NYFCC 2022 Awards

If you’ve been reading entertainment news then you already know: Yesterday, all the members of the NYFCC met up at Lincoln Center to vote on this year’s awards. It was so good to see people – friends I rarely get to see – Keith, Dana, Stephanie, Tomris – and it was a long day, as voting sometimes is (although nothing was longer than our Covid vote via Zoom). I am very pleased with our award winners and very much look forward to celebrating all of them – and WITH them – at our awards ceremony on January 4th. Proud of our list. There are some surprises. I’m proud when our list doesn’t look like every other list out there. It speaks well of our group, I think. I also love the Special Awards we chose, one of which is close to my heart. (Members come with suggestions, and then we vote.) Here are our winners:

NYFCC 2022 Awards

Best Picture
TÁR, directed by Todd Field

Best Director
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR

Best Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Best Actor
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin and After Yang

Best Supporting Actress
Keke Palmer, Nope

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Cinematographer
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Film
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp

Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras

Best International Film
EO, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Best First Film
Aftersun, directed by Charlotte Wells

Special Awards

— Jake Perlin, curator, distributor and publisher in recognition of his indispensable contributions to film culture.

dGenerate Films for its invaluable work bringing independent films to China.

— Jafar Panahi, for “dogged bravery as an artist, and for the humanity and beauty of a body of work created under the most oppressive circumstances.

We also give two student scholarships, one to an undergraduate student, one to a grad student. There’s a cash prize as well as an invite to the dinner. I was on the committee that chose these two, so congratulations to both. You’re fine writers and thinkers!

Undergraduate, Nico Pedrero-Setzer
Graduate, Greg Nussen

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4 Responses to NYFCC 2022 Awards

  1. Ian says:

    I’m so glad to see Marcel the Shell is getting recognized. I saw it over the summer expecting a sweet kids’ movie and found my adult self weeping in public.

  2. Shawn says:

    Me too. I fell in love with Marcel, a beautifully detailed animation. Tar was unforgettable as well. Congratulations on your role in NYFCC, what a great accomplishment!

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