# Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2022

The 18th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2022, were announced on January 10, 2023. The nominations were announced on January 3, 2023.
Everything Everywhere All at Once led the nominations with eleven and also received the most awards with nine wins, including Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once The Banshees of Inisherin Nope Decision to Leave RRR Tár Top Gun: Maverick Bones and All The Fabelmans Babylon | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave Todd Field – Tár Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin S. S. Rajamouli – RRR |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Paterson | Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár Viola Davis – The Woman King as General Nanisca Danielle Deadwyler – Till as Mamie Till-Mobley Mia Goth – Pearl as Pearl |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney Mark Rylance – Bones and All as Sully | Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Helen Brand / Cassandra "Andi" Brand Keke Palmer – Nope as Emerald "Em" Haywood |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Todd Field – Tár Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Jordan Peele – Nope | Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale David Kajganich – Bones and All Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews – Women Talking |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary |
| Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Mad God Turning Red | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Descendant Fire of Love Good Night Oppy Moonage Daydream |
| Best International Film | Best First Film |
| Decision to Leave Close EO Holy Spider RRR | Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Dean Fleischer Camp – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal Chloe Okuno – Watcher Domee Shi – Turning Red |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Larkin Seiple – Everything Everywhere All at Once Russell Carpenter – Avatar: The Way of Water Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick Linus Sandgren – Babylon Hoyte van Hoytema – Nope | Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once Bob Ducsay – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Eddie Hamilton – Top Gun: Maverick A. Sreekar Prasad – RRR Monika Willi – Tár |
| Best Original Score | Best Ensemble |
| Justin Hurwitz – Babylon Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin Michael Giacchino – The Batman M. M. Keeravani – RRR Son Lux – Everything Everywhere All at Once | Everything Everywhere All at Once The Banshees of Inisherin The Fabelmans Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Women Talking |
| Best Stunt Coordinator | Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance |
| Nick Powell – RRR Daniel Hernandez – The Woman King Kevin LaRosa Jr. and Casey O'Neill – Top Gun: Maverick Timothy Neulich – Everything Everywhere All at Once C.C. Smiff and Jón Viðar Arnþórsson – The Northman | Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On as Marcel Stephen Lang – Avatar: The Way of Water as Colonel Miles Quaritch Ewan McGregor – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Sebastian J. Cricket Zoe Saldaña – Avatar: The Way of Water as Neytiri Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: The Way of Water as Kiri Sully |
| The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Best Austin Film 2022 |
| Jenna Ortega – The Fallout, Scream, X, and Studio 666 as Vada Cavell, Tara Carpenter, Lorraine Day, and Skye Willow Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Frankie Corio – Aftersun as Sophie Paterson Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Amber Midthunder – Prey as Naru | Descendant Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story Shouting Down Midnight There There |
| Special Honorary Award ||
| Austinite Glen Powell (for his work on Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood, Devotion, and Top Gun: Maverick) ||