The Banshees of Inisherin wins Best Picture at the 2022 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. Claiming the organization’s top honor as Best Picture of the year is THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, directed by Martin McDonagh. The film also earned awards for Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) and Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh). Earning the most overall honors is The Daniels’ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, with six awards, including Best Director (Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Art Direction/Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Editing and Best Use of Visual Effects. Cate Blanchett earned the Best Actress award for TÁR; Sarah Polley’s WOMEN TALKING was named Best Adapted Screenplay.

Other highlights among the winners this year include: GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO named Best Animated Feature; FIRE OF LOVE named Best Documentary; DECISION TO LEAVE named Best Foreign Language Film; and Charlotte Wells, writer/director of AFTERSUN, named recipient of the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award.  The complete list of 2022 Chicago Film Critics Award winners is as follows:

BEST PICTURE: The Banshees of Inisherin
BEST DIRECTOR: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, TÁR
BEST ACTOR: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Women Talking by Sarah Polley
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Fire of Love
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Decision to Leave
BEST ART DIRECTION: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Jason Kisvarday & Amelia Brooke
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Decision to Leave, Kim Ji-Yong
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Shirley Kurata
BEST EDITING: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paul Rogers
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS: Everything Everywhere All at Once
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Austin Butler, Elvis
MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun