I’ve been a member of the Online Association of Female Film Critics since its inception in 2017 and so have voted in the group’s annual awards every year since then, but for some reason I’ve never posted the ballot of nominees I come up with for each category every year. I’m not sure why; I spend hours agonizing over it and thinking it through every time. So this year I thought it would be fun to share the nomination list I sent in, along with a few extra picks I was mulling over, especially as I feel like quite a few things I nominated didn’t turn up on the final ballot (although our group’s winners and nominees are as solid as ever, and you can check them out here). I certainly haven’t seen all of this year’s new releases (still waiting with feverish impatience on “Babylon”), but I feel like I’ve seen enough variety this year to feel pretty confident and satisfied with my picks. You can also see this as an early preview of my best of 2022 list, which will be out next week. Click the links to read more about each film and my full review where applicable.
FILM
Everything Everywhere All At Once
ANIMATED FEATURE
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Apollo 10 1/2 : A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
DOCUMENTARY
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
DIRECTOR
Jordan Peele, Nope
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR
ACTOR
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jeremy Pope, The Inspection
Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Adam Sandler, Hustle
Almost made the cut:
Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Jonathan Majors, Devotion
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
ACTRESS
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mia Goth, Pearl
Rebecca Hall, Resurrection
Tilda Swinton, The Eternal Daughter
Tang Wei, Decision to Leave
Almost made the cut:
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Vicky Krieps, Corsage
Viola Davis, The Woman King
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Lashana Lynch, The Woman King
Keke Palmer, Nope
Dolly de Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Almost made the cut:
Hong Chau, The Whale
ACTING ENSEMBLE
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Woman King
The Fabelmans
Almost made the cut:
The Banshees of Inisherin
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Thuso Mbedu, The Woman King
Amber Midthunder, Prey
Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans
Anna Diop, Nanny
Gracija Filipović, Murina
Almost made the cut:
Kayije Kagame, Saint Omer
BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Chloé Mazlo, Skies of Lebanon
Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Martika Ramirez Escobar, Leonor Will Never Die
Panah Panahi, Hit the Road
Almost made the cut:
Jane Schoenbrun, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
CINEMATOGPAPHY
Nope
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Almost made the cut:
Decision to Leave
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Tár
Almost made the cut:
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
All Quiet on the Western Front
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Decision to Leave
Skies of Lebanon
RRR
All Quiet on the Western Front
Hit the Road
Almost made the cut:
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
EDITING
Aftersun
Nope
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Almost made the cut:
Barbarian
Decision to Leave
COSTUME DESIGN
The Woman King
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Fabelmans
Elvis
VISUAL EFFECTS
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
RRR
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
STUNTS
The Woman King
RRR
Everything Everywhere All At Once
ROSIE AWARD (celebrates the film that best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema)
The Woman King
Women Talking
Nanny
Saint Omer
Katie at the Movies 