel by Don DeLillo

    • Women Talking - Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews; based on the novel by Miriam Toews

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    • The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh

    • Decision to Leave - Park Chan-wook and Gong Seo-kyeong

    • Everything Everywhere All at Once - The Daniels (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert)

    • The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner

    • The Menu - Seth Reiss & Will Tracy

    • Tár - Todd Field

  • BEST EDITING

    • The Banshees of Inisherin - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

    • Elvis - Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa

    • Everything Everywhere All at Once - Paul Rogers

    • Tár - Monika Willi

    • Top Gun: Maverick - Eddie Hamilton

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • The Banshees of Inisherin - Ben Davis

    • The Batman - Greig Fraser

    • Nope - Hoyte Van Hoytema

    • Top Gun: Maverick - Claudio Miranda

    • Women Talking - Luc Montpellier

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    • Avatar: The Way of Water - Dylan Cole and Ben Procter

    • The Banshees of Inisherin - Mark Tinldesley

    • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Hannah Beachler

    • Elvis - Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy

    • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Rick Heinrichs

  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ruth E. Carter

    • Elvis - Catherine Martin

    • The Fabelmans - Mark Bridges

    • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - Jenny Beavan

    • The Woman King - Gersha Phillips

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    • Avatar: The Way of Water - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett

    • Everything Everywhere All at Once - Zak Stoltz (Visual Effects Supervisor); Ethan Feldbau and Benjamin Brewer (Visual Effects Lead Artists); Jeff Desom (Visual Effects Artist)

    • Nope - Guillaume Rocheron (Visual Effects Supervisor); Jeremy Robert (Visual Effets Supervisor); Sreejith Venugopalan (DFX Supervisor); Scott R. Risher (Special Effects Coordinator)

    • RRR - V. Srinivas Mohan (VFX Supervisor)

    • Top Gun: Maverick - Ryan Tudhope (Visual Effects Supevisor); Scott R. Fisher (Special Effects Coordinator); Seth Hill (Visual Effects Supervisor) Bryan Litton (Visual Effects Supervisor)

  • BEST SCORE

    • Babylon - Justin Hurwitz

    • The Banshees of Inisherin - Carter Burwell

    • The Batman - Michael Giacchino

    • The Fabelmans - John Williams

    • Women Talking - Hildur Guðnadóttir

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK

    • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    • Elvis

    • Moonage Daydream

    • Top Gun: Maverick

    • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

  • BEST ACTION FILM

    • Avatar: The Way of Water

    • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    • RRR

    • Top Gun: Maverick

    • The Woman King

  • BEST COMEDY FILM

    • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    • Jackass Forever

    • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

  • BEST HORROR FILM

    • Men

    • Nope

    • Pearl

    • Scream

    • X

  • BEST ANIMATED FILM

    • Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood

    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

    • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    • Turning Red

    • Wendell and Wild

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

    • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    • Fire of Love

    • Good Night Oppy

    • Moonage Daydream

    • Sr.

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

    • All Quiet on the Western Front

    • Close

    • Decision to Leave

    • Happening

    • RRR

  • BEST SCENE

    • Fabelmans - Sam meets one of his idols on the studio lot.

    • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Marcel on 60 Minutes.

    • Nope - A tragic day on the set of Gordy’s Home.

    • RRR - Piggyback prison escape.

    • Tár - Lydia bullies a Juilliard student.

    • Top Gun: Maverick - Iceman visits with Maverick.