The Music City Film Critics Association (MCFCA) – based in Nashville – have announced their nominees representing the best in film for 2022. The winners will be announced on January 9th, 2023. Here are this year’s nominees…
Best Picture
Aftersun
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Nope
RRR
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director
Damien Chazelle – Babylon
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
The Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field – Tár
Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Diego Calva – Babylon
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Margot Robbie – Babylon
Mia Goth – Pearl
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Young Actor
Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Gregory Mann – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jalyn Hall – Till
Mason Thames – The Black Phone
Best Young Actress
Anna Cobb – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Julia Butters – The Fabelmans
Sadie Sink – The Whale
Best Acting Ensemble
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Fabelmans
Women Talking
Best Music Film
Elvis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Moonage Daydream
Tár
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild
Best Documentary
All that Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Best International Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Decision to Leave
EO
RRR
Best Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Women Talking
Best Original Song
“Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“New Body Rhumba” – White Noise
Best Score
Babylon
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Batman
The Fabelmans
Women Talking
Best Sound
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Cinematography
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Nope
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Northman
Best Editing
Aftersun
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Comedy Film
Confess, Fletch
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Horror Film
Barbarian
Nope
Pearl
Smile
X
Best Action Film
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Stunt Work
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
The Jim Ridley Award
Elvis
Moonage Daydream
Still Working 9 to 5
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Nicole Kidman – The Northman
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