Awards 2022

The 21st Annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2022, were announced on January 5, 2023.

For the complete list of nominees, click here.

Best Film

  1. The Banshees of Inisherin
  2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
  3. Tár
  4. Aftersun
  5. Women Talking
  6. Glass Onion
  7. The Fabelmans
  8. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  9. The Menu
  10. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Director

  • Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Runner-up: Todd Field, Tár

Best Lead Performance

  • Cate Blanchett, Tár
  • Runner-up: Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Best Supporting Performance

  • Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Runner-up: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Ensemble

  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Runner-up: Glass Onion

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

  • Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, and Thirteen Lives)
  • Runner-up: Hong Chau (The Menu and The Whale)

Breakthrough Film Artist

  • Charlotte Wells, Aftersun – (for directing and screenwriting)
  • Runner-up: Austin Butler, Elvis – (for acting)

Best Cinematography

  • Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
  • Runner-up: Hoyte Van Hoytema, Nope

Best Film Editing

  • Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Runner-up: Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Sarah Polley, Women Talking
  • Runner-up: Rian Johnson, Glass Onion

Best Original Screenplay

  • Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Runner-up: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Score

  • Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  • Runner-up: Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

Best Documentary

  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  • Runner-up: Fire of Love

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Decision to Leave (Heojil kyolshim)
  • Runner-up: All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)

Best Animated Film

  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

  • Glass Onion
  • Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Overlooked Film

  • After Yang
  • Runner-up: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent